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  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
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    4 hours ago

    I have a somewhat bad memory of playing DND as like a 13 year old. We were a mess. There was a cliff, a waterfall, and rope. Someone tied rope around himself and wanted to go down. There was a lot of cross talk and the guy with the rope around said he was going down.

    The DM was like “no one is holding the other end of the rope”

    “What?”

    One by one they went through what everyone else had said they were doing. Searching the cave rocks for secrets. Keeping watch at entrance. Fighting over who got the magic stick. Etc.

    Player went over the cliff.

    It was decided that the character would wash up downstream with 0 HP and would live, so long as we could get to him in a reasonable time. Lessons were learned, sort of.

    • Fushuan [he/him]@lemm.ee
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      5 hours ago

      That’s for poisonous vs venomous, but poison is a generic term, the substance won’t care how it got into your bloodstream.

    • ArchAengelus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Poison is generic. Venom is specific to normal method of delivery (e.g. snakes and bees).

      Swallowing venom may or may not hurt you. Probably not a great idea, but there’s a better chance you’ll be okay.

      Getting a known poison stabbed/injected intravenously seems likely to be pretty effective, but it depends on the mode of action. Blood goes everywhere in the body, so it will likely find its target eventually.

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        6 hours ago

        My understanding was that toxin is the generic term, poison is usually ingested and venom is delivered into the blood? But it gets often confused in everyday language, and is only accurate when talking about animals. Not a toxicologist, so I might be wildly wrong

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      7 hours ago

      Alternatively, his blade was not very deadly unless he got it in someone’s mouth.

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        7 hours ago

        “Here, lick my knife.”

        “No.”

        “Please?”

        “Still no. Who puts a knife in their mouth? If you’re trying to poison me, maybe you should put poison on the rim of a stein and offer me some ale.”

        “I’m the worst assassin ever…”

    • DaGeek247@fedia.io
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      7 hours ago

      Yes, but he said it was coated in poison, not venom. Licking it was a proper way to administer the dose.