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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).
  
Quaffing a '''potion of poison''' will, unsurprisingly, poison your character for 1 to 5 levels (with a strong probability for 3). Your poison status is set to yellow. 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).
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They are not entirely useless, however. Characters with rPois may drink them for a small amount of [[nutrition]].
 
 
It is not entirely useless, however. When thrown with the [[Evaporate]] spell, the potion of poison will create a 3x3 poison gas cloud that lasts a few turns, very useful for softening up groups of enemies. Also, characters with rPois may drink it 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)
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==History==
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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 17:40, 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 Potion of poison.png
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)

History

Prior to 0.12, potions of poison were useful when coupled with Evaporate, producing clouds of poison gas wherever they were thrown.