Alchemy: Ravages

Alchemy: Ravages

Poisons again. While Book of Vile Darkness gives us psychic poisons and normal poisons, Book of Exalted Deeds for D&D 3.5 gives us ravages and afflictions that work as supernatural poisons and diseases against evil creatures, respectively. I think this qualifies for a new Poisons specialty.

  

Poisons/TL (IQ/Hard)

            This skill gets a new specialty.

            Ravages: This specialty covers the knowledge of ravages – special poisons designed to harm only unholy creatures. Defaults: Poisons-4.

Celestial Lightsblood

This rare substance is as ethereal as pure alcohol, though it is not intoxicating. A pure silvery color, it sickens creatures it affects. An evil victim (typically an evil outsider or a priest of an evil deity) who ingests the poison must make a HT-3 roll after 10 minutes or suffer 1d toxic damage. Every minute for 6 more cycles he must make another HT-3 roll to resist or take the same amount of damage. After losing 1/2 HP to this poison, the victim becomes nauseated (p. B428) until he heals above this threshold. This poison ignores poison immunity.

Form: Ingested Poison.

Cost: $300 (singular); $110 (5-batched).

Recipe: $30; 1 day; defaults to Poisons (Ravages)-1.

Statistics: Toxic Attack 1d (Accessibility, Only on evil creatures, -30%; Cosmic, Ignores poison immunity, +100%; Cyclic, 1 minute, 6 cycles, Resistible, +120%; Ingested Poison, -85%; Magical, -10%; Onset, 10 minutes, -10%; Resistible, HT-3, -15%; Symptoms, 1/2 HP, Nauseated, +60%) [10].

Golden Ice

This crystalline substance is cold to the touch, though it doesn’t melt except at infernally high temperatures. Evil creatures subjected to it feel its cold spreading throughout their bodies. An evil victim (typically an evil outsider or a priest of an evil deity) must make an HT-2 roll after 1 minute or suffer 1d-1 toxic damage. Every minute for 5 more cycles he must make another HT-2 roll to resist or take the same amount of damage. After losing 1/3 HP to this poison, the victim gains a -2 penalty to DX until he heals above this threshold. After losing 1/2 HP to this poison, the victim gains a -4 penalty to DX until he heals above this threshold. This poison ignores poison immunity.

Form: Contact Poison.

Cost: $330 (singular); $120 (5-batched).

Recipe: $33; 2 days; defaults to Poisons (Ravages)-2.

Statistics: Toxic Attack 1d-1 (Accessibility, Only on evil creatures, -30%; Contact Poison, -5%; Cosmic, Ignores poison immunity, +100%; Cyclic, 1 minute, 5 cycles, Resistible, +100%; Magical, -10%; Onset, 1 minute, -10%; Resistible, HT-2, -20%; Symptoms, 1/3 HP, -2 DX, +60%; Symptoms, 1/2 HP, -4 DX, +80%) [11].

Jade Water

Jade is a potent substance, noted for its effects on certain kinds of evil supernatural creatures. Jade water is simply holy water with a suspension of jade crystals that takes on unusual potency as a ravage. An evil victim (typically an evil outsider or a priest of an evil deity) must make an immediate HT roll or suffer 1 toxic damage. Every second for 9 more cycles he must make another HT roll to resist or take the same amount of damage. After losing 1/3 HP to this poison, the victim gains a -2 penalty to IQ until he heals above this threshold. After losing 1/2 HP to this poison, the victim gains a -4 penalty to IQ until he heals above this threshold. This poison ignores poison immunity.

Form: Follow-Up Poison.

Cost: $240 (singular); $85 (5-batched).

Recipe: $24; 1 day; defaults to Poisons (Ravages)-1.

Statistics: Toxic Attack 1 (Accessibility, Only on evil creatures, -30%; Cosmic, Ignores poison immunity, +100%; Cyclic, 1 second, 9 cycles, Resistible, +450%; Follow-Up Poison, -20%; Resistible, HT, -30%; Symptoms, 1/3 HP, -2 IQ, +60%; Symptoms, 1/2 HP, -4 IQ, +80%) [8].

  

Purified Couatl Venom

The venom of a couatl, when milked from the creature and purified, becomes a potent ravage that severely weakens the victim. An evil victim (typically an evil outsider or a priest of an evil deity) must make an immediate HT-1 roll or suffer 1d-1 toxic damage. Every second for 5 more cycles he must make another HT-1 roll to resist or take the same amount of damage. After losing 1/3 HP to this poison, the victim gains a -2 penalty to ST until he heals above this threshold. After losing 2/3 HP to this poison, the victim gains a -6 penalty to ST until he heals above this threshold. This poison ignores poison immunity.

Form: Follow-Up Poison.

Cost: $420 (singular); $150 (5-batched).

Recipe: $42; 1 day; defaults to Poisons (Ravages)-2.

Statistics: Toxic Attack 1d-1 (Accessibility, Only on evil creatures, -30%; Cosmic, Ignores poison immunity, +100%; Cyclic, 1 second, 5 cycles, Resistible, +250%; Follow-Up Poison, -20%; Resistible, HT-1, -25%; Symptoms, 1/3 HP, -2 ST, +30%; Symptoms, 2/3 HP, -6 ST, +30%) [14].

  

Unicorn Blood

Drawn from a willing living unicorn, unicorn blood retains its potency as a ravage only as long as the unicorn that donated the blood remains alive. An evil victim (typically an evil outsider or a priest of an evil deity) must make an immediate HT-3 roll or suffer 1d-1 toxic damage. Every minute for 5 more cycles he must make another HT-3 roll to resist or take the same amount of damage. After losing 1/3 HP to this poison, the victim gains a -2 penalty to ST until he heals above this threshold. After losing 1/2 HP to this poison, the victim gains a -4 penalty to ST until he heals above this threshold. This poison ignores poison immunity.

Form: Follow-Up Poison.

Cost: $300 (singular); $110 (5-batched).

Recipe: $30; 1 day; defaults to Poisons (Ravages)-1.

Statistics: Toxic Attack 1d-1 (Accessibility, Only on evil creatures, -30%; Cosmic, Ignores poison immunity, +100%; Cyclic, 1 minute, 5 cycles, Resistible, +100%; Follow-Up Poison, -20%; Resistible, HT-3, -15%; Symptoms, 1/3 HP, -2 ST, +30%; Symptoms, 1/2 HP, -4 ST, +40%) [10].