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Akpaloli (*Fabulous*, From a story by Clark Ashton Smith) Administration: I Dose: .0001 g Effect: 1 sec, (-20 ALL) 1 sec/Infinity Treatment: None Notes: This clear, odorless, tasteless poison is made from an herb found only on Mars. It is nearly instantly lethal. Alcohol Administration: I Dosage: 1 Drink Effects: 5 min, (+2 Wil, -2 Skl, -1 Ap, BP) .5h/1h, (-2 Wil, +1 Skl, +1 Ap, BP) 1h/Infinity Treatment: Time Notes: Effects are cumulative. BP taken are Non-lethal. Alien Venom (*FABULOUS*) Administration: N Dose: 5 g Effects: 1 sec, (-10 BP (Non-Lethal), Str, Dex, Skl) 5 sec/12 hours, (+1 Str, Dex, Skl) 12 hours/infinity Treatment: None known. Amanita phalloides (Mushroom) Administration: I Dose: 1 mushroom Effects: 12 hours, (-1 Brv, App, Per, Skl, BP) 4 hours/24 hours, (-1 All) 6 hours/3 days, (+1 all) 1 day/infinity Treatment: Stomach Pump if discovered in first few hours, otherwise. Thiotic Acid in a saline solution given over a 2 week period. Notes: Looks very like the common edible mushroom. Poison type is very difficult to identify. Symptoms include Hallucinations, Stomach Cramps, Nausea. The BP loss is initially non-Lethal, but becomes Lethal during the second, circulatory collapse and liver failure stage. Amphiptere Venom (*FABULOUS*) Administration: N Dose: 1 g Effects: 5 Minutes (-2 All) 10 Minutes (-4 All) 15 Minutes (-16 All) 20 Minutes (Death) Treatment: None Known Notes: Due to the magical nature of this poison (Pow 9) even magical healing can be hard pressed to cure its effects. Even if the poison is negated, half all impairments are permanent due to neurological damage. Amphisbaena Venom (*FABULOUS*) Administration: N Dose: .01 grams Effects: 1 Second, (-6 BP, Pow 3) 1 sec/infinity Treatment: None Notes: BP is lethal. Aqua Toffana (Aquetti di Napoli) (*FABULOUS*) Administration I Dose: 1 gram Effect: 15 sec., (-1 APP,BP,STA,DEX,BRV,SKL,PER) 20s/10m, (-4 ALL) 1m/Infinity Treatment: None. Notes: Vomiting blood begins after more BP is taken than half the CON, All BP is lethal. An Arsenic and Cantharides mixture that blends the worse in both. A poison reputedly used extensively by the house de Medici. Arsenic Administration: I, R Dose: 2 grams (Cumulative) Effects: .5h, (-2 Dex, Per, Skl, Str, BP) 1h/4h, (-1 Dex, Per, Skl, Str, BP) 3 hours/72 hours, (+ 1 All) 6 hours/Infinity. Treatment: Pump Stomach, Dimercaprol Notes: A common heavy metal. Symptoms are restlessness, headaches, dizziness, visual impairment, numbing and tingling in extremities, and dry mouth; If the poisoning is more gradual, it generally resembles gastric distress if poisoning is gradual with colicky abdominal pain, vomiting and constipation or diarrhea, garlic breath, all eventually leading to total circulatory collapse. There is also hair loss with an arsenic build up in the skin, hair and fingernails. BP are non- lethal, unless they reach 0, then the character dies. Asp venom Administration: N Dose: .05 g Effect: 1 min (-1 All) 5 min/24 hours, (+1 All) 1 day/infinity Treatment: Appropriate Antivenin Notes: The BP is lethal and effects as per normal damage, but with no permanent impairment. Effect of venom is doubled at site of injury. The Poison is relatively quick and painless. Baneberry (Herb Christopher, Bug bane, Toadroot, Cohos, Doll's Eyes, Necklaceweed, Snakeberry) Administration: I Dosage: 3 grams Effects: 30 min, (-1 APP,BRV,PER,SKL,STA,DEX,BP) 2h/48h, (-1 ALL) 1h/Infinity. Treatment: Pump Stomach, Fluid & Electrolyte replacement Notes: In dosages smaller than the one described above, use the following effects: Effects: 30 min, (-1 APP,BRV,PER,SKL,STA,DEX,BP) 2h/12h, (+1 APP,BRV,PER,SKL,STA,DEX,BP) 1d/Infinity. As they receive an increasing burning in the stomach, dizziness and increased pulse. Larger doses START there and gradually progress into nausea, vomiting, bloody diarrhea, Convulsions, and death. The herb itself stinks. Baneberry (Herb Christopher, Bug bane, Toadroot, Cohos, Doll's Eyes, Necklaceweed, Snakeberry (*FABULOUS*)) Administration: I Dosage: 3 grams Effects: 1 sec., (+1 ALL (see below)) 1 sec/30sec, (-1 All) 1h/Infinity Treatment: None Notes: Baneberry is a snakebite