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Poison

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This article is about the substance. For the spell, see Poison (spell).

A poison was a substance that damaged or affected the abilities of a creature, either instantly or over time. A poison could be administered by contact, inhalation, ingestion, or through a wound.[2][3] Poisoned creatures had a chance to avoid or resist the effects of a poison. The effects of poisons varied widely but some common effects included paralysis, sleep, loss of ability, injury, or death.[4]

The ability to use poison effectively was a skill that must be learned and a person using a poison had a small chance of poisoning himself or herself.[2][5]

Crafting a poison from natural ingredients, or harvesting poisonous substances and venoms from creatures was also a risky endeavor that usually required knowledge of nature and some specialized equipment.[5]

A poisoned creature could be cured quickly either through an antidote, a magic potion, or by clerical[6] or druidic magic.[7][8] Some poisons wore off after a period of time and had little or no lasting effect, but without help, it could take days to recover.[9] Some creatures had natural resistance or immunity to poisons.[4]

Poisons were often rare, expensive, and illegal to purchase.[2][5]

List of Poisons[]

Name Type Damage type Base cost
Adder's root[10] Injury Death ?
Arsenic [4] Ingested Constitution drain 120 gp
Assassin's blood[11][12] Ingested Poison damage 150 gp
Bebelith venom[13] Injury Constitution drain 900 gp
Belarris Ingested Fatigue/unconsciousness ?
Benightbite Ingested Numbing/fatigue/sleep/death ?
Bittermint Ingested Dexterity drain 250 gp
Black adder venom[14] Injury Constitution drain 75[14]-120 gp[15]
Black lotus extract[4] Contact Constitution drain 4,500 gp
Bloodroot Injury Constitution drain 100 gp
Blue whinnis[16][17] Injury Constitution drain/unconsciousness 120 gp
Burnt othur fumes[11][18] Inhaled Poison damage 500 gp
Calad Ingested Confused hearing/confused vision/internal damage ?
Carrion crawler brain juice[19] Contact Paralysis 200 gp[16]
Cave terror[20] Ingested Confusion/intelligence drain 200 gp
Centipede poison[4][13] Injury Dexterity drain 40-2,900 gp
Chokemist[21] Inhaled Delirium/addiction/death ?
Choldrith toxin[22] Injury Constitution drain 1,200 gp
Darfly-sting essence Injury Sleep ?
Dark naga poison[23] Injury Sleep ?
Deathblade[16][24] Injury Constitution drain 1,800 gp
Dragon bile[25][26] Contact/Ingested/Injury Strength drain 1,500 gp
Dragonbane Contact/Ingested/Injury Suffocation ?
Drow knockout poison[20] Injury Unconsciousness 75 gp
Essence of ether[11][27] Inhaled Unconsciousness 300 gp
Fang dragon venom Injury Constitution drain 300 gp
Foxglove[28] Ingested Confusion/hallucinations/intelligence drain/constitution drain 500 gp
Giant wasp poison Injury Dexterity drain 210 gp
Giant snow adder venom[29] Injury/Injected Paralysis/constitution drain and effects similar to the freezing touch spell ?
Greenblood oil[16][30] Injury Constitution drain 100 gp
Imvris Contact/Ingested/Injury Paralysis ?
Jesseret Ingested Death ?
Lockjaw[31] Ingested Silence/constitution drain 250 gp
Lorbralinth Ingested/Injury Chills/fever ?
Malyss root paste[16][17] Contact Dexterity drain 500 gp
Medium spider venom Injury Strength drain 150 gp
Midnight tears[11][32] Ingested Poison damage 1,500 gp
Nightviper venom Ingested/Injury Wisdom drain 600 gp
Numbfish jelly venom Ingested/Contact Dexterity drain/wisdom drain 300 gp
Oil of taggit[11][33] Contact Unconsciousness 400 gp
Pale tincture[5][34] Ingested Poison damage 250 gp

Pauper's poison||Ingested

Subdual 40 gp
Peranox Contact Death 500 gp
Purple worm poison[5][35] Injury Poison damage 2,000 gp
Saldruth's viper venom Ingested/Injury Constitution drain 300 gp
Sassone leaf residue Contact Constitution drain 300 gp
Scorpion poison[16][13] Injury Strength drain 90-9,000 gp
Serpent venom[5] Injury Poison damage 200 gp
Shadow essence[4][36] Injury Strength drain 250 gp
Sickstone unguent[20] Injury Constitution drain 1500 gp
Slarkfish venom Ingested Dexterity drain 100 gp
Sleep-smoke Inhalation Sleep 25 gp
Snow adder venom[37] Injury Constitution drain/paralysis 300 gp
Spider venom[4][13] Injury Strength drain 90-9,000 gp
Srindym[38] Contact/Ingested/Injury Disorientation/dexterity drain/unconsciousness 120 gp
Stingray poison[39][40][41] Ingested/Injury Constitution drain/nausea 600 gp
Striped toadstool[4] Ingested Wisdom drain 180 gp
Stun gas[20] Inhaled Stunning 40 gp
Swiftsleep Injury Sleep ?
Terinav root [4] Contact Dexterity drain 750 gp
Thardynyn[38] Contact Debilitating shakes ?
Torpor[3][27] Ingested Incapacitation 600 gp
Truth serum[3][42] Ingested Can't lie, as if under a zone of truth 150 gp
Tulade Ingested Pain/unconsciousness 250 gp
Udderfish venom Ingested Subdual 400 gp
Ungol dust[4][43] Inhaled Charisma drain 1,000 gp
Virile madness[20] Ingested Intelligence drain/wisdom drain 1200 gp
Wyvern poison Injury Constitution drain 3,000 gp
Yarberry Ingested Death ?
Yellow urchin extract Inhaled Dexterity drain/wisdom drain 800 gp
Yethgrel[38] Ingested System shock but damage protection ?

