Toxic Grip (ritual)

1st-level transmutation

Casting Time: 1 action

1 action Range: self

self Components: S, M (one basic poison worth 100 gold)

S, M (one basic poison worth 100 gold) Duration: Concentration, up to a minute.

You harness your spellcasting to magically sequester poison into your hands. Until the spell ends, you can use your bonus action to have poison flow onto any melee weapons you are holding. A creature you hit with a poisoned slashing or piercing weapon takes an additional 1d4 poison damage.

The poison lasts for the duration of the spell. If this spell is cast as a ritual, the basic poison is consumed and its duration is concentration, up to 8 hours.