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Quaffing a '''potion of poison''' will, unsurprisingly, [[poison]] your character for 1 to 5 levels (with a strong probability for 3). Your poison status will be set to yellow, or higher if you were already poisoned. Each level (up to poison level 5) will deal on average 8 damage, with a frequency depending on your number of poisoned levels (20% chance per turn per level to lose 1 HP). | |||
They are not entirely useless, however. Characters with rPois may drink them for a small amount of [[nutrition]]. | |||
"That liquid tasted very nasty..." | "That liquid tasted very nasty..." | ||
"You feel slightly nauseous." (with poison resistance) | "You feel slightly nauseous." (with poison resistance) | ||
==History== | |||
Prior to [[0.12]], potions of poison were useful when coupled with [[Evaporate]], producing [[cloud]]s of poison gas wherever they were thrown. | |||
Revision as of 16:40, 2 August 2013
Version 0.12: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
| Type | Potion |
|---|---|
| Name | Potion of Poison |
| Icon | 
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| A nasty poisonous liquid. |
Quaffing a potion of poison will, unsurprisingly, poison your character for 1 to 5 levels (with a strong probability for 3). Your poison status will be set to yellow, or higher if you were already poisoned. Each level (up to poison level 5) will deal on average 8 damage, with a frequency depending on your number of poisoned levels (20% chance per turn per level to lose 1 HP).
They are not entirely useless, however. Characters with rPois may drink them for a small amount of nutrition.
"That liquid tasted very nasty..." "You feel slightly nauseous." (with poison resistance)