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Poisons
Poison Find Identify Extract Prepare
AconitineCommon Obvious Simple Average
ArsenicVeryRare Obscure Difficult Easy
BaneberryCommon Obvious Simple Easy
BelladonnaRare Ordinary Moderate Average
BittersweetRare Ordinary Moderate Average
BotulismVeryRare Obscure Moderate Average
CantharidesUncommon Ordinary Moderate Average
CockleburUncommon Ordinary Moderate Average
DaphneCommon Obvious Simple Easy
DestroyingAngelUncommon Uncommon Simple Easy
DiphtheriaVeryRare Ordinary Impossible Hard
DysenteryVeryRare Obscure Impossible Hard
ErgotRare Obscure Moderate Easy
FalseHellebore Uncommon Ordinary Simple Easy
HenbaneUncommon Obvious Simple Easy
HistaminesCommon Ordinary Moderate Easy
MercuryRare Obvious Moderate Average
OleanderCommon Obvious Simple Easy
PoisonHemlock Common Obvious Simple Easy
PoisonIvyCommon Obvious Simple Average
RhubarbUncommon Obscure Moderate Easy
SapremiaVeryRare Obscure Impossible Hard
Serums- Ordinary Difficult Easy
SnakeVenomsUncommon Obvious Moderate Easy
Spider, Black
Widow
Rare Obvious Difficult Easy
Spider, Brown
Recluse
Rare Obvious Difficult Easy
SpiderVenomsCommon Obvious Difficult Easy
TetanusVeryRare Obscure Difficult Hard
WaterHemlock Uncommon Obvious Moderate Average
YewCommon Obscure Simple Easy
Aconitine is known as “the queen mother
of poisons.” It is a common toxin and is easily obtained
from such deceptively pretty flowers as
monkshood or wolfsbane. Aconitine has no smell,
but tastes bitter. Only 1/6 th of a vial of this extract
or 1 gram of the plant is fatal to a character when
ingested. A fatal dose for a horse is 12 ounces of
the plant. Within 1d10 minutes of ingestion, aconitine
produces a freezing sensation that creeps
outward from the core of the body. Provided a
lethal dose was imbibed, paralysis stops the workings
of the victim’s heart within 2d100 minutes.
Symptoms during the onset may include chest pain,
extreme anxiety, irregular heart beat, loss of speech
control, nausea, pinpoint pupils, numb throat, numb
hands, numb mouth, and vomiting. Life Points will
decrease proportionally.
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Arsenic is found in many ores, is gray-metallic
in appearance, and it is a favorite poison of
assassins. It is easily prepared by heating a common
ore called arsenopyrite, although occasionally the
pure element is found in nature. Typically, when
the ore is roasted, the arsenic sublimes and can be
collected from the dust as a by-product. Arsenic is
poisonous in doses significantly larger than 1 grain.
Interestingly, repeated exposure to minute amounts
of arsenic allows a character to build a tolerance, so
that doses normally fatal to others do not affect the
character with tolerance. For each grain ingested,
15 LP of damage occur. If the character survives
their contact with arsenic, then they acquire a cumulative
1% chance of immunity to the damage of
it the next time the character contacts arsenic.
Chapter 17: Natural Substances