Rogue Talent Lasting Poison (Ex)

[Wyran]

My group is looking into how exactly poisons applied using the lasting poison rogue talent get reduced. The talent is written as:

Lasting Poison (Ex): A rogue with this talent can apply poison to a weapon in such a way that it is effective for two successful attacks instead of one. The poison has a reduced effect, however, and saves made against the poison receive a +2 circumstance bonus. Applying poison in this way requires a full-round action, or a standard action if the rogue has the swift poison talent.

It states the poison has a reduced effect AND saves receive a +2 bonus. We cannot find anything on what gets reduced. Does anyone have insight on this or is this just a DM discretion reduction?

[Jeff Merola]

That is the reduced effect. The sentence could also have been written as "The poison has a reduced effect, and as such saves made against the poison receive a +2 circumstance bonus."

[Bandw2]

yeah people rolling to not be poisoned receive a +2 to their save, hence the poison is less effective.

[Wyran]

Gotcha we kinda thought that but when we re read it over and over it almost made it seem like there was something else.

Thanks guys.