Spells
Poison
In the game: help spell poison
cast 'poison' <victim | food | drink>- Accumulative: Yes on persons.
- Duration: 2*level hours, or permanent on food and drinks.
- Save: Save vs. paralyzation for no effect.
- Damage: 10 to 32 points each tick on all but Halflings. 1 to 20 points each tick on Halflings.
- Damage Type: Poison
Cast this on a mob, and they will lose HP each game hour until the spell runs out, or they die.
Casting poison on food or drink (containers) will poison it. Eating poisoned food/drinks will poison the person eating or drinking. If you leave poisoned food around for someone to find, you may be accused and convicted of an illegal PKill (Player Kill.) A person who is poisoned will suffer Hit Point damage every hour, and gain less points than usual. (Sometimes a monster's poison is FATAL, so beware.)
See also: POISON, SPELL DETECT POISON, SPELL SLOW POISON, SPELL REMOVE POISON, HP
Game data
- Learned by: Cleric 13, Druid 8
- Mana: 50 when first learned, down to 10 at 8 levels above that
- Lag: 1.5 rounds after casting
- Position: standing or fighting
- Target: someone here, something you carry, something you wear (not yourself); in a fight, your opponent if you name no one; an attack (it starts a fight)
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