Just wondering if the damage from Envenom Weapons only triggers from the initial saving throw of Cunning Strike (Poison) or if it triggers every time the target makes a saving throw to end the Poisoned?
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With Envenom Weapons when you use the Poison option of your Cunning Strike, the target also takes 2d6 Poison damage whenever it fails the saving throw.
Yeah, I figured they would've said something more like, "When the initial saving throw is failed," instead of 'whenever' if they'd meant that, but just wanted someone else to confirm it so I could be certain. Thanks.
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"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
"When you use the Poison option of your Cunning Strike, the target also takes 2d6 Poison damage whenever it fails the saving throw."
"The saving throw", to me, represents the saving throw from the Poison ability, not the saving throw to end the poisoned condition. I can see the other reading as well, but I think the intention is that it deals damage once per attack.
If that were the intention, it would say that it only applied if the target failed the initial save. As it doesn't, it applies for the entire duration that the target is poisoned.
Because an extra 2d6 poison damage on a single failed con save would be incredibly weak for a 13th level class ability.
"When you use the Poison option of your Cunning Strike, the target also takes 2d6 Poison damage whenever it fails the saving throw."
"The saving throw", to me, represents the saving throw from the Poison ability, not the saving throw to end the poisoned condition. I can see the other reading as well, but I think the intention is that it deals damage once per attack.
The Cunning Strike (Poison) feature says it repeat the save.... so the target also takes 2d6 Poison damage whenever it fails the saving throw with Envenom Weapons .
Poison (Cost: 1d6). You add a toxin to your strike, forcing the target to make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target has the Poisoned condition for 1 minute. At the end of each of its turns, the Poisoned target repeats the save, ending the effect on itself on a success. To use this effect, you must have a Poisoner's Kit on your person.
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Just wondering if the damage from Envenom Weapons only triggers from the initial saving throw of Cunning Strike (Poison) or if it triggers every time the target makes a saving throw to end the Poisoned?
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
― Oscar Wilde.
With Envenom Weapons when you use the Poison option of your Cunning Strike, the target also takes 2d6 Poison damage whenever it fails the saving throw.
Yeah, I figured they would've said something more like, "When the initial saving throw is failed," instead of 'whenever' if they'd meant that, but just wanted someone else to confirm it so I could be certain. Thanks.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
― Oscar Wilde.
I read that as the initial save only.
"When you use the Poison option of your Cunning Strike, the target also takes 2d6 Poison damage whenever it fails the saving throw."
"The saving throw", to me, represents the saving throw from the Poison ability, not the saving throw to end the poisoned condition. I can see the other reading as well, but I think the intention is that it deals damage once per attack.
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If that were the intention, it would say that it only applied if the target failed the initial save. As it doesn't, it applies for the entire duration that the target is poisoned.
Because an extra 2d6 poison damage on a single failed con save would be incredibly weak for a 13th level class ability.
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Particularly since the net will only be 1d6 when you account for the cost to use the Cunning Strike.
The Cunning Strike (Poison) feature says it repeat the save.... so the target also takes 2d6 Poison damage whenever it fails the saving throw with Envenom Weapons .