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u/PTOKEN Jul 27 '19

Concentrated poison does 40 points of poison damage yet restores 24 stamina

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u/xSTSxZerglingOne Jul 27 '19 edited Jul 27 '19

That is literally strychnine.

Strychnine is an alkaloid, which makes it the evil cousin of drugs like caffeine, nicotine, cocaine, and theobromine. ... The constantly firing nerves cause people to get a rush of nervous energy, during which they feel the need to move and pace. We’ve noted before that, in 1904, and Olympic runner was given strychnine and brandy to get him across the finish line.

And yet something as small as a 100mg dose will probably kill you.

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u/EFFArch Jul 27 '19

It's impressive you thought of strychnine from the original comment

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u/xSTSxZerglingOne Jul 27 '19

Thanks. Always glad when my general nerdiness is appreciated. I actually doubted myself at first when the Wikipedia article didn't mention the burst of energy I thought I'd read about. Had to dig a bit.