treatment, and the above effects are valid ONLY for defending against a bite. Black widow venom Administration: N Dosage: 1 Bite Effects: .5 hour, (-1 SKL,BP,DEX,STR) .5 hour/24 hours, (+1 SKL,BP,DEX,STR) 1 day/Infinity. Treatment: Antiserum. Rest. Notes: Muscle Spasms and cramping in the extremities, Stomach rigidity and swelling resembling a perforated ulcer, Pain moving into Chest, Labored breathing and restlessness. Note that death is VERY RARE. The BP are Non-lethal. Bloodroot (Indian paint, Tetterwort, Red Pucoon, Red Root, Paucon, Coon Root, Snake Bite, Sweet Slumber) Administration: I Dosage: 3g Effects: 1h, (-1 ALL) 3m/2h, (+1 All) 1h/Infinity Treatment: Pump Stomach & Treat Symptoms Notes: Burning in stomach, thirst, vomiting, dimming of eyesight. In smaller doses, reduces heart action, depresses the nerves, and lowers strength. Bloodythorn Mead (*FABULOUS*) (Although I can't remember the original source) Administration: I Dosage: .2L Effects: 10 min, (-1 STR,DEX,SKL) 10m/2h, (+1 STR,DEX,SKL) 1d/infinity. Treatment: Pump Stomach & treat symptoms. Notes: This elixir is derived from the thorns and stalks of the bloodthorn vine. It causes an increasing paralysis, often appearing to "freeze" a person in their tracks. Botulism Administration: I Dose: 1 gram Effect: 6h, (-1 All) 20m/8h, (+1 All) 1d/Infinity Treatment: The appropriate Antitoxin Notes: Causes nausea and vomiting, leading to paralysis. BP is Lethal. Bracken Broth (*FABULOUS*) (Source Unknown) Administration: I Dosage: 1 gram Effects: 10 min, (-1 SKL,BP,APP,STA) 10m/3h, (-1 ALL) 1h/48h Treatment: Stomach pump, and try to make the victim comfortable. Notes: This poison destroys red blood cells, as well as causing cramping, diarrhea all leading to a coma. Bryony, Black (Blackeye Root) Administration: I Dosage: 1 gram Effects: 1 hour, (-1 ALL) 1h/Infinity Treatment: Pump Stomach, replace fluids, treat symptoms. Notes: Cramping, nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting that leads to death by respiratory arrest. Is used distilled, and in very small amounts, as an emitic & diuretic. Bryony, White (English Mandrake, Wildvine, Wild Hops, Wild Nep, Tamus, Lady's Seal, Tetterberry, Devil's Turnip) Administration: I Dosage: 40 Berrys Effects: 1 hour, (-1 ALL) 1h/Infinity Treatment: Pump Stomach, replace fluids, treat symptoms. Notes: Burning mouth, nausea, and vomiting that leads to a convulsive coma, paralysis and death by respiratory arrest. Is used distilled, and in very small amounts, as an abortifacient. Cantarella, La (*FABULOUS*) Administration: I Dose: 1 gram (Dissolved in wine) Effect: 6 days, (-1 APP,BP,STA,DEX,BRV,SKL,PER) 1 hour/Infinity Treatment: None. Notes: Vomiting blood begins after more BP is taken than half the CON, All BP is lethal. An Arsenic and Cantharides, hence the name. A poison reputedly used extensively by the house de Borgia. Cantharidin (Cantharis Vericatoria, Spanish Fly) Administration: I Dosage: .3g Effects: 1 sec, (-1 BP,AP,STA,BRV,SKL,PER) 1m/.5h, (-2 All) 1m/Infinity. Treatment: None Notes: Although alleged to be an aphrodisiac, cantharidin is one of the more lethal poisons available, and has a corrosive effect on the mucous layers of the body. In less lethal doses than the one described above use the following effects: Effects: 1 sec, (-1 BP,AP,STA,BRV,SKL,PER) 1m/5m, (+1 BP,AP,STA,BRV,SKL,PER) 1d/Infinity. as the victim's body first develops abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, until they reach a general collapse. If the victim loses more BP than half their CON, then it may be assumed that internal blistering has begun to hemorrhage, and they begin to vomit blood. All BP is lethal. Cantharidin (Cantharis Vericatoria, Spanish Fly (*FABULOUS*)) Administration: I Dosage: .3g Effects: 30 sec, (-1 BRV,PER, +1 STR,STA) 10 min/8h, (+1 BRV,PER, -1 STR,STA) 1h/Infinity. Treatment: None Notes: An aphrodisiac, this drug makes the imbiber's hormones override any inhibitions they might have. Note that the maximum impairment/addition possible from this drug is +/-10. Carbon Monoxide Administration R Dose: Effect: 1 minute (-1 All) 10 sec/15 min, (+1 All) 1 minute/Infinity. Treatment: Amyl Nytrate Notes: An asphyxiant, this