Poisons

[killem2]

So if a Poison is contact or injury, does it cease to work if the poison was put in something and the target drinks it?

So there overlap when dealing with poisons? Say a poison is inhaled, but you put it on the tip of a sword and cause injury that of course doesn't seem like it would work.

[Eldariel]

So if a Poison is contact or injury, does it cease to work if the poison was put in something and the target drinks it?

So there overlap when dealing with poisons? Say a poison is inhaled, but you put it on the tip of a sword and cause injury that of course doesn't seem like it would work.

Well, RAW is one thing. It just states that they work through a given angle, nothing else. Logically, depends on the poison's properties. Some poisons may become diluted in liquid, others might react and become dysfunctional altogether. Others might work just fine. Of course, the rules don't cover such things. As a rule of thumb though, ingested poisons probably affect through the digestive tract while inhaled poisons most likely affect through the respiratory organs. Thus they probably won't do much unless they can reach where they're supposed to operate. As such, ingested or inhaled poison applied through injury not leading to the appropriate organs would probably not have its intended effect. RAW has this to say about inhaled poisons:
"These poisons are delivered the moment a creature enters an area containing such poisons and do not usually have an onset time. For most inhaled poisons, 1 dose fills a volume equal to a 10-foot cube. A creature can attempt to hold its breath while inside the area to avoid inhaling the toxin. A creature holding its breath receives a 50% chance of not having to make a Fortitude save each round. See the rules for holding your breath and suffocation. If a creature is holding its breath and fails the constitution check to continue doing so, rather than suffocating it begins to breathe normally again (and is subject to the effects of the inhaled poison if still in the area)."

Thus inhaled poison being delivered through a weapon would probably be affected only if the weapon strikes an appropriate type of a membrane or if the impact breaks a vial of said poison and spreads the poison into the air.