Toxicology is a discipline, overlapping with arcana, alchemy, herbalism, and medicine that involves the study of the adverse effects of magically altered chemical substances on living organisms and the practice of diagnosing and treating exposures to toxins and toxicants. Most Toxicologists use their knowledge of the skill to help cure and counteract negative side effects of various toxins but there are those that manipulate plants and toxins to create lethal poisons with deadly side effects.
- Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, Medicine
- Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism kit, Poisoner's kit
- Equipment: A Herbalism kit, Poisoner's kit, 5 empty vials, Notebook of field research, 3 glass jars filled with plant matter in different states of decay, a pouch containing 10gp.
All Toxicologist's have an area they excel in. Choose a specialty or roll on the table below.
| d6 | Toxicological Specialization |
|---|---|
| 1 | Healing |
| 2 | Creating Poisons |
| 3 | Genetic manipulation of plant matter |
| 4 | Identifying toxins |
| 5 | Creating medicinal remedies |
| 6 | Roll again twice |
You have been able to identify and grow a plant that when refined allows you to either heal, harm or incapacitate another creature (Work with your Dungeon Master to determine this plants characteristics).
Your plant grows fast and each week you are able to harvest enough ingredients for 4 doses. Each of the following remedies requires 1 dose of ingredient.
Healing Salve - During a long rest you are able to create a healing salve that can restore a number of hit points equal to your Proficiency modifier + your Wis modifier.
Drop of Nightshade - During a long rest you are able to create a weak poison capable of harming an individual if ingested. The damage equals 1D6 multiplied by your proficiency modifier.
Goodnights Kiss - During a long rest you are able to create a finely powdered compound that when inhaled forces the target to attempt a Constitution Saving throw or fall asleep. The DC is equal to 10 + Wis modifier + your proficiency modifier.
Suggested Characteristics
Toxicology is not a widely known profession, often confused with botany or herbology. Those that have spent countless hours of study perfecting their plants biochemical composition may seem mostly reserved and/or studious but many have characteristics based on their original motivation for starting their studies.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I’ve spent so long in the pursuit of knowledge that I have little practical experience dealing with people in the outside world. |
| 2 | I use polysyllabic words that convey the impression of great erudition. |
| 3 | I’m used to helping out those who aren’t as smart as I am, and I patiently explain anything and everything to others. |
| 4 | I like to talk at length about my research. |
| 5 | I begin or end my day with small traditions that help maintain aspects of my research. |
| 6 | I get easily bored. When will my studies manifest into results. |
| 7 | If you stand between me a information to further my research, I will crush you, ruin your name, and salt your fields. |
| 8 | I place no stock in wealthy or well-mannered folk. Money and manners won’t save you from disease or sickness. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Respect. People deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. (Good) |
| 2 | Logic. Emotions must not cloud our sense of what is right and true, or our logical thinking. (Lawful) |
| 3 | Change. Life is like the seasons, in constant change, and we must change with it. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Nature. The natural world is more important than all the constructs of civilization. (Neutral) |
| 5 | Power. Knowledge is the path to power and domination. (Evil) |
| 6 | Self-Improvement. The goal of a life of study is the betterment of oneself. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | Everything I do is for the common people. |
| 2 | Somewhere out there, a child I doesn’t know is sick with a disease I will one day cure. My study's will make the world a better for him or her. |
| 3 | I owe everything I have accomplished to the university which started me out on my study's. |
| 4 | Someone stole an irreplaceable piece of my research, and someday I’ll get it back. |
| 5 | A sick man has promised me unfathomable wealth is I can cure what ails him. |
| 6 | My research is more important than my own or anyone else's life. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I put too much trust in those who acknowledge the importance of my research. |
| 2 | I refuse to lie about the knowledge which I have gained during my research. |
| 3 | I have little respect for anyone who has not put in the effort to further their own education. |
| 4 | I’m horribly jealous of anyone who tries to outshine my research. Everywhere I go, I’m surrounded by rivals. |
| 5 | I have a weakness for indulging in mind altering substances. |
| 6 | It’s not stealing if I need it more than someone else. |
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