aeauseth
2016-11-04, 07:25 PM
The Astral Stalker (http://www.realmshelps.net/monsters/block/Astral_Stalker) has a poison throat dart attack. Interestingly enough it is native to the Astral Plane (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/environment/the-planes#TOC-Astral-Plane1). BTW: This isn't the only creature native to the Astral plane with a poison attack.
The Astral Plane is "timeless" and as such poisons don't function in the Astral Plane, though they resume functioning when the traveler leaves the Astral Plane.
So does the Astral Stalker's poison throat dart deal poison damage on the Astral Plane? It seems by RAW (3.5 & Pathfinder) the answer is no. I do find it odd that there are creatures native the the Astral Plane with poison attacks, they they can only use on other planes.
My GM is going to house rule that poisons in the stat blocks of by creatures native to the Astral Plane work as normal, despite the timeless property of the Astral Plane. This seems reasonable (although I don't like it). Are there any official sources that discuss this topic?
The Astral Plane is "timeless" and as such poisons don't function in the Astral Plane, though they resume functioning when the traveler leaves the Astral Plane.
So does the Astral Stalker's poison throat dart deal poison damage on the Astral Plane? It seems by RAW (3.5 & Pathfinder) the answer is no. I do find it odd that there are creatures native the the Astral Plane with poison attacks, they they can only use on other planes.
My GM is going to house rule that poisons in the stat blocks of by creatures native to the Astral Plane work as normal, despite the timeless property of the Astral Plane. This seems reasonable (although I don't like it). Are there any official sources that discuss this topic?