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Originally Posted by vfb
No, the Sauromatians are using poison oils extracted from a plant (herbus maximus toxicus) growing in the Sauromatian swamps. In fact, it is the Hydra's consumption of these poisonous plants that gives them their poison gas aura.
The oil is quite flammable and when burned releases additional toxic vapors.
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Nicely done.
Of course, one might ask: Why don't the Androphag archers poison themselves with their own arrows? You know, the occasional mishap, pricking a finger on a sharp arrowhead, and then DEATH. Why doesn't that happen? The answer is obvious.
Hydra-skin gloves.
Wait, wait, wait ... how do the Androphags get close enough to the hydras to skin them for gloves? That answer is even more obvious.
Hydras shed their skins, just like snakes.
Androphag gathering parties go out into the swamps and gather discarded hydra skins. Then they make
archery gloves out of the skins. They give those gloves to the Androphag archers who use them to protect their hands from nasty poisoned arrowheads.
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Now, the life cycle of a Bog Beast is fascinating. All of the Bog Beasts which respond to summoning rituals are actually females. The male Bog Beasts are shy and reclusive creatures who dwell in the deepest parts of subtropical swamps. When a female Bog Beast begins her estrous cycle, she must sniff out the male via her tremendous proboscis. She follows an elusive trail of pheromones until she finds a suitable mate. Then the courtship ritual begins....
