Simplify potion-making in DUNGEONS & DRAGONS with THE POISONER’S HANDBOOK

Peter Lee AND Dave Aspall you want to make potions Dungeons & Dragons easier. That’s why they released The Poisoner’s Handbook. This unofficial supplement, released through the Owl Preservation Society, provides streamlined rules for finding materials and crafting potions so you don’t have to waste 1,000 gold and loads of time. Inside, you’ll find new forageable flora, craftable poisons, tips for foraging and crafting poisons in urban campaigns, and a stat block for an undead wasp. If it ever felt like creating poisons was too much for you D&D games, this is a supplement you will definitely want to take.

I think we can all agree that the processes of tinkering, crafting, and crafting in Dungeons and Dragons can be convoluted and intricate, deterring many adventuring groups from engaging in such endeavors. Unless you’re running an exceptionally long campaign with extensive downtime, the likelihood of exploring these aspects is pretty slim. Even when you do, the difficulty rating (DC) associated with these activities varies significantly, and the cost and time required to create even the most basic poison can require you to devote days of precious adventuring time to meticulously heal a Bunsen burner.

But what if the process was streamlined, a single difficulty rating (DC) remained consistent across all trials, the survival trial for finding your raw materials, the crafting trial for making your poisons, and even saving against effects. Imagine being able to create a poison in just one hour instead of enduring an arduous task that takes 25 days. After all, if you have a poisonous plant as a source material, why would it take nearly a month and over 1000 gold pieces to get you a single dosage in a bottle?

You can buy The Poisoner’s Handbook from DMs Guild (affiliate link) for any price you see fit.