Details
- Level: 5
- Category: Poison
- Component Cost: See the item’s price
- Market Price: 400 gp
- Time: 10 minutes
- Key Skill: Nature or Thievery (no check)
- Source: Dungeon Magazine 186
Description
Walking death is a vicious poison transmitted by food or drink. After consumption, the poison lies dormant for hours. When it finally activates, the results are swift and nearly always lethal.
Walking Death Level 5 Uncommon
One moment, your victim is all smiles. The next, it keels over and dies.
Price: 50 gp
Alchemical Item
Power (Consumable * Poison): Minor Action. Effect: You sprinkle the poison into a drink or onto a plate of food. Until the end of the encounter, the first creature to consume that food or drink is subject to the following attack.
Attack: Item’s level + 3 vs. Fortitude.
Hit: There is no effect for 1d6 hours. At the end of this time, the target takes ongoing 5 poison damage and is dazed (save ends both).
Walking Death Level 10 Uncommon
One moment, your victim is all smiles. The next, it keels over and dies.
Price: 200 gp
Alchemical Item
Power (Consumable * Poison): Minor Action. Effect: You sprinkle the poison into a drink or onto a plate of food. Until the end of the encounter, the first creature to consume that food or drink is subject to the following attack.
Attack: Item’s level + 3 vs. Fortitude.
Hit: There is no effect for 1d6 hours. At the end of this time, the target takes ongoing 5 poison damage and is dazed (save ends both).
Walking Death Level 15 Uncommon
One moment, your victim is all smiles. The next, it keels over and dies.
Price: 1,000 gp
Alchemical Item
Power (Consumable * Poison): Minor Action. Effect: You sprinkle the poison into a drink or onto a plate of food. Until the end of the encounter, the first creature to consume that food or drink is subject to the following attack.
Attack: Item’s level + 3 vs. Fortitude.
Hit: There is no effect for 1d6 hours. At the end of this time, the target takes ongoing 10 poison damage and is dazed (save ends both).
Walking Death Level 20 Uncommon
One moment, your victim is all smiles. The next, it keels over and dies.
Price: 5,000 gp
Alchemical Item
Power (Consumable * Poison): Minor Action. Effect: You sprinkle the poison into a drink or onto a plate of food. Until the end of the encounter, the first creature to consume that food or drink is subject to the following attack.
Attack: Item’s level + 3 vs. Fortitude.
Hit: There is no effect for 1d6 hours. At the end of this time, the target takes ongoing 10 poison damage and is dazed (save ends both).
Walking Death Level 25 Uncommon
One moment, your victim is all smiles. The next, it keels over and dies.
Price: 25,000 gp
Alchemical Item
Power (Consumable * Poison): Minor Action. Effect: You sprinkle the poison into a drink or onto a plate of food. Until the end of the encounter, the first creature to consume that food or drink is subject to the following attack.
Attack: Item’s level + 3 vs. Fortitude.
Hit: There is no effect for 1d6 hours. At the end of this time, the target takes ongoing 20 poison damage and is dazed (save ends both).
Walking Death Level 30 Uncommon
One moment, your victim is all smiles. The next, it keels over and dies.
Price: 125,000 gp
Alchemical Item
Power (Consumable * Poison): Minor Action. Effect: You sprinkle the poison into a drink or onto a plate of food. Until the end of the encounter, the first creature to consume that food or drink is subject to the following attack.
Attack: Item’s level + 3 vs. Fortitude.
Hit: There is no effect for 1d6 hours. At the end of this time, the target takes ongoing 20 poison damage and is dazed (save ends both).