Poisoning
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Poisoning is the skill of applying poison to weapons. Only rogues have this skill.
Poison weapons have poison spread on their metal blades or points. Each poison weapon has a chance to poison the enemy when it hits. A poison weapon also does the usual damage of a normal weapon, so in general poison weapons are better than normal weapons. The poison will remain for the life of the weapon, but the durability of the weapon will be less.
One must have Poison Glands or Bottles of Poison to use the Poisoning skill. Unfortunately, poison glands are less common and more expensive than other reagents. A rogue with a Poison Gland and an Empty Bottle and the correct reagents can use this skill to make a Bottle of Poison. Then the rogue may sell the poison to the shop, or apply it to a weapon.
[edit] Restrictions
Some weapons can never be poisoned, at any level of the Poisoning skills. Weapons that do not take poison include:
- wooden weapons, like Club or Stave
- weapons with extra traits, like Katana of Durability or Frost Axe
However, it is possible to poison a GM weapon. A GM Poison weapon has an advantage because the improved durability from GM status roughly cancels the reduced durability from poisoned status.
