I just got my main rule book the other day. i have ben playing pthfinder for a while using the starter box so i wanted to make a druid. So after a while i chose a half elf druid but when it came down to my animal i saw the viper and said "I have to have a snake in my hair" So i wanted to use a viper.
The probelm came with his poison which reads
"Special attacks - Posion (frequencey 1 round(6), Effect 1 Con Damage, Cure 1 save, Con Based DC)"
I'm having trouble reading what it exatly does. My best interpritation is i can use it's venom once per round upto 6 times per day. If effected the enemry loses 1 point to Constitiution but a Fortitue save can cure it. Have i got it right?
thanks for the help. jaws900
p.s. Should it be Venom and not posion as venom needs to be injected while posion means if the eaten. Just mensioning this as i belive there are only 2 posionous snakes in the world.
Hello, there, and welcome to the full game!
The term "poison" in game is a catch-all term for any debilitating compound that is injected, ingested or inhaled, so to your p.s., "poison" is the game-term for venom.
As for the rest, the information regarding the poison tells you the effect that poison has: anyone affected by it must save once each round for 6 rounds. Each failed save does 1 Con damage, and a successful save means no further saves need to be made. The save DC is calculated using the poisonous (venomous) creature's Con score, using a standard DC formula, which is 10+ 1/2 hit dice + ability bonus (in this case Con).
The viper causes this poison to take effect every time it successfully bites someone.
thanks a bunch.
No worries: I love asking how many poisonous types of snake there are in the world - most people don't know there's only two.
For reference on the game rules, read Afflictions in the Glossary at the back of the book, which describes curses, diseases and poisons in detail.