Golhyrr
del'Ilharess
("Trap of the Matron")
Number of Doses: 1 (6 parts)
Type: J, Ingested, Cumulative Irritant
Onset: Special
Damage/Result: Death if fail, 20 if
save
Frequency of Active Ingredient: Rare
Cost per Dose: 400 gp in Underdark,
as much as 1,800 gp elsewhere
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's
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
unless an antidote or *neutralize poison*
spell is used. Note that while choking to death, a priestess cannot cast
any spells!
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