Deathdust: This deadly magical powder can be used as either contact or insinuative poison. An arrowhead need only be sprinkled with a pinch of the powder and touch the skin to be effective. Clearly, the powder must be handled extremely carefully by trained individuals.

Deathdust acts almost instantly, with an onset time of 1-3 rounds, during which time it causes an irritating burning sensation and may be reversed with a dispel magic (successful against 12th-level magic). Otherwise, the necromantic powder causes the victim to literally fester, decay, and desiccate into a pile of dry dust within a single round if a saving throw vs. death magic is not made. Deathdust is sometimes applied to an enemy's doorknob or sprinkled into a pouch of gold given as a gift. It is said to smell like myrrh.