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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Turanil" data-source="post: 2204759" data-attributes="member: 9646">As someone said earlier, having to re-calculate your bab, save, hp, etc., each time your are poisoned, is tedious and slows the game pace. I have been mulling over this, trying to find a simpler method. I was thinking that poison would still affect Strength, Constitution, Dexterity, etc. However, instead of reducing the ability score, it inflicts "poisoning strain" (until I find better words  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh    :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" /> ). The idea is: for every two points of "poisoning strain" the character suffers a -1 penalty to something. Then, when these poisoning strain points reach a total equal to half a certain ability score, a special effect happens; and when the poisoning strain points reach a total equal to that ability score, paralysis, death, or what not occurs. The effects of each poison would be specific, such as, for examples:-- Weakening poison: relates to Strength; poisoning strain imposes a penalty to hit rolls, etc.; at half the Str score the character is exhausted; and at Str score the character falls to the ground unable to move.-- Paralytic poison: relates to Dexterity; poisoning strain imposes a penalty to AC and initiative, etc.; at half the Dex score the character is slowed; and at Dex score the character is paralyzed.-- Debilitating poison: relates to Constitution; poisoning strain imposes a penalty to all d20 rolls, etc.; at half the Con score the character loses half of his hp; and at Con score the character dies.-- Madening poison: relates to Wisdom; poisoning strain imposes a penalty to perception rolls, etc.; at half the Wis score the character cannot distinguish between friends and foes; and at Wis score the character becomes berserk or catatonic or what not.ETC.What do you think?</blockquote>

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