poison problems

[hieronymous]

Just a quick question about poison, been playing a while now but only just had someone with a poison using crew....

Does it stack like burning ? Ie poison+3 and then poison +2 - would that become poison +5 or do you just take the higher amount ? Were a bit unsure as someone told us you only take the higher level of poison damage, but to me that seems to make some triggers a bit useless, such as mcmourning giving +1 poison ?

On the other side if it DOES stack this makes certain abilities a bit powerful like expunge, pretty sure I've seen examples of something with poison +8 ! Is there a maximum amount ?

Thanks !

[Myyrä]

It stacks and there is no maximum amount you can have. Practically all conditions with +1 or -1 in their name stack.

 

Expunge does have a damage cap though.

[PraetorDragoon]

Poison does stack on a model without a maxium amount. However, it will still only do one damage when it triggers. 

 

So basicly, Poison +2 and Poison +3 becomes Poison +5. At the end of turn, this is reduced to Poison +4 and the model takes 1 damage. (as per Poison rules)

 

Expunge has a damage cap, and isn't damage from the Poison condition. It's damage from the Expunge action.

[Ausplosions]

Expunge caps at 9 I believe, and it removes all the Poison in the process.

[hieronymous]

Thanks for the quick replies !

[Bengt]

Expunge caps at 9 I believe, and it removes all the Poison in the process.

It removes 9 as well.

[jonahmaul]

Expunge does a maximum of 9 damage but the Showgirl's Sip of Poison does the same and has no cap.

[Dirial]

If you wonder if Expunge is disgustingly powerful (especially with the Abra Cadaver trigger):

 

[hieronymous]

Good old steam trunk !

[zFiend]

Dirial. That is one of my favourite gifs for sure. Well played.