Virulent (weapon quality)

The virulent weapon quality was one that hastened the speed at which poison delivered by the weapon affected the victim.

Description
A virulent weapon was always a light weapon. s surface was not even. It dotted with oozing pits.

Powers
A virulent weapon did not affect any of the weapon qualities like sharpness or other mundane qualities. Instead, it affected contact or injury poison coated on it. Poisons on the weapon became harder to resist. Apart from that, poisons usually invoked an initial and a secondary reaction from the body it was delivered into. The virulent quality doubled the speed at which this poison's secondary reaction affected the target's body.

As mentioned above, a virulent weapon seeped a fluid from the pits that dotted its surface. This fluid was also a poison that hurt those that were hit by the weapon.

Creating such a weapon required a poison spell.

History
The virulent quality was a weapon quality associated with the drow. Most of those had imagery of spiders, spider webs, or demons.