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  1. ↑ Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford (2014). Player's Handbook 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 150. ISBN 978-0-7869-6560-1.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Monte Cook, Jonathan Tweet, Skip Williams (July 2003). Dungeon Master's Guide v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 296. ISBN 0-7869-2889-1.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins, James Wyatt (2014). Dungeon Master's Guide 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 257. ISBN 978-0786965622.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 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.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins, James Wyatt (2014). Dungeon Master's Guide 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 258. ISBN 978-0786965622.
  6. ↑ Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams (July 2003). Player's Handbook v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 184. ISBN 0-7869-2886-7.
  7. ↑ Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams (July 2003). Player's Handbook v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 190. ISBN 0-7869-2886-7.
  8. ↑ Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford (2014). Player's Handbook 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 270. ISBN 978-0-7869-6560-1.
  9. ↑ Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford (2014). Player's Handbook 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 187. ISBN 978-0-7869-6560-1.
  10. ↑ Keith Francis Strohm (October 2004). “Penitential Rites”. In Philip Athans ed. Realms of the Dragons (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 255–290. ISBN 978-0-7869-3394-5.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins, James Wyatt (2014). Dungeon Master's Guide 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 258. ISBN 978-0786965622.
  12. ↑ Christopher Perkins, James Haeck, James Introcaso, Adam Lee, Matthew Sernett (September 2018). Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 149. ISBN 978-0-7869-6625-7.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Monte Cook (October 2002). Book of Vile Darkness. Edited by David Noonan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 44. ISBN 0-7869-3136-1.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Sean K. Reynolds, Steve Miller (2000). Into the Dragon's Lair. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 91. ISBN 0-7869-1634-6.
  15. ↑ Jesse Decker (January 2005). Complete Adventurer. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 98. ISBN ISBN 0-7869-3651-7.
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  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Sean K. Reynolds, Steve Miller (2000). Into the Dragon's Lair. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 51. ISBN 0-7869-1634-6.
  18. ↑ Thomas Reid (October 2004). Shining South. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 98. ISBN 0-7869-3492-1.
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  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 Bruce R. Cordell, Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, Jeff Quick (October 2003). Underdark. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 67–68. ISBN 0-7869-3053-5.
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  22. ↑ James Wyatt and Rob Heinsoo (February 2001). Monster Compendium: Monsters of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 27. ISBN 0-7869-1832-2.
  23. ↑ Carrie Bebris (2001). Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 72. ISBN 0-7869-1387-8.
  24. ↑ Wil Upchurch (December 2005). “The Twisted Run”. In James Jacobs ed. Dungeon #129 (Paizo Publishing, LLC), p. 83.
  25. ↑ Jesse Decker (January 2005). Complete Adventurer. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 98. ISBN ISBN 0-7869-3651-7.
  26. ↑ Obsidian Entertainment (November 2008). Designed by Tony Evans. Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir. Atari.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Christopher Perkins, Will Doyle, Steve Winter (September 19, 2017). Tomb of Annihilation. Edited by Michele Carter, Scott Fitzgerald Gray. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 122. ISBN 978-0-7869-6610-3.
  28. ↑ James Lowder, John W. Mangrum, Ryan Naylor, Anthony Pryor, Voronica Whitney-Robinson and Andrew Wyatt (2003). Ravenloft Gazetteer Vol.IV. Edited by Mike Johnstone. (Wizards of the Coast, Arthaus Publishing), pp. 132–133. ISBN 1-58846-087-8.
  29. ↑ Jeff Crook, Wil Upchurch, Eric L. Boyd (May 2005). Champions of Ruin. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 108. ISBN 0-7869-3692-4.
  30. ↑ Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 31. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
  31. ↑ Brian R. James (May 2010). “Backdrop: Chessenta”. In Chris Youngs ed. Dungeon #178 (Wizards of the Coast), p. 76.
  32. ↑ Christopher Perkins (November 2018). Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 242. ISBN 978-0-7869-6626-4.
  33. ↑ Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd (March 2006). Power of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 126. ISBN 0-7869-3910-9.
  34. ↑ Christopher Perkins, Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman (March 2016). Curse of Strahd. Edited by Kim Mohan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 126. ISBN 978-0-7869-6598-4.
  35. ↑ Christopher Perkins, Adam Lee, Richard Whitters (September 1, 2015). Out of the Abyss. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 202. ISBN 978-0-7869-6581-6.
  36. ↑ Eric L. Boyd, Eytan Bernstein (August 2006). Dragons of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 78. ISBN 0-7869-3923-0.
  37. ↑ Jeff Crook, Wil Upchurch, Eric L. Boyd (May 2005). Champions of Ruin. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 108. ISBN 0-7869-3692-4.
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 Ed Greenwood (October 2012). Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 44. ISBN 0786960345.
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  41. ↑ Chris Landsea (January 1984). “Taking the sting out of poison”. In Kim Mohan ed. Dragon #81 (TSR, Inc.), p. 16.
  42. ↑ Thomas M. Reid (November 2008). The Fractured Sky. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 10. ISBN 0786948078.
  43. ↑ Clifford Horowitz (August 2004). “Silicon Sorcery: Shadows of Undrentide”. In Matthew Sernett ed. Dragon #322 (Paizo Publishing, LLC), p. 50.
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