Poisons in D&D

[Nightfall]

I guess I'm just a fan of not hindering PCs because of real life needs to versimilitude everything...

Or at least poisons.

 

[Joël of the FoS]

The Ravenloft Gazetteer 4 had an interesting PrC for you, called Court Poisoner, with poison politics, and new cool poisons.

Joël

 

[Nightfall]

Joel,

OOH forgot about that one! I loved Gaz 4, mostly for the insights.

 

[Kunimatyu]

It changes that- each poison has a different timeline for its effect(s).



No. All the poisons in it are real and I can't think of anything from the real world that acts like that.

I guess what I'm talking about would be more of a 'drug', really. (also, gingko does work like that -- the increased blood flow can improve memory, but also means that cuts bleed much more than they should)

 

[Angel Tarragon]

OOH forgot about that one! I loved Gaz 4, mostly for the insights.

Ditto there. One of my faves as well.

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

Exactly. The rules make poisons too much alike, and they turn poisons into just another combat device.

...

It's unbelievable to me that the designers made ALL poisons in the core books take effect within 1 minute...

Some poisons are just better modeled using the rules on diseases.

 

[Ghostwind]

There is a plan to release Bastion's Pale Designs: A Poisoner's Handbook in pdf format and updated to 3.5 rules in 2007. It's on my to-do list.

For the record, both Pale Designs and Justin's Poisoncraft complement each other quite nicely making them a killer combo. (pun intended)

 

[Nightfall]

Steve,

Does that mean there's room for my stuff too then?!

Sweet! I look forward to see it in 2007.

 

[Ghostwind]

My intent is to include the stuff that was cut. Yes, that includes you.

 

[Varianor Abroad]

What Justin said. Try a darkblooded (template) hydra. Ooh, icky.