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<blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 7708247" data-attributes="member: 92305">The ring you refer to, I assume, is the one used by Tsotha-lanit in The Scarlet Citadel.&nbsp; According to the story, the secreted needle in the ring was coated with the juice of the purple lotus.According to the Mongoose game rules, the juice of the purple lotus is &quot;by far the most paralytic poison known, capable of felliing even the mighty Conan.&quot;&nbsp; (Page 277, 2E Core rulebook.)&nbsp; It's a DC 28 Fort Save to avoid the effect, and damage is 1d6 points of DEX plus immediate paralysis.&nbsp; This save must be made 1d6 times, once per round (6 seconds).According to The Road of Kings, King Conan is a 20th level character (the highest level allowed in the game), with a +20 Fort Save.&nbsp; So, this awesome character, fails on a roll of 1-7, which is a 35% chance of failure each try--and 1d6 Saves must be made in order to avoid the effects of the poison.With an average of 2-3 saves, and a 35% chance of failure per roll, chances are that even mighty Conan will go down, paralyzed, when the juice of the purple lotus is used against him.So...I'd say that your statement/opinion above is incorrect, and that the Mongoose guys did a pretty damn good job of modeling the effect of purple lotus in the game as it was presented in the story.Which instance of flashfire are you referring to?&nbsp; Let me know, and I'll look it up to see how it Mongoose directs us to use it in the game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Water Bob, post: 7708247, member: 92305"] The ring you refer to, I assume, is the one used by Tsotha-lanit in [I]The Scarlet Citadel[/I]. According to the story, the secreted needle in the ring was coated with the juice of the purple lotus. According to the Mongoose game rules, the juice of the purple lotus is "by far the most paralytic poison known, capable of felliing even the mighty Conan." (Page 277, 2E Core rulebook.) It's a DC 28 Fort Save to avoid the effect, and damage is 1d6 points of DEX plus immediate paralysis. This save must be made 1d6 times, once per round (6 seconds). According to [I]The Road of Kings[/I], King Conan is a 20th level character (the highest level allowed in the game), with a +20 Fort Save. So, this awesome character, fails on a roll of 1-7, which is a 35% chance of failure each try--and 1d6 Saves must be made in order to avoid the effects of the poison. With an average of 2-3 saves, and a 35% chance of failure per roll, chances are that even mighty Conan will go down, paralyzed, when the juice of the purple lotus is used against him. So...I'd say that your statement/opinion above is incorrect, and that the Mongoose guys did a pretty damn good job of modeling the effect of purple lotus in the game as it was presented in the story. Which instance of flashfire are you referring to? Let me know, and I'll look it up to see how it Mongoose directs us to use it in the game. [/QUOTE]

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