GM vs. 120 Poisoning Test Results

[Unbeliever]

I've seen the question repeated on this forum going back for years - is there currently any difference between GM Poisoning and 120 Poisoning? I GMed my own Poisoning not long ago and decided to find out and what's more, to share that information. With the help of Khanzab, a great guy who has 120 Poisoning skill, I was able to answer this question.

Test 1a - Application of poison to a weapon, % chance

At GM Poisoning, you have 100% chance of applying any Poison potion to a weapon. Therefore, there can be no advantage here in having 120 skill.

Test 1b - Application of poison to a weapon, # of charges

At GM Poisoning, I applied 12 charges of Deadly Poison to a dagger

At 120 Poisoning, Khanzab also applied 12 charges of Deadly Poison to a dagger

No difference here.

Test 2 - Using the Infecting weapon special

At GM Poisoning, an Infecting hit deals poison of one level higher than the poison applied to the weapon. In my case, Deadly Poison became Level 5 Poison.

Since there is no poison stronger than Level 5, there can be no advantage to having 120 Poisoning in this test.

Test 3 - Casting Poison/Poison Field

At GM Poisoning, I was able to hit monsters with Deadly Poison by casting either Poison or Poison Field on them.

At 120 Poisoning, Khanzab also hit monsters with Deadly Poison by casting Poison and Poison Field on them.

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Without lengthy testing (that I'm not prepared to do), I cannot say for certain if there is any difference in the tile range at which we are effective or if the percentage chance of success on poisoning a monster differs at all. However, given that there is no difference in the most obvious and useful effects of this skill, I'd venture to say there probably isn't any difference in the minute details either. These tests show that there is no practical difference between GM and 120 Poisoning.

[+Nyx]

Since there is no poison stronger than Level 5, there can be no advantage to having 120 Poisoning in this test.

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[korndogg]

I see what she did there