Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27523417-20160112045325

I am very firmly convinced that poison counts as an elimination method rather than a weapon, but I figured it'd be better to open a discussion than start an edit war. Edit summaries aren't really a good place to outline reasoning, either.

Poison is entirely unlike all other implemented weapons: it doesn't take up space in the inventory, killing with it doesn't lower sanity, and students do not react to a poisoned student according to their personas.

Unlike the syringe, which can be used in regular homicide, poison can only be used as part of its elimination method.

It bears more resemblance to the tranquilizer, which is also picked up, doesn't take up space in the inventory, and can only be used as part of its elimination method. The only differences are that the tranquilizer must be added to the syringe before it can be used, and it renders students unconscious instead of killing them.

I would understand calling it a weapon if the tranquilizer was also included in that categorization, but the way it is now feels more like an abstract classification than a concrete division of game mechanics. It doesn't seem right to include it on the Weapons page when almost nothing outlined there applies to the way it functions.

I'll defer to you guys if you think it's fine the way it is, but I wanted to see if I could sway anyone with my reasoning first, heh. 