Black Powder Bomb

Level: 4Category: VolatileTime: 1 hour

Black powder was originally a simple explosive. Before anyone thought to use it in a ranged weapon as propellant, these onepound explosives were the intended goal. With a little clockwork engineering, they became potent tools, too. More advanced versions use better shells and detonators for a bigger bang.

Black Powder Bomb Level 4+ Common

Instead of focusing black powder’s energy towards accelerating a bullet, this fist-sized ceramic container contains a fuse and a small amount of black powder and metal pellets to create a devastating explosion.

Alchemical Item: Volatile

Special:

You must know how to make black powder before you can learn how to make a black powder bomb.

Properties:

You lite the fuse as a free action. The bomb goes off at the beginning of your next turn.

If a black powder bomb takes fire or lightning damage equal to its level, it goes off instantly.

You can instead throw the bomb as a standard action.

Attack: Area burst 1, +7 vs Reflex; 1d12 fire and thunder damage;

Miss: half damage on a miss.

Critical Hit: Target is dazed.

Level 9: +12 vs Reflex; 2d12 fire and thunder damage.

Level 14: +17 vs Reflex; 3d12 fire and thunder damage.

Level 19: +22 vs Reflex; 4d12 fire and thunder damage.

Level 24: +24 vs Reflex; 4d12 fire and thunder damage.

Level 29: +29 vs Reflex; 5d12 fire and thunder damage.