5e Official Poisons Lists - 03/03/21

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Poisons

Poisons - Black Market

Item Type Price per dose
Basic Poison Injury € 10,000
Potion of Poison Ingested € 10,000
Assassin's Blood Ingested € 15,000
Burnt Other Fumes Inhaled € 50,000
Carrion Crawler Mucus Contact € 20,000
Drow Poison Injury € 20,000
Essence of Ether Inhaled € 30,000
Malice Inhaled € 25,000
Midnight Tears Ingested € 150,000
Oil of Taggit Contact € 40,000
Pale Tincture Ingested € 25,000
Purple Worm Poison Injury € 200,000
Serpent Venom Injury € 20,000
Torpor Ingested € 60,000
Truth Serum Ingested € 15,000
Wyvern Poison Injury € 120,000

Black Market Poisons

    Basic Poison - A creature hit by the poisoned weapon or ammunition must make a DC 10 constitution saving throw or take 1d4 poison damage. Once applied, the poison retains potency for 1 minute before drying.

Potion of Poison - This concoction looks, smells, and tastes like a potion of healing or other beneficial potion. However, it is actually poison masked by illusion magic. An identify spell reveals its true nature.

If you drink it, you take 3d6 poison damage, and you must succeed on a DC 13 constitution saving throw or be poisoned. At the start of each of your turns while you are poisoned in this way, you take 3d6 poison damage. At the end of each of your turns, you can repeat the saving throw. On a successful save, the poison damage you take on your subsequent turns decreases by 1d6. the poison ends when the damage decreases to 0.

Assassin Blood - A creature subjected to this poison must make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw. One a failed save, it takes 1d12 poison damage and is poisoned for 24 hours. On a successful save, the creature takes half damage and isn't poisoned.

Burnt Othur Fumes - A creature subjected to this poison must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or take 3d6 poison damage, and must repeat the saving throw at the start of each of its turns. On each successive failed save, the target takes 1d6 poison damage. After three successful saves, the poison ends.

Carrion Crawler Mucus - This poison must be harvested from a dead or incapacitated Crawler. A creature subjected to his poison must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. The poisoned creature is paralyzed. The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Drow Poison - This poison is typically made only by the Drow, and only in a place far removed from sunlight. A creature subjected to this poison must succeed on a DC 13 constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 hour. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the creature is also unconscious while poisoned in this way. The creature wakes up if it takes damage or if another creature takes an action to shake it awake.

Essence of Ether - A creature subjected to this poison must succeed on a DC 15 constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 8 hours. The poisoned creature is unconscious. The creature wakes up if it takes damage or if another creature takes an action to shake it awake.

Malice - A creature subjected to this poison must succeed on a DC 15 constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 hour. The poisoned creature is blinded.

Midnight Tears - A creature that ingests this poison suffers no effect until the stroke of midnight. If the poison has not been neutralized before then, the creature must succeed on a DC 17 constitution saving throw, taking 9d6 poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Oil of Taggit - A creature subjected to this poison must succeed on a DC 13 constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 24 hours. The poisoned creature is unconscious. The creature wakes up if it takes damage.

Pale Tincture - A creature subjected to this poison must succeed on a DC 16 constitution saving throw or take 1d6 poison damage and become poisoned. The poisoned creature must repeat the saving throw every 24 hours, taking 1d6 poison damaged on a failed save. Until this poison ends, the damage the poison deals can't be healed by any means. After seven successful saving throws the effect ends and the creature can heal normally.

Purple Worm Poison - This poison must be harvested from a dead or incapacitated Purple Worm. A creature subjected to this poison must make a DC 19 constitution saving throw, taking 12d6 poison damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.

Serpent Venom - This poison must be harvested from a dead or incapacitated giant poisonous snake. A creature subjected to this poison must succeed on a DC 11 constitution saving throw, taking 3d6 poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Torpor - A creature subjected to this poison must succeed on a DC 15 constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 4d6 hours. The poisoned creature is incapacitated.

Truth Serum - A creature subjected to this poison must succeed on a DC11 constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 hour. The poisoned creature can't knowingly speak a lie, as if under the effect of a Zone of Truth spell.

