-----Original Message-----
From: William Ouyang <ylo@earthlink.net>
To: qna@pojo.com <qna@pojo.com>
Date: Monday, March 13, 2000 5:23 PM
Subject: Poison

>Hi,
>I have a question on poison attacks,
>when you poison your oppenent, does the poison take away 10 damage on
>that same turn?
>Thanks for your time.
>
 
Yes.  Poison will start working immediately after it is applied.  This is why Nidoking's Toxic attack can kill Mr. Mime in one shot - 20 from the attack and 20 from the Poison.
 
Scott