Urushiol and obscure poison spell ruling


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Dear Fellow Pathfinders:

I have a rules question regarding the urushiol archetype and the obscure poison spell, both of which are from Ultimate Intrigue. If you were, say a 4th level urushiol druid, what would happen if you casted obscure poison on yourself and had no armor? Since all of your flesh at that level is poison, and said spell obscures all poison, Would that be like casting a personal obscuring mist or invisibility spell on yourself? I need to know ASAP. If so, that is completely broken. Thank you for your help.

Sincerely, Mike Mulligan-Nufer


Obscure poison says that it makes it harder to identify as a poison, not that it actually makes it invisible. Even if it did it wouldn't matter because the part of Urushiol that says "even your skin is poisonous" is fluff. You still have to secrete that poison out of your skin as an immediate action. RAW you can only secrete it with that action when you are swallowed or being subject to a bite attack btw.


Read what it says in the first sentence of the "At 4th level..." section. That's why I thought it could work.

Silver Crusade

Having just read the 4th level urshoil druid archtype, page 27, and the obscure poison spell, page 220, I think DuksisDarker is correct.

Obscure poison mentions it is more difficult to detect poison, not turn it invisible.
It makes sense to have this 1st level spell obscure poison especially because detect poison is a 0 level cantrip readily available to many spell casters.

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