works by blocking absorption of oxygen into bloodstream. Symptoms include headache, weakness, cortical blindness, loss of memory, hallucinations, slowed movements. Toward the end there may be a lot of gasping for breath and thrashing about. It turns the blood and tissues a bright cherry red. Cherry Laurel Administration: I Dosage: 10 grams Effects: 1 sec, (-10 All) 10 sec/15 min, (+1 All) 1 minute/Infinity. Treatment: Amyl Nitrate yields +10 to resistance checks for 20 minutes; Pump stomach, and artificial respiration. Notes: A sedative/Narcotic. Works by blocking absorption of oxygen into bloodstream. Fatal in doses as low as .5 grams (-1 All) 1 minute/15 hours). Chloral Hydrate Administration: I,N Dosage: .1 grams Effects: 10 min, (-2 BP, -1 DEX, Int, Sta) 5 min/1hour, (+1 All) 10 min/Infinity Treatment: Stimulants Notes: The BP is non-lethal, and its only effect is to see if a stun result each time the DL on the character increases. It has a strong taste, and must be mixed with food or drink to disguise it. Cocaine (Methyl Benzoylecgonine) Administration I,N,C Dose: 10-50 mg Effect:(10mg) 5 Sec, (+1 Brv, Per, Sta) 5 minute/20 minutes, (-1 Brv, Per, Sta, Wil) 5 min/20 minutes, (+1 All) 2 hour, Infinity. Effect:(50mg) 5 Sec, (+1 Brv, Per, Sta) 1 minute/10 minutes, (-1 All) 15 minutes/3 hours, (+1 All) 1 hour, Infinity. Treatment: Activated charcoal, washing the effected area, icepacks can slow the absorbtion rate Notes: First stimulates, then depressess the CNS. Ther is a major feeling of Euphoria when the drug first takes effect that gradually fades being replaced by depression, often quite severe. Cocain is very habit forming. Cockatrice/Basilisk Poison (*FABULOUS*) Administration Method: N,C, or R Dose: .0001 gram Effects: 0 sec, (-2 All) 1 sec/Infinity. Treatment: If administered by contact: flushing the area with water can clean the skin or clothes, n.b. this will contaminate the water used to wash away the poison. If administered by injection, ingestion or respiration there is no way to counteract the poison. Copperhead Administration N Dose: .1 g Effect: 5 min (-1 All) 1 hr/24 hours, (+1 All) 2 hr/infinity Treatment: Appropriate Antivenin, Tourniquet Notes: The BP is lethal and effects as per normal damage, but with no permanent impairment. Effect of venom is doubled at site of injury. Coral Snake Venom:Administration N Dose: .05 g Effect: 10 min (-1 All) 5 min/24 hours, (+1 All) 1 day/infinity Treatment: Appropriate Antivenin Croton Oil (May Apple, Gamboge, Purgin Croton) The use and effects of Croton Oil are disputed, so I will list both versions (I suspect that A, C are *Fabulous*) A. Administration: I Dosage: 10 Grams Effects: 4 hours, (-1 App, Sta) 30 minutes/6 hours, (+1 App, Sta) 6 hours/Infinity Treatment: None. Notes: Causes Diarrhea B. Administration: C Dosage: 30 Grams Effects: 1 sec, (-1 Dex) 1 minute/10 minutes, (+1 Dex) 2 Days/Infinity Treatment: If on skin, flush with water imeadiately. If taken internally, none other than symptomatically. Notes: A blister Agent, when taken internally symptoms begin with a burning mouth andin stomach, bloody vomiting and diarrhea, and likely tachychardia and death. C. Administration: I Dosage: 10 Grams Effects: 4 hours, (-5 App, Sta) 6 hours/12 hours, (+1 App, Sta) 1 hours/Infinity Treatment: None. Notes: Used as a form of "Mickey Finn" Curare Administration: N Dosage: .1 Gram Effects: 10 sec, (-2 Str, Dex, Sta, Skl) 5 sec/2 min, (+1 All) 10 min/Infinity Treatment: Neogestimine with Atropine, injected. Notes: The location hit takes x2 effect. If Str or Stamina reach 0, the character will be unable to breath without external help. Cyanide (Potassium Cyanide, Hydrogen Cyanide "Prussic Acid") Administration: I,R,C Dosage: 5 grams Effects: (I,R) 1 sec, (-10 All) 10 sec/15 min, (+1 All) 1 minute/Infinity. Effects: (C) 1 sec, (-2 STA, BP, BRV, APP, SKL, PER) 1m/4h, (+1 STA, BP, BRV, APP, SKL, PER) 1h/Infinity. Treatment: Amyl Nitrate yields +10 to resistance checks for 20 minutes; Pump stomach, and artificial respiration. Notes: An asphyxiant, this works by blocking absorption of oxygen into bloodstream. There is often a lot of gasping for breath and thrashing about. It turns the blood