Defoliant

• Cost: 30 gp
• Weight: 0.5 lbs.

This milky fluid can be mixed with water to quickly kill light and medium vegetation. One flask of defoliant kills light brush and small trees in up to ten 5-foot squares. Light vegetation (anything but trees) dies within 1 hour and can be cleared at a rate of 10 minutes per 5-foot square (representing uprooting dead plants and breaking stumps into gravel-sized pieces), leaving barren ground. Medium vegetation (anything but massive trees) dies in 2 hours and can be cleared at a rate of 1 hour per 5-foot square. Massive trees can usually survive being treated with defoliant, and using defoliant doesn't make clearing them any easier.

You can throw a flask of defoliant as a splash weapon with a range increment of 10 feet, but it is only useful against creatures with the 'plant' type or subtype. This alchemical creation may also be fired as a kind of ammunition from a sling, slingstaff, or stonebow.

A direct hit with a defoliant flask deals 1d6 hit points of desiccation (energy, uncommon) damage to the primary target, assuming it has a type or subtype of 'plant'. Plant creatures within 5 feet of the primary target take half damage from the splash, and suffer no ability damage. A defoliant flash has no effect on creatures that do not have the type or subtype of 'plant', other than to make them somewhat sticky.

Higher level versions of this item offer improved damage and/or better saves (if applicable), but cost more, as described in the table below. The GM has final say over whether higher level versions are available in your location (or campaign).

You can purchase this item at a higher creator level than the minimum required to cast the spell. Doing so increases the potency of the item as described above, but also increases the cost, as follows:

Creator Level	Cost	Save DC	Damage Dealt	Man Off	Man Def
1	75 gp	-	1d6	d20+5	15
2	169 gp	-	2d6	d20+6	16
3	281 gp	-	3d6	d20+7	17
4	413 gp	-	4d6	d20+9	19
5	563 gp	-	5d6	d20+10	20
6	750 gp	-	6d6	d20+12	22
7	938 gp	-	7d6	d20+13	23
8	1,200 gp	-	8d6	d20+15	25
9	1,500 gp	-	9d6	d20+16	26
10	1,875 gp	-	10d6	d20+18	28
11	2,325 gp	-	11d6	d20+20	30
12	2,813 gp	-	12d6	d20+21	31
13	3,413 gp	-	13d6	d20+23	33
14	4,200 gp	-	14d6	d20+25	35
15	5,325 gp	-	15d6	d20+27	37
16	7,238 gp	-	16d6	d20+29	39
17	9,750 gp	-	17d6	d20+30	40
18	13,500 gp	-	18d6	d20+32	42
19	18,000 gp	-	19d6	d20+33	43
20	24,000 gp	-	20d6	d20+35	45

Creator Level	Cost	Save DC	Damage Dealt	Man Off	Man Def
21	31,875 gp	-	21d6	d20+37	47
22	42,750 gp	-	22d6	d20+38	48
23	56,625 gp	-	23d6	d20+40	50
24	75,000 gp	-	24d6	d20+42	52
25	97,500 gp	-	25d6	d20+44	54
26	131,250 gp	-	26d6	d20+46	56
27	172,500 gp	-	27d6	d20+47	57
28	232,500 gp	-	28d6	d20+49	59
29	307,500 gp	-	29d6	d20+51	61
30	408,750 gp	-	30d6	d20+53	63
31	540,000 gp	-	31d6	d20+55	65
32	708,750 gp	-	32d6	d20+56	66
33	937,500 gp	-	33d6	d20+58	68
34	1,241,250 gp	-	34d6	d20+60	70
35	1,653,750 gp	-	35d6	d20+62	72

• Crafting: Profession (Alchemist) (DC 25)