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More Drow Poisons and Their Effects
Part 1 of this post: https://www.tumblr.com/thehousepatron/759600770624684032/some-drow-poisons-and-their-effects
Jal wun Jivvin (“All in Fun”)
Compared to some of the other poisons used by drow, this is no more than a gentle warning. It is not directly fatal, though the poisoned one might wish it were otherwise. It could become lethal if the poisoner is able to strike while his victim is weakened. The poison is brewed from the venom pouch of the rakhyrr, a blind species of underground toad. The victim is plagued by intense nausea, vomiting, fever, chills and malaise. A neutralize poison spell will take care of it immediately, limiting its usefulness against the priestesses of Menzoberranzan.
(This could be anything mildly poisonous, in all honesty, so I have nothing really to compare it to, save perhaps this funky little guy. This is a cane toad. Since this is the mildest poison on the list - alongside Khaless (“Trust”), I can easily imagine that this is the sort of poison drow introduce their kids to first, and when the children poison one another, it’s “All in Fun”.)
Rathrae Dos (“Behind You”)
This is a poison greatly favored by Matron Mothers for use in their torture chambers. Brewed from the venom of the ghostyk, a strange insectoid creature that resembles a praying mantis, it attacks the central nervous system, rendering its victim completely incapable of movement, though fully capable of feeling pain. Why it should be so prized by the drow should be obvious. Note that this is a biological, not magical or terror-induced effect: elves are fully susceptible.
(This is a neurotoxin, so it falls under that category. Since no praying mantises are venomous, I’m resorting to plants again. From the description, this would be an ascending paralytic - meaning that you are very aware of what is going on when you’ve been paralysed by this poison… and what fits that description? Poison Hemlock. Dosage would be weird; enough to make you ill and paralysed, but not necessarily enough to kill you, unless the House Matron decides to let you die from respiratory paralysis.)
Haszak (“Mind Flayer”)
This is not strictly speaking a poison, but a very potent alchemical creation. Using a certain nerve cluster in the brain of an illithid, the potion is magical in nature. It's cost reflects both the rarity of its active ingredient and its unusually long duration. It is an effective, if expensive, toxin to use against a spellcaster, as it acts in almost all respects as the feeblemind spell. It does have an interesting variation, though: rather than reduce the victim to a state of retardation, it causes hallucinations and paranoid delusions for its entire duration, punctuated only by interludes of catatonia. This is a potion dearly loved by the sadistic drow.
(I can’t really compare this to any poison in my repertoire, but if the drow were a bit meaner and made this a proper poison, the only toxin I could think of relating to illithids would be tetrodotoxin, the nasty compound employed by the Blue Ringed Octopus. Alternatively, if it were a mushroom - seems similar to the Tongue of Madness I would compare it to either the hallucinogenic and toxic effects of the Fly Agaric or the less harmful Psilocybin.)
And so concludes the lesson 💅🕷️🕸️
#drow lore#bg3 stuff that fits the vibe#drow#bg3#dnd lore#drow poison#poisons#dnd poison#drow poisons#poison
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Reading forgotten realms lore is just like [standard fantasy worldbuilding] [standard fantasy worldbuilding] [standard fantasy worldbuilding] [something really unique and interesting] [standard fantasy worldbuilding] [standard fantasy worldbuilding] [EXTREMELY WEIRD SEX THING] [standard fantasy worldbuilding] [standard fantasy worldbuilding]
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#Inspired by me reading the highharvesttide wiki page#That's the first sort of experience#Anything even remotely related to drow is the second thing#bg3#Yeah so the highharvesttide wiki page is like it's a festival to celebrate the harvest! Children born on this day are thought to be blessed#By tymora. Oh also “human females” born on this day can “control their reproductive system through sheer force of will” and#Only get pregnant when they want. Also they can immediately sense if they've been poisoned#Always a roller-coaster the forgotten realms wiki
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Somebody ended up getting Charmed during the fight with Nere and I'd overlooked it, meaning that an attack of opportunity got triggered when I ran Zumara past him, oops, and I imagine she was none too pleased about that.
#bg3#baldur's gate 3#Astarion#Shadowheart#tav#my tav#Zumara#drow#tried a new line brush for this but don't think I like it whelp#he stabbed her with blades coated with the poison she'd made for him too#the scandal#btw he's not feeling guilty#he's concerned for his own skin because she was gonna kick him out the party#playthrough 2
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Saw this post and the call of Minthara in a suit was too powerful to not immediately draw this
#bg3#minthara#minthara baenre#baldurs gate 3#she has a little drow poison necklace as well 😌#I love her#my art
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I bet when Dahlia came in to testify pretending to be Iris, Werewolf!Phoenix's hackles instantly raised, and he was barking and growling like crazy. Everyone in the courtroom was confused since Phoenix was usually a sweet guy.
