17.33 The skill of Poisons.

Poisons deals with your ability to spot and use the various natural poisons which grow all over the Avalonian mainland. Poisons can be discovered in a location by typing POISONS where you will be informed of any poisons you can spot. You ought to try and ANALYSE all these to gain some idea of their habitat and worth. As you gain competence in Poisons you will find the number of poisons that you can use increasing. When a poison is found you must PICK it. Once picked you must PREPARE it, and when prepared you can either APPLY it to yourself, or another, if it is a paste, SMOKE it, if it is to be smoked, EAT it, if it is to be ingested, or PUT it in a drink or item of food if it is to be drunk/ingested. Concealing poisons in drinks is a very sneaky way of administering the effects to somebody unknown to them. You can RUB poisons on weapons or arrows so that when you use the weapon or fire an arrow, the poison is applied to the person you strike. See HELP GARDENING for help on planting and dealing with herbs.

Examples:
- Poisons
- Pick jegga
- Prepare jegga
- Apply jegga to eshkadeth
- Rub jegga on arrow

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