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Offline alloowishus

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Do poisons need to deliver a crit to take effect?
« on: March 24, 2023, 12:18:55 PM »
Or did I dream it? :) I thought i read that somewhere but I can't find it. Maybe it is a house rule. I can't remember if it's part of the core rules.
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Re: Do poisons need to deliver a crit to take effect?
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2023, 01:41:17 PM »
My house rule is that the attack has to do a minimum 1hp of damage for you to need to RR vs. poison. I dunno if there is a hard and fast RAW.
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Re: Do poisons need to deliver a crit to take effect?
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2023, 07:44:07 PM »
In RM2, the Ch&CL's note about "enchanted herbs, breads and poisons price chart" clearly mentions that "if a poison paste is used and a critical is obtained, the foe must make a RR or he receives the effect; if the attack is merely hits (no crit), the poison is gone." and that a "liquid" is "as paste, except it remains effective for 1 hour."
It's in the section no one apparently ever read (or remembers), as I quoted it over and over again when it comes to poison (just as no one seems to remember that, for poisons, RM2 offers two alternatives to the RR method, the luck-based method and the constitution-based method…)
So, yeah, a critical is needed.
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Re: Do poisons need to deliver a crit to take effect?
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2023, 10:30:56 AM »
Likewise RMSR pg 292. Same condition is noted in the poison section of Treasure Law for RMU (which isn't out, but just to be complete here). So that's every version.
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