I love that yes thank you
#doctorsiren#ace attorney#ace attorney au#phoenix wright#iris fey#dahlia hawthorne#prosecutor godot#silly little monster au#ace attorney fanart#doodle requests#art#digital art#my art#fanart#procreate#GODOT IS A DARK ELF#Diego was originally a wood elf#but the poison that was supposed to kill him worked against his determination to live and turned him into a drow#WHICH IS ALSO WHY HIS HAIR IS WHITE BC DROW HAVE WHITE HAIR#and also they come from in the Underdark and bro always talks about how he came back from Hell#it’s gone from a monster AU to more a D&D fantasy monster AU and I am Here For It#BUT ALSO WHY DOES GODOT LOOK LIKE GUY FIERI ?!?!? sobbing crying
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I find that very funny that both Loar (they/she) and Lunara (@basketobread) have PTSD from the underdark
#loar#lunara#in term of lore#loar was born to be a sacrifice to Lolth as soon as they reached adulthood#they escaped with a tiefling prisoner when she was ten a few months after their mother burned their face down#because they refused to pray for Lolth#and then her drow village killed their adoptive tiefling father a few years later and took them again to sacrfice them to Lolth#they ended up poisoning their entire village leaving no survivors to escape
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The couple that poisons together stays together. Minthara and (Redeemed is a bad word? Non-Bhaal?) Durge in the new epilogue
#minthara#minthy#durge#dark urge#redeemed dark urge#bg3#bg3 epilogue#bg3 epilogue spoilers#minthara romance#THAT KISS THO#poison#durge's poison#the poison for durge#epilogue#drow
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i love minthara. shes like a classic poor little meow meow but shes a WOMAN. #feminism
#every interaction with her is like. she looks at yuo with her sad wet puppy dog eyes and says 'i will slaughter every person who ever#made me suffer. they will die screaming. the blood of our enemies will wash the curse from this wretched place. btw i love you forever.'#and her love language is nonfatal poisoning...<3#whats sexier than divine smite NOTHING#also yellowing hair is a sign of aging in female drow.... dare i say it....milfthara...#bg3#minthara#andy original
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drew ismene :3
i wanted them to be unnervingly long
#with an unnervingly long dIC-#bg3#baldur's gate iii#bg3 tav#bg3 durge#bg3 elf#art art art#ismene#fun fact but even tho their scales are purple they've got poison breath/resistance#i felt it most fitting for a drow#bg3 drow
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anyway look at the favs act 3 fits hehe
#who am i without clothing mods honestly#but this is the closest i can get to the armour i draw shri'iia in sobs.. wish her tabard/the cloth piece was purple 😭#honestly should learn how to mod..i wanna make her armor so badly#also i made wyllach lowkey match like karlach's scarf is the same dye as wyll's robe 🤓☝️#its very important to me ok!!!!! for once the hags arent matching tho.........#and he's still wearing the drow poison necklace but his cloak covers it up sobs#anyway i changed everyone's fits but i like these four the most hihi#shut up about bg3.
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Such a slag :*
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Some Drow Poisons and Their Effects
The link is here: http://www.candlekeep.com/library/articles/poison.htm
Velkyn Ogglin (“Invisible Foe”)
This rare poison is taken from the toxin sacs of the uncommon *dakhree* fish that swims in certain Underdark lakes. The brewer must remove the sacs with gloves on his hands if he wishes to avoid being poisoned himself. The sacs are located all over the fish's six-inch body, and are tiny, requiring a steady hand and delicacy to remove effectively, hence the rarity. The dakhree fish hunts by rubbing against its prey, releasing the toxin onto its victim. On most fish, the effect is instantaneous, though humanoids take longer. At the time of onset, the poison causes the victim to convulse as the potent substance attacks his nervous system. The victim begins grand mal seizures and suffers spinal damage, his back arching and twisting violently as his body jerks involuntarily.
(This poison is probably (definitely) based on ‘Nux Vomica’, more colloquially known as ‘Strychnine’.)
Khaless (“Trust”)
This is the famous sleep-poison of the drow, used on their crossbow bolts to immobilize an enemy so that he can be killed at leisure. The active ingredient comes from the spores of the oloth'arr mushroom. While the mushroom itself is fairly common, harvesting the spores is not an effortless chore. Still, it is common enough to be almost trademark. The poison attacks the central nervous system, causing the victim to fall asleep.
(Probably based on Opium Poppies)
Belbol d’Elghinn (“Gift of Death”)
This powerful poison, greatly prized by drow nobles for assasination, is also known as Elash Elghinn, "Silent Death", after the venomous water serpent of the same name. The venom takes effect immediatelty, causing damage to the victim's blood vessels and causing dramatic and extensive hemorrhaging. Within minutes, the victim will gush blood from his mouth, eyes, nose and ears. He will have time to develop bruises all over his body before he mercifully dies. Drow find death caused by this venom to be particularly entertaining. However, there are certain individuals who seem to be immune to Belbol d'Elghinn, and upon whom it has no effect at all. However, when it does work it causes a spectacular (if regrettably short) show.
