Arsenic was a toxic elemental material found in the Realms.[1]
Availability[]
- In 3520 NY (−339 DR), the Elemental Store of Karsus Enclave sold pure elemental powdered arsenic for 8 gp per 1 ounce (28 grams).[1]
- Aurora's Emporium sold arsenic for use by wizards as a material component for 3 sp per 8 ounces (230 grams).[2]
Occurrences[]
- Arsenic could be found naturally occurring in certain plants.[2][3]
- Chain devil dung resembled a kind of soft, crumbly slag that contained large amounts of arsenic and sulfur.[4]
- Arsenic was found in volcanic areas such as the Lake of Steam.[5]
Usages[]
- Arsenic was used as an ingested poison that weakened and then killed the target.[1][6][7][8] It was especially popular and prevalent in Zakhara.[9]
- The vile lichnee potion that transformed someone into a lich used three drops of pure arsenic, as well as the heart of a humanoid killed by a combination of arsenic and belladonna.[10]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “The Winds of Netheril”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), p. 100. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jeff Grubb, Julia Martin, Steven E. Schend et al (1992). Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue. (TSR, Inc), p. 49. ISBN 0-5607-6327-2.
- ↑ Clayton Emery (November 1996). Dangerous Games. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 16, p. ?. ISBN 0-7869-0524-7.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (2019-04-20). Chain Devil Dung (Tweet). theedverse. Twitter. Archived from the original on 2022-11-22. Retrieved on 2023-10-29.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (2021-11-15). Lake of Steam Oddities (Tweet). theedverse. Twitter. Archived from the original on 2022-11-20. Retrieved on 2023-10-30.
- ↑ David Noonan, John D. Rateliff (December 2001). Song and Silence. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 25. ISBN 0-7869-1857-8.
- ↑ Eric Cagle, Jesse Decker, Jeff Quick, and James Wyatt (March 2003). Arms and Equipment Guide 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 37. ISBN 978-0-7869-2649-7.
- ↑ Monte Cook, Jonathan Tweet, Skip Williams (July 2003). Dungeon Master's Guide v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 297. ISBN 0-7869-2889-1.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb and Andria Hayday (April 1992). Arabian Adventures. (TSR, Inc), p. 17. ISBN 978-1560763581.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood et al. (December 1988). Lords of Darkness. Edited by Scott Martin Bowles. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 73, 74. ISBN 0-88038-622-3.