Poison Magic
The Poison Magic school concerns itself primarily with the poisoning of monsters, allowing skilled practitioners to deal massive amounts of damage to most natural monsters. It also offers a few less aggressive spells, such as a single Summonings option and the ability to remedy poison in your own system.
Although Poison Magic is very effective in many of the earlier portions of the game, you will inevitably come across a wide variety of monsters that are almost completely immune to its powers. As such, practitioners are advised to eventually branch out into some other school of magic.
Contents
List of Poison Magic spells
| Lvl 1 | ||
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Sting | Poison Magic/Conjurations |
| Lvl 2 | ||
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Cure Poison | Poison Magic |
| Lvl 3 | ||
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Ignite Poison | Poison Magic/Fire Magic/Transmutations |
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Mephitic Cloud | Poison Magic/Air Magic/Conjurations |
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Spider Form | Poison Magic/Transmutations |
| Lvl 4 | ||
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Alistair's Intoxication | Poison Magic/Transmutations |
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Olgreb's Toxic Radiance | Poison Magic |
| Lvl 5 | ||
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Venom Bolt | Poison Magic/Conjurations |
| Lvl 6 | ||
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Poison Arrow | Poison Magic/Conjurations |
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Poisonous Cloud | Poison Magic/Air Magic/Conjurations |
Sources of Poison Magic
- Main Texts
- Young Poisoner's Handbook (Sting, Cure Poison, Mephitic Cloud, Olgreb's Toxic Radiance, Venom Bolt)
- Book of Envenomations (Spider Form, Alistair's Intoxication, Olgreb's Toxic Radiance, Poisonous Cloud)
- Book of Annihilations (Poison Arrow)
- Other Texts
- Book of Changes (Spider Form)
- Book of Clouds (Mephitic Cloud, Poisonous Cloud)
- Book of Minor Magic (Mephitic Cloud)
- Book of Party Tricks (Alistair's Intoxication)
- Book of Power (Venom Bolt, Poisonous Cloud)
Poison Magic Aptitudes
From Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup 0.12 in-game documentation:
| At | Ba | Co | DE | Dg | Ds | Dj | Dr | Fe | Fo | Gr | Gh | Gn | Hu | Ko | Mf | Mi | MD | Mu | Na | Op | On | Sp | Te | Tr | Vp | VS |
| -1 | 1 | N/A | 1 | -1 | 0 | N/A | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | N/A | -2 | 3 | 2 | N/A | 0 | 0 | -3 | -1 | 0 |
(Green Draconians have +2.)
The average poison magic aptitude of whole species, excluding coloured draconian, is -0.462.
See Also
| Skills | |
|---|---|
| Weapons | Short Blades • Long Blades • Ranged Weapons
Axes • Maces & Flails • Polearms • Staves • Unarmed Combat • Throwing |
| Physical | Fighting • Armour • Dodging • Stealth • Shields |
| Magical | Spellcasting • Invocations • Evocations • Shapeshifting |
| Spell Schools | Air • Alchemy • Conjurations • Earth • Fire • Hexes • Ice • Necromancy • Summoning • Translocations |
