Poison

Poison is one of the Status Ailments that can be inflicted upon the characters.

Description
It's represented by small purple bubbles(before Disgaea 5) or a purple skull(since Disgaea 5) above a character's head. Units affected by it take damage equal to 20% of their max HP(10% in the first Disgaea and its rereleases) at the start of their turn. Units that were defending before the start of their turn will only lose half the normal amount of HP(so 5% max HP in the first Disgaea, and 10% in subsequent games).

Units that die from Poison damage do not count as being killed by someone, meaning they won't give EXP/Mana and won't increase kill counts.

Specialists
Two Specialists deal with the Poison ailment:


 * Having a Pharmacist on any equipment increases a character's resistance to the Poison status by 1% per level.
 * Having an Alchemist on any equipment gives a character's normal attacks a chance to inflict Poison by 1% per level.

Disgaea: Hour of Darkness

 * Poison Arrow (Bow skill)
 * Prinny Dance (Prinny skill)
 * Camaraderie (Faery skill)
 * Zombie Puke (Undead skill)
 * Hell Pepper (Winged skill)
 * Putrid Breath (Treant skill)

Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories

 * Poison Blast (Bow Skill)
 * Health (Thief skill)
 * ShiniKaze (Kunoichi skill)
 * Prinny Dance (Prinny skill)
 * Hell Pollen (Winged Warrior skill)
 * Poison Poison (Marionette skill)
 * Zombie Juice (Undead skill)
 * Zombies! (Undead skill)
 * Cyclone Breath (Roc skill)

Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice

 * Poison (Spell)
 * Poison Arrow (Archer skill)
 * Slimy Headbutt (Sludge skill)
 * SlimeAura Sword (Sludge Magichange skill)
 * Poisonous Matter (Sludge Evility)
 * Mushroom Harvest (Shroom skill)
 * Priver Dance (Prinny skill)
 * Removable Skull (Undead skill)
 * Zombie Party (Undead skill)
 * Dead or Dead (Undead Magichange skill)
 * Spiral Needle (Flora Beast skill)
 * Deadly Prickle (Flora Beast Magichange skill)

Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten

 * Poison (Spell)
 * Poison Arrow (Archer skill)
 * Curse Storm (Sorcerer skill)
 * Removable Skull (Undead skill)
 * Hyper Zombeam (Undead skill)
 * Tomb Raiding (Undead Magichange skill)
 * Poison Moth (Winged Warrior Magichange skill)
 * Spiral Needle (Flora Beast skill)
 * Flower Wave (Flora Beast Magichange skill)
 * All of Sludge's unique skills
 * Slimega (Sludge Magichange skill)
 * Poisonous Matter (Sludge Evility)
 * Mushroom Harvest (Shroom skill)

Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance

 * Poison Party Mist (Hedler's Overload)
 * Strange Shot (Archer skill)
 * Curse Storm (Sorcerer skill)
 * All of Sludge's unique and Magichange skills
 * Poisonous Matter (Sludge Evility)
 * Lepidoptera (Winged Warrior skill)
 * Poison Jet Mist (Winged Warrior Magichange skill)
 * Rotten Headbutt (Undead skill)
 * Resident Undead (Undead skill)
 * Zombie Critical (Undead Magichange skill)
 * Corpse Bear Attack (Undead Dual Magichange skill)
 * Flying Spore Shot (Fairy Dual Magichange skill)
 * Poison Fox Dance (Nine-Tails Dual Magichange skill)