Slight of Hand ist to distract or otherwise make things go unnoticed has nothing to do with being careful. How can you distract a poison item or any item, unless yhe item has Senses from some magical means which still requires the item to have a consciousness
Whenever you attempt an act of legerdemain or manual trickery, such as planting something on someone else or concealing an object on your person, make a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check. The DM might also call for a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check to determine whether you can lift a coin purse off another person or slip something out of another person's pocket.
I always think of sleight of hand as having manual dexterity, which would be useful when handling poisons that can kill you if they are touched.
I made this up while cross-referencing the Brewing Potions of Healing section of Chapter 2: Downtime Revisited in Xanathar's. Hope this helps someone!
Poison Crafting
Requires Proficiency with a Poisoner's Kit. Ingredients for poisons can be purchased from the Black Market at half their listed price (subject to availability), or procured from relevant sources (Monsters, Rare Plants, Etc.). Crafted poisons can be sold for their listed price to the Black Market.
Slight of Hand ist to distract or otherwise make things go unnoticed has nothing to do with being careful. How can you distract a poison item or any item, unless yhe item has Senses from some magical means which still requires the item to have a consciousness
Sleight of Hand
Whenever you attempt an act of legerdemain or manual trickery, such as planting something on someone else or concealing an object on your person, make a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check. The DM might also call for a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check to determine whether you can lift a coin purse off another person or slip something out of another person's pocket.
I always think of sleight of hand as having manual dexterity, which would be useful when handling poisons that can kill you if they are touched.
I made this up while cross-referencing the Brewing Potions of Healing section of Chapter 2: Downtime Revisited in Xanathar's. Hope this helps someone!
Poison Crafting
Requires Proficiency with a Poisoner's Kit. Ingredients for poisons can be purchased from the Black Market at half their listed price (subject to availability), or procured from relevant sources (Monsters, Rare Plants, Etc.). Crafted poisons can be sold for their listed price to the Black Market.