In fact, there aren't many other options: you can't leave a small wound with a staff or a long sword, and it's difficult to fatally wound someone in the wrist with an ordinary dagger (unless you cut veins, but that's a different type of wound). But with a poisoned dagger, it's enough to inflict a light wound for it to become fatal.
In fact, there aren't many other options: you can't leave a small wound with a staff or a long sword, and it's difficult to fatally wound someone in the wrist with an ordinary dagger (unless you cut veins, but that's a different type of wound). But with a poisoned dagger, it's enough to inflict a light wound for it to become fatal.
