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::* '''Cure:''' This is the required number of successful saving throws to end a poison's effects prior to its frequency expiring. Poisons and drugs which inflict the ''poisoned'' status condition always require two or more successful saving throws, though it is rare that they must also be made consecutively (that is usually a feature of a ''blighted'' level poison). Saving throws may only be made each time the frequency "ticks", unless an additional saving throw is granted by some spell or effect, such as [[Neutralize Poison (Spell)]]. If the saving throw is successful, the poison does not inflict its effect for that tick, even if it isn't cured by that successful save alone. | ::* '''Cure:''' This is the required number of successful saving throws to end a poison's effects prior to its frequency expiring. Poisons and drugs which inflict the ''poisoned'' status condition always require two or more successful saving throws, though it is rare that they must also be made consecutively (that is usually a feature of a ''blighted'' level poison). Saving throws may only be made each time the frequency "ticks", unless an additional saving throw is granted by some spell or effect, such as [[Neutralize Poison (Spell)]]. If the saving throw is successful, the poison does not inflict its effect for that tick, even if it isn't cured by that successful save alone. | ||
::* '''Effect:''' This is what the poison does to a ''poisoned'' creature when the onset first occurs, and each interval of its frequency. The most common poisons inflict a combination of ability damage (or ability drain) and [[Non-Lethal Damage]], though poison effects can vary wildly. Note that non-lethal damage from poison, though physical damage, cannot be mitigated with DR, unless the DR explicitly states it can be used to mitigate non-lethal damage (such as the [[Endurance (Feat)]]). | ::* '''Effect:''' This is what the poison does to a ''poisoned'' creature when the onset first occurs, and each interval of its frequency. The most common poisons inflict a combination of ability damage (or ability drain) and [[Non-Lethal Damage]], though poison effects can vary wildly. Note that non-lethal damage from poison, though physical damage, cannot be mitigated with DR, unless the DR explicitly states it can be used to mitigate non-lethal damage (such as the [[Endurance (Feat)]]). | ||
::* '''Fruition:''' This is the effect inflicted if the poison's final ''tick'' of its frequency is able to complete | ::* '''Fruition:''' This is the effect inflicted if the poison's final ''tick'' of its frequency is able to complete before the poison can be successfully ended by sufficient saving throws. Note that a poison's ''fruition'' can occur even if the ''poisoned'' creature succeeds on the saving throw for that final ''tick'', unless by making that save, the poison is cured (i.e. the requisite number of saves is achieved with this saving throw's success). For drugs and poisons which inflict the ''poisoned'' condition, a very common ''fruition'' is to inflict 1d6 points of lethal damage per CR of the creature which inflicted the poison (or the CL of the poison, if that is more appropriate). However, other effects are possible, such as [[Petrified|petrification]], forcing the victim to speak the truth for the next hour, or even making them compliant with commands. | ||