06-03-2004, 08:08 PM
Poison Resistance will only affect the damge rate of the poison, not the duration. There is an unlisted resistance for the poison duration. This resistance starts at 0% for all characters and is affected by the difficulty peanalty (-40% in NM and -100% in hell). This would mean that the same poison source would end up lasting for longer durations in nightmare or hell if used on a player.
The items with "Poison Length Reduced By" are in realality giving the character a poison-length resistance amount equal to the value listed. This is capped at a maximum effectiveness of 75% in all difficulties. If a player were in hell with two items that both gave "Poison Length Reduced By 75%", then the effective duration resistance for that character would be 0-100+75+75=+50% which would cut the duration of a poison effect to one half the time.
Monsters do not normally have any form of the poison length resistance. There are no attributes in the game to support raising the poison length resistance above its cap of 75%.
The items with "Poison Length Reduced By" are in realality giving the character a poison-length resistance amount equal to the value listed. This is capped at a maximum effectiveness of 75% in all difficulties. If a player were in hell with two items that both gave "Poison Length Reduced By 75%", then the effective duration resistance for that character would be 0-100+75+75=+50% which would cut the duration of a poison effect to one half the time.
Monsters do not normally have any form of the poison length resistance. There are no attributes in the game to support raising the poison length resistance above its cap of 75%.