(PFS) Vishkanya Poison Use


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Liberty's Edge 4/5

I just got a Vishkanya racial boon, and they have the Poison Use racial trait, functionally identical to the Poison Use class feature.. can they purchase/use poisons?

Also, have there been any official rulings on the ability to use an animal companion's venom on your own weapons?

Grand Lodge 4/5

1. Vishkanya have Poison Use because they produce their own poison. Neither PFS rules nor logic support them buying manufactured poisons unless they have levels in the classes that normally have this benefit, or access from a Chronicle. If a vishkanya obtains a manufactured poison, her Poison Use ability works as written.

2. The rules don't support an animal's venom working effectively if applied directly to a weapon, though a non-PFS GM could allow it as a house rule. It must be prepared as a manufactured injury poison. edit: Outside of PFS, a character might use it as raw material for Craft (alchemy), applying a suitable Profession check for how much raw material it provides in gold piece value, but that's not explicit anywhere. In PFS, a day job roll against Profession (animal keeper) followed by a Craft (alchemy) roll provided you are an alchemist or investigator would do something like this, producing one of the permitted standard types of poison.

Grand Lodge 3/5 5/5 ***

if you dont mind me ask which scenario you got it from?

Sovereign Court 5/5 5/55/5

Jeremy Sandel-Patterson 360 wrote:

if you dont mind me ask which scenario you got it from?

At the moment, the only boons that allow you to play a Vishkanya are the last two years' GenCon GM boons. No scenarios currently grant race access.

Dark Archive 5/5

Jeremy Sandel-Patterson 360 wrote:

if you dont mind me ask which scenario you got it from?

scenario's dont give racial boons...

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