Octoin D&D / LP Labs / RPG / Tabletop tagged 5e / 5th edition / D&D / Dungeons & Dragons / Dungeons and Dragons / fantasy / fifth edition / homebrew / lp labs / Pen and Paper / poison / RPG / systems / Tabletop by StanfordPotion of Poison. If you drink it, you take 3d6 poison damage, and you must succeed on a DC 13. An identify spell reveals its true nature. However, it is actually poison masked by illusion magic. This concoction looks, smells, and tastes like a potion of healing or other beneficial potion. Potion Of Poison 5e Dmg 2.

The character must meet the minimum level requirementBefore I start, can you do me a favor? Our reach greatly depends on those that follow us on our various social medias, so can you spare me two seconds to like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and follow our channel on Twitch? Thanks! We really appreciate it.This is the first article in a category IвЂ™m calling вЂњLP Labs.вЂќ This category will hold our articles which contain little homebrew ideas that are not part of a larger project.So, IвЂ™m getting ready to launch into a brand new campaign that IвЂ™m DMing for Polyhedral Complex (October 23rd is going to be our kick-off date, 1930 EST on Twitch). Undertaking this activity can create an item as listed in DMG Chapter 7. The level that a 4-man party can kill one of these creatures in a Deadly encounter cross-referenced to What is the rarity of poisons within the DMG in D&D 5E Read More вњЅnD 5E downtime activities (I/II) DMG p.129: Creator must be a Spellcaster with spell slots and must have spell on spell list with the effect the item should produce. If you drink it, you take 3d6 poison damage, and you must Basic poison is common, things like drow poison is more of a locally available common item so uncommon elsewhere, and things like wyvern and purple worm poisons are related in rarity to the beast they belong to. An Identify spell reveals its true Nature. However, it is actually poison masked by Illusion magic.

They have a list of sample poisons and I was wondering if we could expand upon that and make custom ones.To which my immediate reply was вЂњOh shit yeah!вЂќPoisoning has always had a bit of a weird history in D&D. Then he asked this:Question about poisons. вЂњSure man, we havenвЂ™t even started yet, so no problem,вЂќ was my immediate reply.

Waste an action to add 1d4 damage to my weapons for a bit? Wheeee! ThatвЂ™s certainly how it feels in 5e, where, for 100gp, we can apply a vial of poison to a weapon which adds 1d4 damage for 1 minute. Likely, this is because itвЂ™s yet another thing to deal with, and the payoff isnвЂ™t super great. However, for some reason, it is often under utilized or straight up ignored. And let me be perfectly clear: this was not вЂњtake a bunch of damage.вЂќ This was вЂњdead.вЂќSince then, the fantasy trope of вЂњpoisoning a weaponвЂќ has been incorporated more and more. There was even a spell, Slow Poison, which had the sole purpose of giving you some extra time to cure that shit before you died. Indeed, the AD&D PlayerвЂ™s HandbookВ had a whole section which basically said, вЂњPutting poison on a weapon shouldnвЂ™t be allowed because itвЂ™s too good and the game wouldnвЂ™t be challenging.вЂќ ThatвЂ™s because, back then, you either saved from poison, or died.

System of a DoseOk, so what I want to do is come up with a basic system for poisons and their value. Fine, letвЂ™s do it ourselves. Oddly enough, there are rules in the DMG to do exactly that, yet the rules are fairly sparse on coming up with custom poisons and allowing players to make them. Not like thatвЂ™d ever happenвЂ¦If you want something more potent, there are a few sample poisons the core rules offer:Holy hell, 150 gp for the cheapest one on that list, and I have to get the hapless victim to eat/drink it? The first one I can put on a weapon costs 200 gp (Serpent Venom) and I canвЂ™t even make that myself, I have to go find a snake, kill it, harvest its glands.

However, itвЂ™s exactly the opposite for an adventurer. The former is neat and tidy, the latter is messy and attention-seeking. ThatвЂ™s an important distinction, because a nobleman is going to far prefer a poison which he can surreptitiously slip into a drink rather than something he has to wipe all over a blade and then out-and-out stab someone with. Now, notice I said вЂњto an adventurerвЂќ there. What IвЂ™m going to do is assign each poison a set of вЂњEfficacy Points (EP).вЂќ Basically, EP sums up into a neat little number how useful a poison is to an adventurer.

Tricky vector for mid-combat. Ingested The targets needs this one to actually go in their face and down their throat. It has to touch skin, though, so a tough pull in combat. ContactВ This poison can mess up your day even if itвЂ™s just on a doorknob you happen to touch. 5e provides 4 vectors for delivery: Step One: DeliveryBefore we can decide what the poison actually does, we need to determine how one actually delivers the poison.

I doubt WotC came up with a formula for poisons (if they had, they would have given it to us in the DMG), so itвЂ™s probably because the poisons were kind of вЂњtop of the headвЂќ balanced for their effects, then given a rough gold estimate. Pale Tincture вЂ“ SpecialВ (this poison is NUTS)As we can see here, there is some variance in the cost of a poison vs. Cost Cost CostNow, letвЂ™s take a look at all the samples and how they stack up: There will likely be neat little customization options that can be added (like a poison that can be applied to more than 3 arrows, or lasts 10 minutes on a weapon instead of 1), but thatвЂ™s for later refinement. These effects last for as long as the target has the вЂњPoisonedвЂќ condition from this poison.Okay, so this is the basic framework, and it covers all of the sample poisons.

Really, poisons are generally going to be wildly expensive to buy, because theyвЂ™re generally illegal (except in Tamriel for some odd reason). So, letвЂ™s just throw out a simple formula, and call it a day:Yeah, itвЂ™s not ideal (to the power of 2.3? Ugh), but it scales fairly well, and pushes that Purple Worm insanity into the 2.5k range.Why is the cost important? For crafting, of course. Purple Worm Poison is crazy potent for just 2k gold, so IвЂ™m not sure what the thought process there was.However, for this system to make any kind of sense, we need to put actual gold values to the EP so that DMs and players can know what these things are worth.

Sure, as long as you have Crawler Mucus, itвЂ™s easy enough to make a poison out of it.I have more on this, but weвЂ™re already bumping 1400 words, so IвЂ™m calling it here. Further, some poisons require truly obscure or exotic ingredients (thereвЂ™s that Purple Worm again), which can drive the market value way up, but the base cost isnвЂ™t all that extravagant.

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