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| Flavor = You have become poisoned by some powerful drug, allergen, or agent. Such things can have wildly different effects, harming body, mind, or soul. | | Flavor = You have become poisoned by some powerful drug, allergen, or agent. Such things can have wildly different effects, harming body, mind, or soul. | ||
| Effects = Poisons have the following characteristics, which detail how they affect a creature which fails a saving throw against them: Name, Vector, Save, Onset, Frequency, Effect, Fruition, and Cure. | | Effects = ''Poisoned'' is usually the result of a standard poison or drug affecting the creature's system. Poisons have the following characteristics, which detail how they affect a creature which fails a saving throw against them: Name, Vector, Intensity, Save, Onset, Frequency, Effect, Fruition, and Cure. | ||
::* '''Name:''' This is the name of the poison. | ::* '''Name:''' This is the name of the poison. | ||
::* '''Intensity:''' The intensity of a poison states whether the poison inflicts [[tainted]], ''poisoned'', or [[blighted]], which determines how easily the effects of the poison are cured. | |||
::* '''Save:''' This is the saving throw type (Fort, Refl, Will) and DC for the poison. The save DC typically remains unchanged, regardless of whether it is the initial poisoning attack or effect, or one of the saves made to resist its continuing effects. | ::* '''Save:''' This is the saving throw type (Fort, Refl, Will) and DC for the poison. The save DC typically remains unchanged, regardless of whether it is the initial poisoning attack or effect, or one of the saves made to resist its continuing effects. | ||
::* '''Onset:''' While many poisons have an immediate onset, inflicting their effects as soon as the first saving throw is failed, some poisons take longer to cause an effect. In most cases, creatures won't know they are poisoned until effects begin to manifest. | ::* '''Onset:''' While many poisons have an immediate onset, inflicting their effects as soon as the first saving throw is failed, some poisons take longer to cause an effect. In most cases, creatures won't know they are poisoned until effects begin to manifest. | ||