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He waits for the next turn, and provided he succeeds, the poison would be cured at that point.
1. The frequency does reset, 8 rounds again, unless saved against the first time or saved twice in a row.
2. Yeah, he's stuck with between -8 and -16 con. This is why you should carry around potions, and eventually a wand of Lesser Restoration.
3. The spells Delay Poison or Accept Affliction could help. The item Antitoxin would also be really useful (+5 to Fortitude Saves against poison for an hour).
Have anti-toxin ready before reading.
Don't forget that for each additional dose of poison you do not make additional save for each dose, but the DC of the save goes up by 2.
You save against poison when initially exposed (bitten in your example) and then ONCE at any point on each of your subsequent turns. So in your example he waits for his next turn.
Without magic you recover from ability damage at a rate of 1 point/night or 2 points with complete bed rest. Having someone who can help with condition recovery can be key to a parties success, even if that is just someone with a decent UMD and a stack of wands.
1) Only additional doses of the same poison add +2 to the DC.
You track different poisons individually. Different includes the same poison but with a different base DC.
2) You will also cure yourself as long as you make the save at the +2 DC.
Just noticed an error in Ms Pleiades post. Duration is extended by 1/2 the original duration, so the overall duration extends to 12 rounds on the second hit, 16 on the 3rd etc. (point 5 in the blog)
wow, this is BRUTAL!
That's why phase spider poison is one of the more expensive ones. It's nasty stuff.