Device: Manax-Root Poison
Type: Poison
Skill: Scholar: Poison
Cost: Not available for sale
Availability: X,R
Game Notes: When the slow acting poison is placed in a drink, victims must make a Difficult Strength check to avoid its effects. Difficult check. If the check fails the victim dies.
Background: Manax root was a poison that existed by the time of the Clone Wars. Between 3 ABY and 4 ABY, the assassin Ochi traveled to the planet Coruscant to assassinate Emperor Palpatine’s Royal Guard, before he carried out the job he visited Zlarb who named manax root as a poison he had avaiable for the assassin to use in his job.