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Message: <blockquote data-quote="howandwhy99" data-source="post: 6260497" data-attributes="member: 3192">There are 2 saves. Fail the first and you begin dying of poison for 1 round. If you aren't adventuring solo, then your friends might see how you've fallen to the ground after a tiny bite from this icky, but measly looking vermin. The bite is swelling because you're human or demi-human and centipede poison is being fought by your body. This means they have time to do something to save you, which includes actions (I won't reveal here) besides magic spells or potions. Fail the 2nd save too and your PC does die. You also get a +4 to your roll on both these saves. And if you have henchmen with you and they go down, since they typically have worse saves, you might suss out poison bites from them too. Not to mention the clue of poison being used by an insect like snakes and arachnids just as they commonly do in our world. As well as rumors about how these kinds of creatures are poisonous and can kill you.D&D is a game of trial and error with a whole lot of risk taking. Some effects can end the game for your character however temporarily in a game where the dead can be raised for a cost. Paying attention to your environment is key.</blockquote>