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<blockquote data-quote="bloodtide" data-source="post: 5778382" data-attributes="member: 6684958">1.Poison is evil for a very simple reason:so that players don't use it.&nbsp; The default D&amp;D game has the players being heroes, that is good guys.&nbsp; Good guys don't use evil stuff, so they don't use poison.In the long, long ago before time (0/1E) 'anyone' could use poison.&nbsp; But it caused lots of problems, as poison was a game breaker.(and just FYI old E poisons killed, they did not do weak ability damage).&nbsp; See poison gets around the whole challenge of the game of your meant to fight something and have a hard time doing it.&nbsp; But with poison, one hit and you kill your foe.&nbsp; Worse, you don't even need to do it in battle.So the simple solution was 'make poison evil and sort of forget about it.2.nothing 'official'.3.One 'dose' of poison covers a whole weapon, so no.&nbsp; But you could make a 'custom' double poison...4.Yes.&nbsp; The weapon would not 'know' it had poison on it.&nbsp; And note the Book of Excelled Deeds has 'good poisons'.5.A lawful evil person can use poison freely.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bloodtide, post: 5778382, member: 6684958"] 1.Poison is evil for a very simple reason:so that players don't use it. The default D&D game has the players being heroes, that is good guys. Good guys don't use evil stuff, so they don't use poison. In the long, long ago before time (0/1E) 'anyone' could use poison. But it caused lots of problems, as poison was a game breaker.(and just FYI old E poisons killed, they did not do weak ability damage). See poison gets around the whole challenge of the game of your meant to fight something and have a hard time doing it. But with poison, one hit and you kill your foe. Worse, you don't even need to do it in battle. So the simple solution was 'make poison evil and sort of forget about it. 2.nothing 'official'. 3.One 'dose' of poison covers a whole weapon, so no. But you could make a 'custom' double poison... 4.Yes. The weapon would not 'know' it had poison on it. And note the Book of Excelled Deeds has 'good poisons'. 5.A lawful evil person can use poison freely. [/QUOTE]

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