Carotid Toxin

Description

A rare poison used by serpent people that causes a slow degeneration of the carotid arteries. The toxin slowly eats away at the carotid arteries, causing massive internal bleeding and almost instantaneous death.

The effect of the poison takes a number of days equal to one-fifth of the victim’s CON. After this period an Extreme CON roll must be made, otherwise the imbiber suffers an agonizing death over the course of 1D3 days. If the CON roll is successful, the imbiber becomes extremely sick for 1D6 days as the poison is fought off, with most needing to be confined to bed. No doctor will find evidence of disease. During this period, STR and CON temporarily drop to 10—the victim is utterly exhausted and suffers from terrifying hallucinations. Thereafter, the victim regains 1D10 points of STR and CON per day until fully recovered.