Rastovik’s Scalpel

• Alchemical Item: Poison, Psyche Toxins, Master
• Total Resources: 11
• Formula: 4x Shivering Crow, 3x Witherroot, 3x Tzacanthe, 1x Luminium

This is a Master-level formula; you must have the Master Alchemist Ability in order to craft this item.

Upon receiving this Poison Card, the following effects occur:

1. Immediately upon being Poisoned:
   • The target suffers from the Envenomed condition. This can be Cleansed as usual, but doing so does not prevent the other effects of the Poison from occurring.
   • The target feels a faint burning sensation across their skin, and they feel an urge to talk; the subject doesn’t matter, they simply feel an urge to make conversation.
2. Fifteen minutes after being Poisoned:
   • The target suffers from the Stunned condition, feeling like their skin is being cut by dozens of blades, and they desperately try to talk to whoever is around, with no inhibitions on what they will say or speak of.
3. Thirty minutes after being Poisoned:
   • The target dies of a hemorrhagic stroke.

The Timeless Voyage potion immediately ends all of the effects and progression of this Poison.

If the target consumes a Kallahan’s Opus, Golden Morning Dew, or Viper’s Kindness while under the effects of this Poison, they immediately die of a hemorrhagic stroke.

Notes

The Scalpel is sometimes used as a last-resort for interrogation by the less-humanitarian national governments, as the last fifteen minutes of the poison’s effects will reliably loosen anyone’s tongue until they die.