Wyvern Poison - This poison must be harvested from a dead or incapacitated Wyvern. A creature subjected to this poison must make a DC 15 constitution saving throw, taking 7d6 poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Poisons - Creature

Poison DC Damage Poisoned Resave Effect Source CR
Amphisbaena 11 1d6 - - - GoS p. 230 1/2
Arcanoloth 14 3d6 - - - MM p. 313 12
Assassin 15 7d6 - - - MM p. 343 8
Assassin Vine - 6d6 - - - ToA p. 213 3
Basilisk - 2d6 - - - MM p. 24 3
Basilisk - Swavain - 3d6 - - - EGW p. 300 7
Basilisk - Young - 1d4 - - - OotA p. 100 1
Bearded Devil 12 - 1 Minute EoT Can't regain HP MM p. 70 3
Bone Devil 14 5d6 1 Minute EoT Save vs condition only MM p. 71 9
Bore Worm 19 12d6 - - - WDMM p. 171 16
Bridesmaid of Zuggtmoy 10 - 1 Minute EoT Incapacitated OotA p. 230 1/8
Carrion Crawler 13 - 1 Minute EoT Paralyzed MM p. 37 2
Chamberlain of Zuggtmoy 12 - 1 Minute EoT - OotA p. 230 2
Chardalyn Berserker 13 - Next EoT - - RotFM p. 280 4
Choldrith - 3d6 - - - VGM p. 132 3
Chuul 13 - 1 Minute EoT - MM p. 40 4
Couatl 13 - 24 Hours - Unconscious til woken MM p. 43 4
Core Spawn Emmisary 14 - Til Save Eot 2d10 at start of turn EGW p. 286 6
Corpse Flower 14 4d6 - - - MTF p. 127 8
Deep Gnome 12 - 1 Minute EoT - MM p. 164 1/2
Devkarin Lich 17 4d6 1 Minute EoT Save vs condition only GGR p. 198 14
Dire Troll - 1d10 - - - MTF p. 243 13
Drider - 2d8 - - - MM p. 120 6
Drow Arachnomancer Touch - 8d6 - - - MTF p. 182 13
Drow Arachnomancer Bite 15 4d12 - - Poisoned, Paralyzed KO MTF p. 182 13
Drow Gunslinger - 2d10 - - - WDH p. 201 4
Drow House Captain - 4d6 - - - MTF p. 184 9
Drow Mage - 1d6 - - - MM p. 129 7
Drow Priestess of Lolth - 5d6 - - - MM p. 129 8
Drowned Assassin - 1d6 - - - GoS p. 234 4
Druergar Kavalrachni - 2d4 - - - MTF p. 189 2
Erinyes - Longbow 14 3d8 Restore - Save vs condition only MM p. 73 12
Erinyes - Longsword - 3d8 - - - MM p. 73 12
Ettercap 11 1d8 1 Minute EoT - MM p. 131 2
Giant Centipede 11 3d6 - - Poisoned, Paralyzed KO MM p. 323 1/4
Giant Toad - 1d10 - - - MM p. 329 1
Gnoll Fang of Yeenoghu - 2d6 - - - MM p. 163 4
Golgari Shaman 14 4d8 - - - GGR p. 236 5
Green Abishai 16 2d10 1 Minute EoT - MTF p. 162 15
Green Dragon Wyrmling Bite - 1d6 - - - MM p. 95 2
Green Dragon Wyrmling Breath 11 6d6 - - - MM p. 95 2
Green Dragon Young Bite - 2d6 - - - MM p. 94 8
Green Dragon Young Breath 14 12d6 - - - MM p. 94 8
Green Dragon Adult Bite - 2d6 - - - MM p. 94 15
Green Dragon Adult Breath 18 16d6 - - - MM p. 94 15
Green Dragon Ancient Bite - 3d6 - - - MM p. 93 22
Green Dragon Ancient Breath 11 1d6 - - - MM p. 93 22
Grell 11 - 1 Minute EoT Also paralyzed MM p. 172 3
Grung Skin - Normal 12 - 1 Minute EoT - VGM p. 156 2
Grung Skin - Green 12 - 1 Minute EoT Climb, jump move only VGM p. 156 2
Grung Skin - Blue 12 - 1 Minute EoT Shout start of turn VGM p. 156 2
Grung Skin - Purple 12 - 1 Minute EoT Must soak in fluid VGM p. 156 2
Grung Skin - Red 12 - 1 Minute EoT Must eat food VGM p. 156 2
Grung Skin - Orange 12 - 1 Minute EoT Frightened of allies VGM p. 156 2
Grung Skin - Gold 12 - 1 Minute EoT Charmed, speak Grung VGM p. 156 2
Grung Weapon 12 2d4 - - VGM p. 156 2
Homunculus 10 - 1 Minute - Fail 5, 1d10 min uncon MM p. 188 0
Husk Zombie Burster 14 4d6 - - 1 Min Rise as Husk Zom EGW p. 293 1
Hybrid Poisoner 12 - 1 Minute EoT 1d6 on failure or save GGR p. 217 1
Imp 11 3d6 - - - MM p. 76 1
Iron Cobra 13 3d8 - - Damage, Confuse, Para MTF p. 125 4
Iron Golem 19 10d8 - - - MM p. 170 16

