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Poison will reduce the regeneration of your hp, mana and movement
until you are no longer poisoned.  You accumulate poison from taking
toxic damage, which can be anything from being bitten by a venomous
creature to breathing in toxic gas.  You can also be poisoned by
drinking, eating or handling POISON-flagged objects. Poison can be
removed using spells such as 'remove poison' and 'cure poison',
using a 'draw poison' salve or drinking a brewed antidote.

Poison naturally wears off over time, so if you lack the means of
removing it, you can often sleep it off.  Barring that, you can cast
healing spells to keep yourself alive until the poison effects die
down.  If you are so gravely poisoned that you cannot overcome the
negative regeneration it induces, you can seek out a spellkeeper
in most civilized places that can cast a remove poison, cure poison
or purge blood to remove it from you for a modest fee.

The reduced regeneration from being poisoned will not kill you.
However there are effects that inflict ongoing toxic damage, such
as the 'sickening touch' spell, that can be fatal.

In addition to poison, there are rare magical diseases that can make
you feel ill, cause confusion, lower your stats and other deleterious
affects. See also: help disease