and tissues a bright cherry red. Fatal in doses as low as .5 grams (-1 All) 1 minute/15 hours). Has a characteristic "bitter almonds" smell, also described as "Dirty Sweat Socks" (n.b. not everyone is capable of discerning this odor at all (a Perception of 13 or better is needed). Demon Venom (*FABULOUS*) Administration: N Dose: .01 grams Effects: 1 Second, (-6 BP, Pow 3) 1 sec/infinity Treatment: None Notes: BP is lethal. Doctor Foy's Blue Nectar (Source: Cheyanne Social Club) Administration I Dose: 1 Drink Effect: 5 min, (+2 Wil, -2 Skl, -1 Ap, BP) .5h/1h, (-2 Wil, +1 Skl, +1 Ap, BP) 1h/Infinity Treatment: Time Notes: Although advertised to "Open the Bowels, and Prolong Life, this drink's effects are basically Alcoholic and cumulative. BP taken are Non- lethal. Doctor Miles Compound Extract Administration I Dose: Varies Effect: None Treatment: None Notes: This patent medicine was, for a while, advertised as a healing potion. In actuality, it is Catsup. Dysitok Administration I Dose: .1 liter Effect: 1 min, (-1 Brv, App, Skl, Per) 1 min/10 minutes. Treatment: Emitics. Notes: This patent medicine was actually advertised as a cure for Epilepsy. Its primary component is Rattlesnake Poison. Note that if character has an ulcer or other GI bleeding, effects become those for Rattlesnake Venom. Ergot (Claviceps Purpurea) Administration I Dose: .5 g Effect: 5 min, (-1 Per, App, Skl, BP) 1 min/10 min, (+1 Per, App, Skl, BP) 1 hour/Infinity. Treatment: Pump Stomach, Activated Charcoal, Amyl Nitrate. Notes: Actually a fungal parasite that encourages coagulation and narrowing of the blood vessels. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, headache, hallucinations, coma, cardiac arrest, numbing in extremities leading over a few days to gangrene in the fingers and toes. BP is 3/4 Non-lethal. Originally used as an abortifacient, it has a cumulative effect as it builds up in the body. The fungus emits an overpowering fishy taste and odor. Foxglove (Digitalis, Witch's glove, Dead Man's Bells, Fairy's Glove, Bloody Fingers, Virgin's Glove, Fairycaps, Folk's Glove, Fairy Thimbles) Administration: I Dose: 5 g Effect: 20 min, (-1 All) 10 min/8 hours. Treatment: Stomach pump and Activated Charcoal. Potassium Chloride. Notes: A muscle stimulant. Symptoms are headache, nausea, vomiting, blurry vision, aberrant color vision, delerium, CNS stimulation, heart arrythmia, then death. BP are lethal. General Scorpion Sting Administration N Dose: .05 g Effect: 10 min (-1 DEX,STR) 1 hour/4 hours, (+1 All) 1 day/infinity Treatment: Appropriate Antivenin Notes: Loss of Dex and Str are for the limb or region bitten, only. Gila monster venom Administration: N Dosage: 1 bite Effects: 1h, (-1 All, -2 Str, Dex) 1 h/24 h, (+1 All) 1 day/infinity Treatment: First step is to remove the lizard. Immobilize the patient. No antivenom is known. Notes: Causes enzymatic tissue destruction. Nausea, vomiting, swelling, pain, respiratory failure Godfrey's Cordial Administration I Dose: 6 grams Effect: 1 minute, (-1 All) 10 min/6 hours, (+1 All) 2 hours/infinity. Treatment: Pump stomach, careful doses of Atropine, treat symptomatically Notes: A CNS depressant, symptoms include nausea, vomiting, shallow breathing, weakened pulse and irregular BP, a loss of any sense of time and place, euphoria, an elevated pain threshold, loss of anxiety, finally cardio-vascular depression, total unresponsiveness, coma and death. This Victorian cough medicine is made from sassafras, treacle, and opium. It is used to kill unwanted children. Hadrurus or Centruroides Scorpion Sting Administration N Dose: .05 g Effect: 10 min (-1 All) 5 min/24 hours, (+1 All) 1 day/infinity Treatment: Appropriate Antivenin Notes: BP is lethal, but only counts toward eventual death. Hellebore Hellebore, Black (Hellborus Niger, Christe herbe, Christmas Rose, Melampode) Hellebore, False (Veratrum Californicum, Corn Lilly, Skunk Cabbage, Red Chamomile, Pheasant's Eye, Adonis, Red Morocco, Rose-a-Ruby, Red Mathis, Sweet Vernal) Hellebore, Green (Hellborus Veredis, American Hellebore, Swamp Hellbore, Indian Poke, Itch Weed) Hellebore, Stinking (Hellborus Foetidus) Hellebore, White (Veratrum Lobelianum) Administration