Poisoned Throwing Knives

[MrCharisma]

Hi all, this is my first thread (first post?) on the PF2 forum.

Does a throwing knife retain it's poison on a miss?

We're trying out PF2 and I'm playing a Toxicologist Alchemist who uses knives (he's a chef).

I know for melee weapons you retain the poison on a miss, but lose it on a critical miss. My understanding for ranged weapons with ammunition that if you miss your ammunition is destroyed, so whether the poison stays is irrelevant. How does this work for a thrown weapon?

I've had a bit of a look around and it seems like they use the same rules as melee weapons (poison stays on a miss, but is consumed on a critical miss), but my google-fu isn't that great for PF2.

Thanks.

[Aw3som3-117]

The rules for it staying on a fail but not on a crit fail don't actually mention melee weapons anywhere (Link for reference).

So, yes, as it's still a failed strike with a weapon (but not a crit failed strike) the poison remains on the thrown weapon. The reason why ammunition works differently is because it is destroyed on use rendering the question of whether it still has the poison or not moot.

[MrCharisma]

Yeah that's what I found as well.

I had a memory of ranged weapons losing their poison, but I'm probably remembering someone talking about bows losing their poison (because the arrow is destroyed) or something.

Thanks =)

I'll check in again in case someone finds an obscure rule somewhere, but that should be enough to take to the game on tuesday.