Scholarblight and Delay Poison

[Insapateh]

Delay Poison says:

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Any poison in its system or any poison to which it is exposed during the spell’s duration does not affect the subject until the spell’s duration has expired

Scholarblight does 1d3 INT damage and also "More drastically, victims who fail a saving throw against scholarblight lose their ability to read or write for 24 hours, as letters and symbols seem to twist, move, and reorient themselves".

If the player has already been exposed to Scholarblight, obviously, the 1d3 INT damage has already been done, so the damage remains because Delay Poison says it does.

The other effect of Scholarblight isn't a damage effect though.

Is the inability to read or write suspended for as long as the delay is in effect or does it continue?

I'm not even sure there is RAW on this. How much do I hate my players.....?

[Diego Rossi]

Nice poison, I should remember it. ;-)

As I see it, the inability to read is an effect of the poison that the creature poisoned has already suffered. So it stays in effect even if it receives Delay poison after the save.

BTW: I think that the poison was inspired by an old Dragon cartoon:Scroll or learning disability.
Already 40 years ....

[Insapateh]

Diego Rossi wrote:

Nice poison, I should remember it. ;-)

As I see it, the inability to read is an effect of the poison that the creature poisoned has already suffered. So it stays in effect even if it receives Delay poison after the save.

BTW: I think that the poison was inspired by an old Dragon cartoon:Scroll or learning disability.
Already 40 years ....

Thanks Diego.

I would assume the same, but I didn't want to shaft my party.

Only two players have been poisoned (it's a combination of Scholarblight and Insanity Mist, used as a security feature in a vault they're trying to steal from). Only one PC understands the language that all the signage and records are in, and he's one of those two. Which is hilarious for me, but less so for the players.

Next game isn't for a fortnight, so I have some time to see if there's a general consensus one way or the other, but your post is reassuring that I won't be ruling unfairly.