I Dose: 1 gram Effect: 10 min, (-1 All) 15 minutes/6 hours, (+1 All) 6 hours/Infinty. Treatment: Pump Stomach, Activated Charcoal, Atropine and Emitics, Treat Symptomatically. If nothing else, Try Caffeine Notes: May have a narcotic effect. Causes servere Gastrointesintal irritation and abdominal pain, with nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. In some cases, there is extreme salivation, muscular weakness, visual disturbances, slow pulse, low blood pressure that suddenly becomes high blood pressure with rapid pulse; paralysis of extremities, and convulsions, and in many cases death. BP is only lethal if at -20. Hemlock (Conium Maulatum, Herb Bennet, Spotted Corobane, Musquash Root, Beaver Poison, Poison Hemlock, Poison Parsley, Spotted Hemlock) Administration: I Dosage: .3 Gram Effects: 30 minutes, (-1 Str, BP, Per, Dex, Sta) 10 min/Infinity. Treatment: Pumping stomach, but only if immeadiately after ingestion, otherwise no treatment posssible. Notes: General symptoms are nausea, vomiting, breathing speeds up, headache, paralysis, twitching, convulsions, death. There is a gradual weakening of strength, and pain in the muscles as they weaken and die. Eventually the sight dims, but the mind remains clear until the end. Death is caused by asphyxiation, as the lungs become paralyzed. BP is lethal. Hemlock, Water (Ciuta Virosa, Cowbane) Administration: I Dosage: .3 Gram Effects: 1 min, (-1 All), 2 minutes/Infinity. Treatment: Pump the stomach immeadiately after ingestion. Notes: Causes nausea, restlessness, anxiety, stomach pains, leading to violent vomiting and diarrhea, convulsions and death by respiratory failure. The older the plant it, the less poisonous it becomes. Hemlock Water (Dropwort, Horsebane, Deadtongue, 5 fingered Root, Yellow Water Droproot) Administration I Dose: 1 gram Effect: 15 minutes, (-1 Str, BP, Per, Dex, Sta) 10 min/Infinity. Treatment: None. Notes: Causes nausea, restlessness, anxiety, pain that is centered on abdomin, leading to violent vomiting and diarrhea, convulsions, paralyzation and death by respiratory failure. Sometimes causes temporary insanity. Herba Paris (Solanum Quadrifolium, True Love, One Berry) Administration I Dose: 4 grams Effect: 1 min, (-1 All) 15 min/6 hours, (+1 All) 6 hours/Infinity Treatment: Pump Stomach, treat symptomatically Notes: Opium-like narcotic. Causes nausea, vertigo, convulsions, delirium. Heroin (Diacetyl Morphine) Administration I, N Dose: .2g Effect: 1 sec, (+1 Bra, Sta -1 Per, Str, Wil, Skl) 1 min/10 min., (-1 All) 15 min/4 hours, (+1 All) 1 hour/Infinity Treatment: Naloxone Notes: Depresses CNS, creating a state of Euphoria. Very Habit forming. Indian Cobra Venom Administration N Dose: .05 g Effect: 10 min (-1 All) 5 min/24 hours, (+1 All) 1 day/infinity Treatment: Appropriate Antivenin Note: It is the capable of "Spitting" their venom up to 2 meters away. In the case of the larger Cobras, they can lunge forward while spitting, hitting targets 3 meters away. They will usually aim toward the eyes, which causes intense pain (DV4 IV) for each second it remains in contact, cumulative. After a number of seconds equal to the victim's Stamina, the Lethal Damage becomes permanent, causing blindness. If the poison contacts the skin at any place, it will cause a DV1 V per second impairment due to pain. Ink coprinus (Ink Cap, Coprinus Atramentarius) Administration: I Dosage: 1 Mushroom + 1 drink Effects: 5 min, (-1 All) 5 min/6 hours, (+1 All) 1 day/Infinity Treatment: None, unless caught within minutes of actually eating the mushroom, then pump stomach. Notes: This is a fairly common mushroom and is really only toxic when consumed in connection with alcohol, or if alcohol is taken within 48 hours. Symtopms include vomitting and Diarrhea. BP is non-lethal until -20, then death. Death is caused by dropping blood pressure leading to cardiac arrest. King Cobra Venom Administration N Dose: .05 g Effect: 10 min (-1 All) 5 min/24 hours, (+1 All) 1 day/infinity Treatment: Appropriate Antivenin Laburnum (Laburnum Anagyroides, Golden Chain, Kentucky Coffee Berry) Administration I Dose: 1 Gram Effect: 10 min, (-1 All) 15 min/Infinity. Treatment: Pump Stomach, Activated Charcoal