Poison Smear — Alchemical Blade Coating

How Long Does a Coated Blade Retain Its Poison?

Ultimate Equipment Guide II
Author Greg Lynch, J. C. Alvarez
Publisher Mongoose Publishing
Publish date 2005

This jellied substance is designed to be mixed with poison and smeared onto a blade. It forms a thin, tacky film on the blade that serves two purposes that are quite useful for those who commonly use poison. First, it conceals the shine of the blade, preventing it from reflecting light and betraying its wielder’s position, as a simple naked blade often can. Second, though poison will often wipe from a blade after one or two strokes, the tarry nature of poison smear keep the blade envenomed for longer. A blade treated with poison smear will retain the poison for 1d6+1 attacks before enough of the poison is wiped off for it to become ineffective. For this purpose, misses and hits are both counted against the poison smear’s longevity. One jar of poison smear is enough to treat a Medium-sized weapon, such as a longsword.

Poison Smear: 75 gp per jar