Poisons - Creature

Poison DC Damage Poisoned Resave Effect Source CR
Kamadan 12 6d6 - - - ToA p. 225 4
Kraken 23 3d10 - - 40' radius ink cloud MM p. 197 23
Kraken - Juvenile 18 2d10 - - 40' radius ink cloud GoS p. 238 14
Locathah Hunter 12 - Next EoT - - GoS p. 243 2
Medusa (snake) - 4d6 - - - MM p. 214 4
Myconid Sprout - 1d4 - - - MM p. 230 0
Myconid Adult - 2d4 - - - MM p. 232 1/4
Myconid Sovereign - 3d4 - - - MM p. 232 2
Myconid Hallucination Spores 12 - 1 Minute EoT Also incapacitated MM p. 232 2
Myconid Pacifying Spores 12 - 1 Minute EoT Stunned, not poisoned MM p. 232 2
Naga - Bone - 3d6 - - - MM p. 233 4
Naga - Guardian 15 10d8 - - - MM p. 234 10
Naga - Spirit 13 7d8 - - - MM p. 234 8
Neogi 12 4d6 1 Minute EoT Save vs condition only VGM p. 180 3
Neogi Hatchling 10 2d6 1 Minute EoT Save vs condition only VGM p. 179 1/8
Nergaliid 15 - 1 Minute EoT - EGW p. 296 3
Orc Nurtured One of Yurtrus 13 4d6 - EoT Save vs both, no heal VGM p. 184 1/2
Orthon 17 4d10 1 Minute EoT Save vs both MTF p. 169 10
Pit Fiend 21 - Til save EoT 6d6 SoT, can't heal MM p. 77 20
Poison Weird - 3d6 - - - WDMM p. 127 4
Pseudodragon 11 - 1 Hour - Fail by 5, unconscious MM p. 254 1/4
Purple Worm 19 12d6 - - - MM p. 255 15
Purple Wormling 13 3d6 - - - SKT p. 242 2
Quasit 10 2d4 1 Minute EoT - MM p. 63 1
Returned Drifter - 1d6 - - - MOT p. 240 1/4
Returned Kakomantis - 3d6 - - - MOT p. 240 4
Returned Palamnite - 3d6 - - - MOT p. 240 4
Returned Drifter - 2d6 - - - MOT p. 241 1
Scorpion 9 1d8 - - - MM p. 337 0
Scorpion - Giant 12 4d10 - - - MM p. 327 3
Sea Spawn 12 1d6 1 Minute EoT Save vs condition only VGM p. 189 1
Setessan Hoplite - 3d6 - - - MOT p. 229 4
Shoosuva 14 - Til save EoT Also paralyzed VGM p. 137 8
Skull Flier 11 3d6 - - Poisoned, Paralyzed KO SLW p. 43 1/2
Snake Horror 12 2d8 - - - RoT p. 46 4
Snake - Animated Jade 11 3d6 - - - WDMM p. 92 1/4
Snake - Flying - 3d4 - - - MM p. 322 1
Snake - Poisonous 10 2d4 - - - MM p. 334 1/8
Snake - Poisonous, Giant 11 3d6 - - - MM p. 327 1/4
Snake - Poisonous, Swarm 10 4d6 - - - MM p. 338 2
Spider 9 1d4 - - - MM p. 337 0
Spider - Giant 11 2d8 - - Poisoned, Paralyzed KO MM p. 328 1
Spider - Giant, Fiendish 11 2d6 - - Poisoned, Paralyzed KO OotA p. 97 1/2
Spider - Giant, Flying 11 2d8 - - Poisoned, Paralyzed KO WDMM p. 150 1
Spider - Giant, Wolf 11 2d6 - - Poisoned, Paralyzed KO MM p. 330 1/4
Spider - Ice 11 2d8 - - Poisoned, Paralyzed KO SKT p. 127 1
Spider King 11 2d8 - - Poisoned, Paralyzed KO OotA p. 74 1
Spider - Phase 11 4d8 - - Poisoned, Paralyzed KO MM p. 334 3
Sprite 10 - 1 Minute - Fail by 5, unconscious MM p. 283 1/4
Star Spawn Larva Mage 19 - Next EoT - - MTF p. 235 16
Steeder - Female - 2d8 - - - MTF p. 238 1
Steeder - Male - 1d8 - - - MTF p. 238 1/4
Tarkanan Assassin - 2d6 - - - ERLW p. 320 2
Thessalhydra - 4d4 - - - HffT p. 41 4
Thri-Kreen 11 - 1 Minute EoT Fail by 5, paralyzed MM p. 288 1
Tlincalli 14 4d6 1 Minute EoT Save vs condition only VGM p. 193 5
Tri-Flower Frond 11 - 1 Hour Minute Also unconscious ToA p. 234 1/2
Triton Shorestalker - Spine - 3d6 - - - MoT p. 244 2
Triton Shorestalker - Sword - 3d6 - - Poisoned, Paralyzed KO MoT p. 244 2
Vargouille - 3d6 - - - VGM p. 195 1
Vegepygmy Chief 12 3d6 Til save EoT 2d8 at start of turn VGM p. 197 2