and Emitics, Treat Symptomatically. Notes: Sleepiness, Burning in mouth and stomach, vomiting, diarrhea, irregular pulse & breathing, convulsions or twitching, delerium, coma, and probable renal damage. There may be a frothing at the mouth. BP is lethal Lily of the Valley Administration I Dose: >500 mg Effect: 1 sec, (-1 All) 5 min/2 hours, (+1 All) 12 hours/Infinity. Treatment: Pump Stomach, Cardiac depressent drugs Notes: Hot flashes, irritability, headaches, hallucination, dilated pupils, stomach pains, nausea, vomiting, slowed heart rate, coma death. LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, Lysergide, Acid) Administration I (C) Dose: .0001 grams Effect: 10 minutes (-1 Per) 10 minutes/6 hours, (+1 Per) 1 hour/Infinity Treatment: Food is alleged to alter absorption rate and speed up recovery Notes: An hallucinogenic drug derived from ergot Alkaloids. Each point of perception lost is experiencing something other than reality. Mace Administration: R Dosage: 1 spray Effects: 0 sec, (-5 Per, Skl, Sta, Brv) 1 sec/5 sec, (+1 Per, Skl, Sta, Brv) 1 min/Infinity Treatment: Copious flushing of area with water. Notes: Due to pain, victim must make a Willpower roll each phase to stay in an area causing this effect. It must be inhaled or sprayed on face. Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa) Administration I, R Dose: 1 gram Effect: 5 sec, (-1 Str, Per, Will, Skl) .5 hour/2 hours, (+1 Str, Per, Will, Skl) 15 minutes/Infinity. Treatment: None Notes: Relaxes, causes hallucinations. Symtoms include dilated pupils, euphoria, lethargy and distorted perceptions. Each point of perception lost is experiencing something other than reality. Meadow Saffron (Colchicum Authumnale) Administration I Dose: 1 gram Effect: 2 hours, (-1 All) .5 hour/6 hours, (-1 All) 6 hours/10 days, (+1 All) 1 week/Infinity. Treatment: Gastric Lavage, Activiated Charcoal Notes: Burning in the throat, thirst, vomiting, trouble swallowing, Bloody diarrhea, Abdominal Pain, deal is though cardio-vascular collapse. BP is lethal. They are completely aware until the end. If they survive until the 10th day, their hair will all fall out. Mescal Beans Administration I Dose: 4 beans Effect: 1 min, (-1 All) 15 min/6 hours, (+1 All) 6 hours/Infinity Treatment: None Notes: Causes cerebral excitement, hallucinations, a loss of sense of time and space. BP is non- Lethal unless -20 is reached, then Death. Note that those who do not die, will remain in a deep sleep for 2-3 days. Mistletoe Administration: I Dosage: 340g Effects: 1 hour, (-1 All) 2h/24h, (+1 All) 1d/Infinity Treatment: Pump stomach, treat symptoms. Notes: Causes vomiting, diarrhea, slowed heartrate. Mustard gas Administration R,C Dose: Varies Effect: 1 sec, (-1 All, -1 Per) 5 sec/Duration of exposure, (+1 All) 1 Day/Infinity. Treatment: Get away from cloud, flush exposed areas with water Notes: DV 6/sec of contact to skin and/or eyes, and a second DV 6 if inhaled. Nicotine Administration I Dose: .3 grams Effect: 1 m. (-1 All) 15 min/ 5 hours, (+1 All) 2h/Infinity Treatment: Pump Stomach & activated Charcoal. The Tannic Acid in tea is reputed to help in nocotine poisoning casess. Notes: The stats refer to lethal doses of Nicotine. For lesser doses, such as cigarettes, cigars, etc., the stats are: 1 min, (-1 Wil, Skl, +1 Brv, Per, Sta) 5 minutes/exposure, (+1 Wil, Skl, -1 Brv, Per, Sta) Nicotine stimulates then depresses the nervous system. Symtoms include Burning of the mouth, throat and stomach, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, confusion, culvulsions, eventually leading to cardiac irregularity, coma and death. Nightshade, Black (Petty Morel) Administration I Dose: 10 Mg Effect: 1 min, (-1 Wil, Skl, Dex, BP) 1 min/.5 hour, (+1 All) 1 hour/Infinity. Treatment: Pump Stomach. Treat Symptoms Notes: Narcotic, eases pain. BP is non-lethal unless - 20 is reached. Nightshade, Deadly (Atropa Belladonna, Belladonna, Divale, Black Cherry, Great Morel, Dwale, Dway Berry) Administration I Dose 5 mg Effect: 1 sec., (+1 Wil, -1Skl, Dex) 1 min/.5 hour, (-1 All) 1 h/24h, (+1 All) 1 day/Infinity. Treatment: Maintain respiration, pump stomach, emitics, physostigmine Salicylate and 4% Tannic Acid