Blade Venom

Complexity: 1
Ingredients Cost: 20sp
Forms: Oil

This is a thick Oil that can be used to coat a blade or tip an arrow. The weapon to which it is applied must inflict Slashing or Impaling damage. Each dose contains enough to treat one blade or five arrows. If applied to an arrow, the venom is consumed regardless of hit or miss. If applied to a blade, the venom will be consumed after three successful hits, even if the target does not take damage. Applying the venom to a blade requires three seconds; applying the oil to a single arrow requires one second.

A foe that is struck by a venomed weapon, and who takes at least one point of damage, will take 1d4 Ongoing Poison damage.

There is not a single Realm in which possession of Blade Venom is not illegal.

Increased Complexity: For each additional level of Complexity, increase the die size of the Ongoing Poison damage by one.