- This article is about the effect; for other uses, see Poison (disambiguation).
Poison afflicts creatures by delivering ability damage in two stages. When initially struck, the creature makes a fortitude saving throw to resist the poison outright. If this roll fails the character takes a specified amount of ability damage. After one minute has passed the character makes another fortitude saving throw, and if this fails he takes an additional amount of ability damage. It is possible to remove poison before the second round of ability damage is delivered by using the heal skill or the neutralize poison spell. While the spell will also cure ability damage, the skill will not. By default, poisons (excluding on-hit poisons) are magical effects, and thus both the poison and its ability reduction can be removed by dispelling or resting. (On-hit poisons are extraordinary effects, so removed by resting but not dispelling.) A creature under the influence of a poison is immune to further applications of poison.
The standard poisons defined by the game are the following, listed with the two sets of damage inflicted and the DC of the saving throws.
| Poison | Primary damage | Secondary damage | Save DC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aranea venom | 1d6 strength | 2d6 strength | 13 |
| Arsenic | 1 constitution | 2d8 constitution | 13 |
| Bebilith venom | 1d6 constitution | 2d6 constitution | 20 |
| Black adder venom | none | 1d6 strength | 12 |
| Black lotus extract | 3d6 constitution | 3d6 constitution | 20 |
| Blade bane | 1d4 strength | 1d2 constitution | 15 |
| Bloodroot | 1d3 wisdom | 1d4 constitution | 12 |
| Blue whinnis | 1 constitution | sleep (10 rounds) | 14 |
| Burnt othur fumes | none | 3d6 constitution | 18 |
| Carrion crawler brain juice | paralysis (10 rounds) | none | 13 |
| Chaos mist | 1d4 wisdom | 2d6 wisdom | 15 |
| Colossal spider venom | 2d8 strength | 2d8 strength | 35 |
| Dark reaver powder | 2d6 constitution | 2d6 constitution | 18 |
| Deathblade | 1d6 constitution | 2d6 constitution | 20 |
| Dragon bile | 3d6 strength | none | 26 |
| Epic wyvern poison | 2d6 constitution | 2d6 constitution | 26 |
| Ettercap venom | 1d6 dexterity | 2d4 dexterity | 13 |
| Gargantuan spider venom | 2d6 strength | 2d6 strength | 36 |
| Giant wasp poison | 1d6 dexterity | 1d6 dexterity | 18 |
| Greenblood oil | 1 constitution | 1d2 constitution | 13 |
| Huge spider venom | 1d8 strength | 2d8 strength | 26 |
| Id moss | 1d4 intelligence | 2d6 intelligence | 14 |
| Iron golem fumes | 1d4 constitution | death | 17 |
| Large scorpion venom | 1d6 strength | 1d6 strength | 18 |
| Large spider venom | 1d6 strength | 1d6 strength | 18 |
| Lich dust | 2d6 strength | 1d6 strength | 17 |
| Malyss root paste | 1 dexterity | 2d4 dexterity | 16 |
| Medium spider venom | 1d4 strength | 1d4 strength | 14 |
| Nightshade | 1 dexterity | 1d2 dexterity | 10 |
| Nitharit | none | 3d6 constitution | 13 |
| Oil of taggit | none | sleep (10 rounds) | 15 |
| Phase spider venom | 2d6 constitution | 2d6 constitution | 15 |
| Pit fiend ichor | 3d6 constitution | death | 21 |
| Purple worm poison | 1d6 strength | 1d6 strength | 24 |
| Quasit venom | 1d4 dexterity | 2d4 dexterity | 13 |
| Sassone leaf residue | 2d12 acid | 1d6 constitution | 16 |
| Shadow essence | none | 2d6 strength | 17 |
| Small centipede poison | 1d2 dexterity | 1d2 dexterity | 11 |
| Small spider venom | 1d3 strength | 1d3 strength | 11 |
| Striped toadstool | 1 wisdom | 2d6 wisdom | 11 |
| Terinav root | 1d6 dexterity | 2d6 dexterity | 16 |
| Tiny spider venom | 1d2 strength | 1d2 strength | 11 |
| Ungol dust | 1 charisma | 1d6 charisma | 15 |
| Wraith spider venom | 1d6 constitution | 2d6 strength | 26 |
| Wyvern poison | 2d6 constitution | 2d6 constitution | 17 |
Custom content notes[]
- Poisons are defined in poison.2da.