To the various and sundry students of the subject of poisons.
While poison is frequently sought to treat infestations of every sort, and sought by common housewives and nobles, alike. It is most curiously often requested of my shop by those adventuring sorts who turn up now and again asking one of three questions: How much will poison cost me, how effective will this poison be against such-and-such a creature; and last but not least, will you make me a poison like that which some creature used against me?
The first thing to recognize is that each and every poison may be classified using my system of chemical analysis, into one of 22 basic formulas. These range from simple insecticide to those which cause pain, blindness, paralysis and death. Each of those 22 may be further classified by the delivery mechanism which is used -- I regard that there are four, but I will only deal with three.
For purposes of this system I will turn my attention to ingestibles. Ingestibles are those which must be consumed by the intended victim through the orifice used for eating. Some have attempted to inject those which are designed to traverse the digestive system and found their effectiveness halved. As for coating blades and weapons. They are completely ineffective.
I have assigned poison types G-J to this branch of ingestibles. Type G being the least lethal known with an onset time measured in hours, and J being fatal to all but the hardiest of bodies within a matter of minutes.
Purchased on the Open Market I have set pricing for my most effective formulas as follows:
- Type G (100 crowns)
- Type H (200 crowns)
- Type I (500 crowns)
- Type J (1000 crowns)
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