Dragon bile was just that, bile extracted from a dragon's gallbladder and turned into a potent contact poison.[3][1][5]
Description[]
Apart from bones and scales, dragon's bile was perhaps the most sought-after part of a slain wyrm. A competent poison maker could turn the draconic substance into a poison of varied strengths. The strongest type of dragon bile was collected from ancient dragons and wielded only by the most deadly of assassins.[3][1] The bile was green in color.[6]
Powers[]
Dragon bile was most often used to coat blades. When the poison was introduced onto a target's skin or in their bloodstream, the substance started sapping their strength. Despite dragon bile rarely causing death, its weakening effect was devastatingly dangerous. A single vial of the substance usually held enough poison for five applications.[3]
Dragon bile was commonly used as poison in traps or as coating for locks or other object prone to be touched by thieves and rogues.[4][7]
History[]
In the Year of Lightning Storms, 1374 DR, dragon bile was sold by mind flayers of the illithid black market hidden in the mountains west of Samargol in the jungles of Samarach.[3]
Appendix[]
Appearances[]
- Adventures
- The Altar of Scales • Adderposts • Lost Mine of Phandelver
- Novels
- Referenced only
- A Worm Too Soft
- Video Games
- Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rodney Thompson (September 2010). “Assassin, Executioner”. In Steve Winter ed. Dragon #391 (Wizards of the Coast), p. 36.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd, Darrin Drader (July 2004). Serpent Kingdoms. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 176. ISBN 0-7869-3277-5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Obsidian Entertainment (November 2008). Designed by Tony Evans. Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir. Atari.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Eric L. Boyd, Eytan Bernstein (August 2006). Dragons of Faerûn. Edited by Beth Griese, Cindi Rice, Kim Mohan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 80. ISBN 0-7869-3923-0.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Jesse Decker (January 2005). Complete Adventurer. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 98. ISBN ISBN 0-7869-3651-7.
- ↑ J. Robert King (1995). “A Worm Too Soft”. In Brian Thomsen and J. Robert King ed. Realms of Magic (TSR, Inc). ISBN 0-7869-0303-1.
- ↑ Monte Cook, Jonathan Tweet, Skip Williams (September 2000). Dungeon Master's Guide 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 73. ISBN 978-0786915514.