Does multiple poison damage stack? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Does multiple poison damage stack? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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beausaus
11-29-06, 07:22 PM Ok on successful hits from a monster that has poison damage, does the posion damage stack or once you are poisoned initially that's it (except for the secondary a minute later). If the AVERAGE character has "12" as an ability score, then multiple poison damage (1d6 str initial and secondary for example) from the same creature makes hit points seem pointless. I mean if you're getting poisoned every round then your not going to be standing for long. Especially if the poison damage is dexterity. Everytime you get hit with that poison you become easier to hit. You might as well say f the hitpoints and just play by ability scores when your fighting a monster with ability damaging poison.
Salla
11-29-06, 07:28 PM Poison damage is damage and thus, by definition stacks just like HP damage does.

Poison save DCs are generally low enough that only low-fort-save classes have to worry about it. Throw a fighter or barbarian (especially if he's a dwarf) up there and you should be okay.

Besides, you're in a group. The monster can only weaken one person a lot, or everybody a little bit, and while it's doing that, the rest of the party beats the crap out of it ... assuming it hit you in the first place, of course.
runestar
11-30-06, 01:01 AM Poison is also overcome quite readily...:P
At mid and high lvs, the party should virtually be immune to poison and fear by virtue of a heroes' feat(extended if need be) consumed every morning. I feel its well worth a 6th lv slot for the benefits it confers on the entire party.
beausaus
11-30-06, 05:35 PM Ok but I am the DM and the reason I ask i because my Druid has a dino for an animal companion and shifts into the same type of dino to do dex damage against the monsters. This is great until the Dex damage starts making it so easy for the party to hit there is no challenge. I wanna say hey once your poisoned your poisoned but I can't find that anywhere in the rules. I have found it relating to disease though. You can only get so diseased. Poison doesn't quite wok that way though, so at the same time I feel I should allow the dex damage to stack
Karak_Nechot
11-30-06, 05:58 PM Sounds like a normal druid, to me.

What's the DC of the poison he's using? Have some creatures that have higher Fort saves, or maybe run some creatures that are immune to poison, like constructs or plants

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
beausaus 11-29-06, 07:22 PM	Ok on successful hits from a monster that has poison damage, does the posion damage stack or once you are poisoned initially that's it (except for the secondary a minute later). If the AVERAGE character has "12" as an ability score, then multiple poison damage (1d6 str initial and secondary for example) from the same creature makes hit points seem pointless. I mean if you're getting poisoned every round then your not going to be standing for long. Especially if the poison damage is dexterity. Everytime you get hit with that poison you become easier to hit. You might as well say f the hitpoints and just play by ability scores when your fighting a monster with ability damaging poison.
Salla 11-29-06, 07:28 PM	Poison damage is damage and thus, by definition stacks just like HP damage does. Poison save DCs are generally low enough that only low-fort-save classes have to worry about it. Throw a fighter or barbarian (especially if he's a dwarf) up there and you should be okay. Besides, you're in a group. The monster can only weaken one person a lot, or everybody a little bit, and while it's doing that, the rest of the party beats the crap out of it ... assuming it hit you in the first place, of course.
runestar 11-30-06, 01:01 AM	Poison is also overcome quite readily...:P At mid and high lvs, the party should virtually be immune to poison and fear by virtue of a heroes' feat(extended if need be) consumed every morning. I feel its well worth a 6th lv slot for the benefits it confers on the entire party.
beausaus 11-30-06, 05:35 PM	Ok but I am the DM and the reason I ask i because my Druid has a dino for an animal companion and shifts into the same type of dino to do dex damage against the monsters. This is great until the Dex damage starts making it so easy for the party to hit there is no challenge. I wanna say hey once your poisoned your poisoned but I can't find that anywhere in the rules. I have found it relating to disease though. You can only get so diseased. Poison doesn't quite wok that way though, so at the same time I feel I should allow the dex damage to stack
Karak_Nechot 11-30-06, 05:58 PM	Sounds like a normal druid, to me. What's the DC of the poison he's using? Have some creatures that have higher Fort saves, or maybe run some creatures that are immune to poison, like constructs or plants