(Definitely based on Boomslang venom. Also the practice of taking self-administered and non-lethal doses of poisons to build immunity is called Mithridatism.)
Orbb’st Ssrin (“Spider’s Kiss”)
This poison is brewed from venoms of five different spiders. As all spiders are sacred to Lolth, the venoms must be carefully harvested without killing the spiders. All of the spiders used are huge in size, allowing for more easy harvest of the venom. The collected venoms are then dried to a powder and added to a strongly-flavored food or drink, as it does have a slight sour taste. The poison causes chills, fever and prostration for several hours, and, if not halted by a neutralize poison spell, does permanent damage to the body's immune system. This makes the victim more susceptible to disease and poison in the future
(Gonna guess and say a combo of bites from a Brown Recluse, Noble False Widow, Hobo Spider (and two other non lethal but painful types). I haven’t included the Black Widow in the list or the Funnel Web because their bites would be much worse than just causing sepsis.)
Golhyrr del’Ilharess (“Trap of the Matron”)
This poison is the flesh of the rare krashyll mushroom. Successful administering of this poison to one's enemies is seen as quite a victory of cuel'a'cul (the drow ritual of slowly, over time, destroying one's enemy while remaining blameless). It must be given in six stages, its poison slowly building in the body, in doses no more than a two tendays apart. Since drow are a suspicious race, it is easy to see why success with this poison is greatly admired, worthy of the twisted, centuries-long plots of the Matron Mothers. It's name also suggests that it requires the power and subtlety of a Matron Mother to use effectively. After administering the sixth dose, death will strike its victim in half an hour, causing the throat to suddenly close up in massive anaphylactic shock. The victim dies of asphyxiation within minutes.
(The two best known cumulative poisons are mercury and lead. Others are PCBs (which can accumulate in fish fat and skin) and dioxins (which can be formed from burning wood, oil, fuel etc and can infect meat).)
Part 2 Coming Soon
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Yes our camp has a stockpile of drow poison, no it actually has nothing to do with Lolth-Sworn drow at camp. There’s just a supposed druid that might eat people (allegedly) who won’t stop making drow poison for some reason even though they don’t use it.
#I was writing up this post and my dogs injury interrupted me#anyways Majexatli has too much drow poison on their person and in the camp chest the party should hold an intervention at this point#salam plays bg3#oc: majexatli
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Queen of minding her own buisness, she knows this isn't her problem she's got a sword to sharpen back there.
#lae'zel of k'liir#Sceleritas Fel#oc: Kyorlin#oc Durge#screenshots#came up while trying to put together list of mod recs#that I have to start over since I'd rather avoid the obvious ones that will be on a baseline list#sure party extender (how this happens. this one doesn't require going to 4 to sleep) 5e spells unlock level curve you should#but you don't need me telling you that#I'm here for shit like hey do you want drow racial passives? Sunlight sensitivity? mod that puts DG in the other outfit the whole time#which you have to commmit to once you start the save?#Spore druid mods? The one where it gives you a visable fungus shell <3 Displacer beast summon. Multiple variations.#various ways to improve poisoning? that's my purpose here.#shit no one really asked for but might make you go...I mean maybe I suppose.#really specific needs only.#But I will say now. Don't use more poison gear. it updates often and I've had very bad experiences with it.#gear mods...take deep care with those.#they'll break your heart.
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mini headcanon: if a vampire were to drink it, amalica's blood would probably taste. gross? ik astarion mentions that gale's blood tastes like "bile" because of the netherese orb and its magic, so i have to imagine having wild magic has a similar effect on sorcerer blood.
that plus all the poisons she's taken over the years ( and still takes! ) to build up immunity. #drowculture amirite?
though i also imagine there'd be a way to get poison resistance off her blood lmao. and whatever benefit(?) wild magic might confer if Chugged.
#( a lot in my head ): hcs#pov ur trying to nibble on drow blood ))#but it tastes like shit bc she was born w magic ))#and does poison shots for breakfast /j ))
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Wait was something supposed to happen with those Sanctuaried cultists? I thought they were the source of Orin's Unstoppable counter, so I had Shadowheart run a couple off with a Fear spell. I don't think it did anything though, so I ended up ignoring them and taking away Orin's turns with status effects while Laezel chopped her.
#drow poison my beloved#fear bow my beloved#the unstoppable counter was a pain tho#bg3#bg3 spoilers#baldurs gate 3#baldurs gate 3 spoilers#baldur's gate 3#baldur's gate 3 spoilers#spoilers
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