Poisons

From Archives of Lusternian Lore

Because of the need to recognize the auras of animals, low magic is a prerequisite for this skill. Once you master a poison, you will be able to discern what creatures produce the poison. You will need to kill the creature in order to extract poison from it. Note that the more skilled you are in poisons, the more poison you will be able to extract.

Extracting	Inept	Basic ability to extract venoms from poisonous creatures.
Identification	Inept +33%	Identify creatures with known poisons.
Anatine	Inept +66%	Causes terrible muscular spasms.
Niricol	Novice	Causes the pupils to completely close.
Mactans	Novice +50%	A spider venom that gives chills.
Contortrin	Apprentice	Also known as hero's bane, found within graves.
Aleutian	Apprentice +33%	Strangely affects the emotions, causing paranoia.
Mantakaya	Apprentice +66%	A dangerous toxin that causes paralysis.
Dendroxin	Capable	Causes muscles in the arms to shrivel.
Saxitin	Capable +50%	Only found in the deepest sea creatures who hate sunlight.
Ibululu	Adept	This snake venom causes an unnatural sensitivity to pain.
Hadrudin	Adept +33%	Usually found in scorpions, causes terrible disfigurement.
Mellitin	Adept +66%	Weakness afflicts those infected with this poison.
Botulinum	Master	A poison that causes terrible gastrointestinal convulsions.
Pyrotoxin	Master +33%	Strips fire protection or gives a burst of fiery damage.
Haemotox	Master +66%	Afflicts with haemophilia, making blood hard to clot.
Calcise	Gifted	Targets the bones of the legs, with crippling effect.
Inyoka	Gifted +33%	Dizziness is the main effect of this salamander venom.
Tetrodin	Gifted +66%	A dark poison that that saps the health of its victim.
Crotamine	Expert	Unless quickly cured, this poison means a certain death.
Morphite	Expert +50%	Only found in certain elemental creatures, causes sleep.
Escozul	Virtuoso	An energy draining poison from the astral depths.
Chansu	Virtuoso +33%	A terrible toxin that causes respiratory illness.
Charybdon	Virtuoso +66%	Another astral poison, the effects are always mutating.
Miniatures	Fabled	Dip figurines into poison to give it a breath attack.
Dulak	Fabled +50%	This poison attacks the brain, causing unnatural stupidity.
Senso	Mythical	A poison that causes profuse oily sweating.
Constructs	Mythical +33%	Use crotamine to allow constructs a special attack.
Anerod	Mythical +66%	This poison thins the blood and reduces the immune system.
Immunity	Transcendent	Immunize yourself against the effects of one poison.

Extracting

Syntax:

EXTRACT <creature> INTO <vial>

You may extract known poisons of venomous creatures into vials. The amount you will be able to extract will increase as your skill in poisons increases.

Identification

When you probe a creature, you will be able to discern if it is venomous and what poison it produces. You will only be able to identify creatures with poisons known to you.

Additional Notes:

These poisons will cause these afflictions. Note that only unlinked astral creatures produce poison, though linked ones still give the same afflictions. Poison Effect Cure Source Location Aleutian Paranoia Coltsfoot/Phlegmatic Pythons Balach Swamp Anatine Clumsiness Kombu/Sanguine Adders Oleanvir Valley Anerod Relapse Yarrow/Sanguine Bats Glomdoring Chasm Garnet Scorpions Scorpion Caves Botulinum Vomiting Choleric Blue-Ringed Octopii Inner Sea Calcise Withered Legs Mending Platypii Rivers Chansu Asthma Melancholic Nagaradjas Southern Mountains Aerial Stalkers Plane of Air Charybdon Random Effect Varies Red Scorpions Astral - Scorpio Contortrin Recklessness Horehound Queen Gravedigger Blasted Lands Crotamine Death Countdown Antidote Lindwyrms Earth Plane Dendroxin Withered Arms Mending Eyelash Vipers Hills in Southeast, Northeast Amethyst Scorpions Scorpion Caves Dulak Stupidity Pennyroyal Gila Lizards Skarch Desert Escozul Powersap Antidote Bloated Parasites Astral - Pisces Hadrudin Disloyalty Love Black Scorpions Blasted Lands Muhagli Caverns of Muhanlesh Haemotox Haemophilia Yarrow Rattlesnakes Hifarae Hills Ibululu Sensitivity Myrtle/Melancholic Cobras Skarch Desert Inyoka Dizziness Myrtle/Melancohoic Red Salamanders Rivers Mactans Chills Fire Black Widows Glomdoring Forest Onyx Scorpions Scorpion Caves Mantakaya Paralysis Focus Body Manta Rays Inner Sea Adoraths Undervault Mellitin Weakness Marjoram Wasps Glomdoring Forest Jade Scorpions Scorpion Caves Morphite Sleep Wake Dreamleeches Water Plane Niricol Blindness Faeleaf Cockatrices Hills near Glomdoring Pyrotoxin Fire Frost Manticores Grey Moors Saxitin Sun Allergy Liniment Sea Anemone Inner Sea Senso Slickness Calamus Stoneghasts Earth Plane Tetrodin Healthleech Sanguine Tree Frogs Serenwilde Frogs Tolborolla Valley

Miniatures

Syntax:

DIP <figurine> IN <crotamine>

You can dip miniatures in a vial of crotamine, making the figurine occasionally breathe a powerful corrosive cloud. The figurine will absorb the equivalent of 50 doses.
NOTE: Figurines coated in crotamine cannot also be coated in quicksilver nor can it wear knuckles/helmet.

Constructs

Syntax:

PREPARE CROTAMINE JELLY FROM <vial of crotamine>

Crotamine jelly can be put into a construct or colossus to enable the operator to attack his or her targets with a poison attack that does up to twice the damage to the target, at a cost of half damage to his or her own construct or colossus.

Immunity

Syntax:

IMMUNIZE

By taking a dose of poison, you will be able to train your body to become majorly resistant to poison. This is not an instantaneous process. Once your body is prepared to IMMUNIZE itself, you must take a sip of the poison you wish to be immune to. Then, at the beginning of the next month, you will find yourself greatly immune from its effects. Note that this only works against poisons, not against other spells that may give the same effect.