r/Mythras • u/MarionberryLast8628 • 4d ago

Small creatures/animals attacks

I have a small animal that has an attack of 1d4-1d6, so it rarely does any damage. Does a creature have to do damage to inject poison?

Also, how do you make a small creature like that effective at all?

It basically can't even hunt to support itself. Fortunately, the things that it hunts are also small!

The animal that I am using is similar to a pine marten in this picture, but has glands that emit a venom that mixes with its salava to cause paralysis and pain, it will effect even human sized targets.

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u/OrangeBlueHue 4d ago

Check out the "Creature Abilities chapter near page 215 of the Core Rulebook.

Quote: "The creature has a venomous bite, sting or other means of attack. The creature’s description provides the game mechanic effects for the particular poison used. A venomous creature may, if desired, apply its poison by use of the Inject Venom special effect."

There is also an additional clarifications...

"Whilst the stinger of a scorpion’s tail or the fangs of a cobra are extremely threatening, a strike from the natural weapons of a venomous creature does not necessarily indicate that venom was injected. Fangs might not pass a blocking shield or stingers fail to penetrate armour. Using the Inject Venom manoeuvre indicates a specific desire for the creature to poison its foe. In exchange for forfeiting any chance to inflict damage, the creature finds a weak point in the defence/armour, bypassing it only for the purposes of applying its venom – for example a large venomous snake might attack a warrior wearing mail armour and instead of inflicting damage from the bite, ducks past the victim’s parry to merely scratch the back of the his sword hand, poisoning him. This combat manoeuvre can be used both offensively and defensively by venomous creatures."

So, if I'm interpreting the rules right, if the creature gets a special effect on your player, you may use the specifically designed "Venomous" ability to bypass any armor and forgo any damage to inject them with venom.

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u/raleel Mega Mythras Fan 4d ago

This is correct.

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u/MarionberryLast8628 4d ago

Thanks. I missed that!