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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tormyr" data-source="post: 6939066" data-attributes="member: 6776887">Interesting restriction, but this would not be following RAW. Applying poison to a weapon just works in 5e (see basic poison and injury poison). Poisoner's kit allows a creature to apply proficiency bonus to "ability checks to create or use poisons," which seems to refer to something more than just applying it to a weapon.As to the original poster with the paladin and the flametongue, I like the idea that someone posted of the flame burning the poison and creating a 5 foot radius gas cloud. The paladin could always use another weapon, and barring roleplay reasons, I don't see a problem with combining poison with radiant damage from divine smite (radiant damage is actually rarely from an effect that says it is sunlight).That being said, a lot of paladins save their divine smite for a critical hit because the radiant damage also doubles. If the paladin (or anyone, really) crits with a poisoned weapon, the poison damage is not doubled because it comes from an additional Constitution saving throw rather than the attack roll.Edit: Also, there is no restriction on the shelf life of poison unless you add one. Purple worm poison would normally be expensive/dangerous/difficult to procure. Would getting multiple doses be easy enough that causing it to have an expiration date would be necessary?</blockquote>