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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 6646591" data-attributes="member: 2011">While this might be possible, many DMs will still limit its use. As DM, I would still limit poison applied to a weapon for a single minute (as per the poison kit in the PHB). So the PCs using it either have to get into combat right after applying it, or they have to use up an action in combat to apply it to their weapons. GWM and SS are always available.Do your players ever get into a combat after roleplaying with the NPCs? It doesn't take much for a minute to disappear at the table. As DM, the PCs who put venom on their weapons before entering the Princess' chamber lost the potency after talking to the Princess' maid for a minute of real time.Most encounters at my table, the PCs will have to use up a precious action in combat to apply the venom. The duration is just too short to reliably use it before an encounter.The DM should also use the rules for milking the snake. There is a chance that the PC poisons himself. Not a big deal most of the time, but it could be problematic if the PC milks the snake on an adventuring day (or alternatively, the DM turns a day where the Ranger milked the snake and got poisoned into an encounter day).</blockquote>