solution Notes: A source of Atropine. Narcotic, eases pain. Anti-inflammatory, increases heart rate, Dilate Pupils. Also, Delerium, fever, dry skin, often heart beat can be heard from several feet away, convulsions, coma, death. Nux Vomica (Strychnos Nux-Vomica, Poison nut, Semen Strychnos, Quaker Buttons) Administration I Dose: .5 gram Effect: 1 sec, (-1 All) 10 sec/15 minutes, (+1 All) 1 day/Infinity. Treatment: Stomach Pump and Artificial respiration. Note that these are contraindicated once the spasms have begun. Note: This poison works by tensing the muscles in the body, and as it does its work the victim's body is racked by spasms caused by any stimulus. This is the plant from which Strychnine is derived. Oleander (Jericho Rose) Administration: I Dosage: .3 gram Effects: 1 sec., (-1 All) 1 minute/Infinity. Treatment: Emitics and cardiac depressants. Notes: In small doses this is used as a cardiac stimulant. In larger doses, symptoms include sweating, vomiting, bloody diarrhea, unconsciousness, resperatory collapse and death. PCP (Phencyclidine) Administration I, R Dose: 1 mg Effect: 5 Sec, (+1 Str, Brv, Sta, -1 Per) 2 seconds/1 minute, (-1 All) 2 hours/Infinity. Treatment: Ammonium Chloride, & treat symptomatically. Notes: Both stimulates AND depresses the CNS. Symptoms include Hyperactivity, Hallucinations, Delusions of Grandeur, Super Strength and Invulnerability, Loss of sensitivity, and heightened pain threshold, Hostility and aggression, Loss of coordination and disorientation. (Ignore the effects of ALL impairments, until they reach the level that they will kill the character.) For lesser doses, after a minute it becomes (+1 All) 2h/Infinity. PCP is addictive. Poppy, White (Opium, Papaver Sominferum) Administration I Dose: 3 grams Effect: 1 minute, (-1 All, -2 Brv, Per, Skl) 15 min/6 hours, (+1 All) 2 hours/infinity. Treatment: Pump stomach, careful doses of Atropine, treat symptomatically Notes: A CNS depressant, symptoms include nausea, vomiting, shallow breathing, weakened pulse and irregular BP, a loss of any sense of time and place, euphoria, an elevated pain threshold, loss of anxiety, finally cardio-vascular depression, total unresponsiveness, coma and death. Radiation Administration: C Dosage: Any exposure or contact. Effects: .5 hour, (-1 All, Brv, App, Per, Skl) 2 hours/2 day, (+1 All) 1 hour/2 weeks, (-1 All, Brv, App, Per, Skl) 1 day/1-4 weeks, (+1 All) 1 day/Infinity. Treatment: Washing the areas touched to the poison. If the poison has been inhaled or ingested -- then there will be an additional -1 All. Notes: Symptoms are nausea and vomiting, often with abdominal cramps, diarrhea, headaches, fever, dizziness, loss of appetite, malaise, discoloration, hemorrhaging. During the second round, the patient often loses their hair. Note that during the entire period that the patient is effected, their biological waste products and other effluvia are as poisonous as the original exposure, although not for the victim. Rattlesnake Administration N Dose: .1 g Effect: 5 min (-1 All) 1 hr/24 hours, (+1 All) 2 hr/infinity Treatment: Appropriate Antivenin Notes: The BP is lethal and effects as per normal damage, but with no permanent impairment. Effect of venom is doubled at site of injury. Salamander Breath and Sweat Administration: C Dosage: Any exposure or contact. Effects: .5 hour, (-1 All, Brv, App, Per, Skl) 2 hours/2 day, (+1 All) 1 hour/2 weeks, (-1 All, Brv, App, Per, Skl) 1 day/1-4 weeks, (+1 All) 1 day/Infinity. Treatment: Washing the areas touched to the poison. If the poison has been inhaled or ingested -- then there will be an additional -1 All. Notes: Symptoms are nausea and vomiting, often with abdominal cramps and diarrhea. During the second round, the patient often loses their hair. Note that during the entire period that the patient is effected, their biological waste products and other effluvia are as poisonous as the Salamander itself, although not for the victim. Skunk Spray Administration C Dose: 1 Spray. Effect: 1 sec, (-1 Per, Sta, App) 1 sec/5 sec, (+1 Per, Sta; -1 App) 1 hour/24 hours. Treatment: Washing garments, body and hair in tomato juice is alleged to work, as is using a bath of Deodorant