Poisons - Creature

Poison DC Damage Poisoned Resave Effect Source CR
Venom Troll - Bite - 1d8 Next SoT - - VGM p. 245 7
Venom Troll - Claw - 1d8 - - - VGM p. 245 7
Venom Troll - Blood 16 4d8 1 Minute EoT Save vs both VGM p. 245 7
Vrock 14 1d4 Til save EoT 1d10 at SoT, Holy H2O MM p. 64 6
Wasp - Giant 11 3d6 - - Poisoned, Paralyzed KO MM p. 329 1/2
Wasp - Hellwasp 12 - 1 Minute EoT Also paralyzed BGDIA p. 234 1/4
Wasp - Hellwasp Grub 11 3d6 - - Poisoned, Paralyzed KO BGDIA p. 234 1/4
Wastrilith 18 4d6 1 Minute Minute Special* MTF p. 139 13
Wyvern 15 7d6 - - - MM p. 303 6
Yochlol - Slam - 6d6 - - - MM p. 65 10
Yochlol - Mist 14 - Next SoT - Also incapacitated MM p. 65 10
Yuan-ti (various) - 2d6 - - Abomination 3d6 MM p. 310 1

    Poison Damage Ignored: Arasta, Arrigal, Awakened Giant Wasp, Bag of Nails, Carrion Ogre, Chimeric Baboon, Claugiyliamatar, Droki, Drow Poison, Drow Shadowblade, Fel'rekt Lafeen, Gas Spore, Geryon, Grandolpha Muzgardt, Grumink the Renegade, Half-Green Dragon Assassin, Hutijin, Hythonia, Ilvara Mizzrym, Infant Basilisk, Jarad Vod Savo, Jessamine, Jot, Juiblex, Kinyel Druu'giir, Krebbyg Masq'il'yr, Krenko, Kurr, Lady Illmarow, Living Cloudkill, Majesto, Marlos Urnrayle, Master of Souls, Metal Wasp, Mr. Dory, Muiral, Nar'l Xibrandas, Nedylene, Neogi Master, Neronvain, Nessnar the Black Spider, Obmi, Old Croaker, Orcus, Orthon, Oussa, Pharblax Spattergoo, Rahadin, Ras Nsi, Reduced-Threat All, Root, Saslida Rumpadump, Shunn Shurreth, Sibriex, Skull Lasher of Myrkul, Slarkrethel, Soluun Xibrindas, Sovereign Basidia, Stool, Swarm of Undead Snakes, Tiamat, Torbit, Trobriand, Urstil Floxin, Veldyskar, Venomfang, Yalaga Maladwyn, Yestabrod, Yorb, Young Purple Worm, Zalkore, Zress Orlezziir, Zuggtmoy

Poisoned Condition Ignored: Archdule Zariel of Avernus, Awakened Giant Wasp, Catoblepas, Dretch, Eku, Flumph, Ghast, Hezrou, Keg Robot, Kol'daan, Maddgoth's Homunculus, Oinoloth, Old Troglodyte, Otyugh, Rutterkin, Shadowghast, Skriss, Stench Kow, Troglodyte, Troglodyte Champion of Loagzed, Undead Spirit, Zariel

 

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