Khaless
("Trust")
Number of Doses: 12
Type: D, Injected, Neurotoxin
Onset: 1-2 minutes
Damage/Result: sleep as in wizard spell
(fail), no effect (save)
Frequency of Active Ingredient: Uncommon
Cost per Dose: 15 gp in Underdark, as
much as 50 elsewhere
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 as per the
wizard spell for 20 rounds. Unlike the
magical version, elves are vulnerable to this effect, as it is biological
and not magical.
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