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<blockquote data-quote="Arrowhawk" data-source="post: 5770236" data-attributes="member: 6679551">This also occurred to me during this discussion, but since D&amp;D doesn't use a lot of straight up medicines, I never broached the topic.&nbsp; I did use this line of reasoning when I pointed out that a &quot;magical&quot; poison and a &quot;magical&quot; potion would be essentially the same thing i.e. a liquid you consume which then results in a magical effect or a substance which transmits a magical effect after contact.&nbsp; Essentially I came the conclusion during the thread that in D&amp;D it makes the most sense if we consider that poisons could have a magical origin, but the poison itself, is meant to be non-magical in nature.&nbsp; In other words, a magical poison don't exist, just magic that creates poisons.&nbsp;&nbsp; Attempting to claim a poison is magical is like creating magical ice that transmitted heat.&nbsp; It's not really &quot;ice&quot; if it transmits heat is it?&nbsp; It's something else entirely.&nbsp; But as you suggest, in a game, you can call it ice and try to treat it like ice no matter how inconsistent such an approach would be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arrowhawk, post: 5770236, member: 6679551"] This also occurred to me during this discussion, but since D&D doesn't use a lot of straight up medicines, I never broached the topic. I did use this line of reasoning when I pointed out that a "magical" poison and a "magical" potion would be essentially the same thing i.e. a liquid you consume which then results in a magical effect or a substance which transmits a magical effect after contact. Essentially I came the conclusion during the thread that in D&D it makes the most sense if we consider that poisons could have a magical origin, but the poison itself, is meant to be non-magical in nature. In other words, a magical poison don't exist, just magic that creates poisons. Attempting to claim a poison is magical is like creating magical ice that transmitted heat. It's not really "ice" if it transmits heat is it? It's something else entirely. But as you suggest, in a game, you can call it ice and try to treat it like ice no matter how inconsistent such an approach would be. [/QUOTE]

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