douche. Note: The scent will break down on its own after a day or two. Spray, DV 0 (RC 2/2) Fills an area 9 hexes long, and spreading to 3 hexes wide after 6 hexes. Star of Belthlehem (Ornigalum Unbellatum, Dove's Dung, Summer Snowflake, Nap at Noon) Administration I Dose: >500 mg Effect: 1 min, Treatment: Pump stomach, treat symptoms Notes: Shortness of breath, respiratory distress then death. Stonefish (Scorpionfish, Rockfish) Administration: N Dosage: 1 sting Effects: 1 sec, (-1 All, -1 Str, Dex, Skl) 15 min/6 hours, (+1 All) 3 days/Infinity Treatment: Antivenum Notes: This toxin from the stonefish is given is small doses in respect to the intense, sharp, burning pain that is causes. The pain works quickly, within minutes there is a painful swelling radiating from the wound site, involving the entire lymphatic system of leg, groin, abdomen, or if in the upper extremities, the armpit, shoulder, neck and head. The pain may become so severe that the victim begins to convulse, or become paralyzed, and at times losing consciousness. The area around the wound eventually becomes numb, a condition that continues for several days. While the poison can lead to eventual cardiac arrest, more often the poison kills divers through drowning. Strychnine Administration I Dose: .3 gram Effect: 1 sec, (-1 All) 10 sec/15 minutes, (+1 All) 1 day/Infinity. Treatment: Stomach Pump and Artificial respiration. Note that these are contraindicated once the spasms have begun. Note: A CNS stimulant, this poison works by tensing the muscles in the body, and as it does its work the victim's body is racked by spasms caused by any stimulus. Eventually the victim dies of exhastion and asphyxiation. Ther is an immeadiate onset of Rigor Mortis. Tear Gas (CS) Administration R,C Dose: Varies Effect: 1 sec, (-1 All, -1 Per) 5 sec/Duration of exposure, (+1 All) 1 min/Infinity. Treatment: Get away from cloud, flush exposed areas with water Notes: Causes temporary blindness, although is the victim is wearing contact lenses, the particulates can get beneath the contacts and scratch up the cornea. BP is not lethal. Thornapple (Datura Stramonium, Stinkweed, Jimson Weed, Devil's Trumpet) Administration I,C Dose: .3 gram Effect: .5h, (-1 PER,DEX,SKL) .5h/3h, (-2 ALL) .5h/8h, (+1 ALL) 1h/Infinity. Treatment: Symptomatic, purgatives. Notes: Symptoms are headache, thirst, vertigo, dry burning sensations on skin, gradual loss of vision, replaced by a narcotic delirium, maniac behavior, involuntary motion, convultions and death. Veneum Atterinatum (Velano Attermine) (*FABULOUS*) Administration I Dose: .5 Grams Effect: (Victim's Con x 2) days, (-1 All) 1 hour/Infinity. Treatment: Unless stomach is pumped immeadiately upon ingestion, there is no known antidote. Notes: Attributed to Caterina Sforza. It is a long term poison, made from eggs, and gradually causes an irreversable breakdown in the body's systems. Once a specific point, which is different for everyone, is reached, the damage reaches the point that the body begins to fail. Symptions are only felt after the time of effect is reached, and include overall agonizing pain, loss of mental faculties (although reputedly the victim remains aware and conscious to the end), leading to death by resperatory collapse. Venin de Crapaud (*Fabulous*) Administration I Dose: .25 gram Effect: .5 hour, (-2 All) 1 hour/8 hours, (-1 All) 3 hours/72 hours, (+1 All) 6 hours/Infinity. Treatment: Immeadiate stomache pump or none. Notes: Made by feeding arsenic to a venomous toad, then distilling out the poisons. BP lost is lethal. Viper Venom Administration N Dose: .5 gram Effect: 1 min (-1 Dex to afflicted area) 15 min/6 hours, 24 hours later, + 1 dex 1 hour/infinity Treatment: Appropriate Antivenin Yew Administration I Dose: >500 mg Effect: 15 min, (-1 Per, Wil, BP) 5 min/1 hour, (-1 All) 5 min/Infinity. Treatment: Pump Stomach, Treat Symptoms. Notes: Symptoms include severe stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, giddiness, hallucinations, dilated pupils, convulsions, shock, coma, death. Once any of the stats reaches 0 the victim goes into a coma. Historically used as an abortifacient. 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