Thus, when Lightfingers hit a trap during a recent delve into the infamous Quasqueton dungeon, and failed his save, I thought about what the result should be. but dying from the poison of a 10 year old trap or a Giant Centepede? There are times when I want something different. We play to live, knowing that we can die. Death because of poison from a Chaos creature - this was a 4th level paladin! There had been plenty of foreshadowing about these creatures, but the frisson of the moment was palpable to all eight of us at the table! (He used the d30 rule and survived.) I remember the look on my player's face when he had to save vs. I'm a fan of things giving players pause. Sean over at TheCampaign20xx blog has a great summary of D&D's published poison rules across the editions. Poison is one of those topics that every DM has thought about. Bile rose in his throat as his limbs felt weak.
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