The virulent weapon quality was one that hastened the speed at which poison delivered by the weapon affected the victim.[1]
Description[]
A virulent weapon was always a light weapon.[2] Its surface was not even but dotted with oozing pits.[1]
Powers[]
A virulent quality did not affect any of the weapon's other qualities, like sharpness. Instead, it affected contact or injury poison coated on it.[1] Poisons on the weapon became harder to resist.[2] Apart from that, poisons usually caused initial and secondary reactions from the body it was delivered into. The virulent quality doubled the speed at which a poison's secondary reaction affected the target's body.[1]
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.[2]
Creating such a weapon required a poison spell.[1]
History[]
The virulent quality was a weapon quality associated with the drow. Most such weapons had imagery of spiders, spider webs, or demons.[2]
Appendix[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Ari Marmell, Anthony Pryor, Robert J. Schwalb, Greg A. Vaughan (May 2007). Drow of the Underdark. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 96. ISBN 978-0-7869-4151-3.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Robert J. Schwalb (September 2008). “Children of Darkness”. In Chris Youngs ed. Dragon #367 (Wizards of the Coast), p. 39.
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