Poison!

I don't love Save or Die poison.  It's a bit to on off for me.  It's also not that realistic.  I often end up ad-libbing something less gnarly but more interesting.

I saw this post from the Dungeons & Possums blog and got inspired(Thanks!) to make it a little more like my Death & Dismemberment table (also stolen from various blogs).
I use 2d6 instead of d10 gives a bit of a bell curve.  Adding a column for "Damage Type" meshes well with my ruleset and allows for some heavy duty damage that is not straight HP.  If "Hit Points" are rolled along with a condition penalty, that means it applies to all rolls. 
I also changed to static damage because I figure you are already rolling a bunch, why roll all the dice just to roll again? 
Finally, I automated it (see button below) and added that to my Uncommon Tables page.
I've added this to my Spells Etc supplement to Uncommon Dungeons and I think I'll use it.
Where to go from here?  Well I just had a thought that I could add a further column of "Presents as" for entertaining descriptions: "Foams at the mouth" etc.

Random Poison Table

2d6	First Ingredient	Second Ingredient	Form	Damage type  (if applicable)	Effect (failed save)
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Hound saliva Neon cave moss Ettercap blood Nux vomica buttons Sap from a daisy Bone dust Demonsthumb petals Virgin tears Orange zest Thryon berries Black Lotus	Nutmeg Witchroot oil Duergar gin Abyssal slime Graveyard soil Riversnake venom Royal ashes Mandrake flesh Henbane seeds Milkweed stems Toad bile	Fluid Powder Paste Fluid Powder Paste Fluid Powder Paste Fluid Gas	Intelligence Wisdom Strength Strength Dexterity Constitution Constitution Hit Points Hit Points Hit Points Charisma	Euphoria (+1d bonus: rounds) Nausea (-1 penalty: Turns) 4  damage 6  damage Ill (-1d penalty: Days) 10 damage Zonked (-2d penalty: Turns) Unconscious: Turns 15 damage Catatonia: Days Instant death

Here's an automated version using the Meandering Banter generator.