Knight Otu said:Does anyone else find it odd that a "highly toxic" material has a save DC of ... 12!
Does anyone else find it odd that belladona (wolfsbane), a lethal poison on Earth (a dozen berries and you're dead), can actually never kill anyone (it makes temporary Str damage, and only Con damage are lethal, beside, although highly toxic according to every autority on the subject, it only has DC 13).
It's D&D. Some aspects of life are less gritty than in real life (poisons are less dangerous). Some others are more (grotesque creatures show up every other day to burn your house and eat or worse you and your family). In the end, it probably balances out.
The designers felt it was more interesting dramatically to die from an orc's axe than from a rusted needle in door trap. They're probably right...