Powder, Flash

• Cost: base 75 gp (or more, for higher level versions)
• Weight: 1 lbs.

Flash Powder can be bought in small paper packets, and is a completely unremarkable gray, slightly gritty powder that looks exactly like dirt. paper packets may be thrown or used as ammo, but if they get wet, they are ruined. Flash Powder can also be bought in tiny glass vials, in which case they are only useful as a thrown weapon or ammunition, but are immune to water spoilage.

This coarse gray powder ignites and burns almost instantly if exposed to flame, significant friction, or even a simple force such as throwing it against a floor (a standard action). Creatures within the 10-foot-radius burst are blinded for 1 round (Fortitude save against a DC noted below negates this blindness, but the distraction will still allow such actions as entering a Stealth stance against all creatures in the burst).

You can also use a flask of Flash Powder as a ranged touch attack when thrown by hand with a range increment of ten feet, doing damage as detailed below, inflicting light (energy, uncommon) damage. When thrown directly at a foe this way, it has no splash effect, does nothing on a miss, and does not cause blindness, the light effects being concentrated within the body of the victim.

Flash Powder can also be fired as ammunition from a sling, slingstaff, or stonebow. When used as ammunition, it is treated as a ranged Touch Attack, but is NOT a splash weapon, the light-imbuing magic being confined intot he body of a victim. Upon a successful hit, it inflicts light (energy, uncommon) damage.

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	-	-
2	169 gp	-	2d6	-	-
3	281 gp	-	3d6	-	-
4	413 gp	-	4d6	-	-
5	563 gp	-	5d6	-	-
6	750 gp	-	6d6	-	-
7	938 gp	-	7d6	-	-
8	1,200 gp	-	8d6	-	-
9	1,500 gp	-	9d6	-	-
10	1,875 gp	-	10d6	-	-
11	2,325 gp	-	11d6	-	-
12	2,813 gp	-	12d6	-	-
13	3,413 gp	-	13d6	-	-
14	4,200 gp	-	14d6	-	-
15	5,325 gp	-	15d6	-	-
16	7,238 gp	-	16d6	-	-
17	9,750 gp	-	17d6	-	-
18	13,500 gp	-	18d6	-	-
19	18,000 gp	-	19d6	-	-
20	24,000 gp	-	20d6	-	-

Creator Level	Cost	Save DC	Damage Dealt	Man Off	Man Def
21	31,875 gp	-	21d6	-	-
22	42,750 gp	-	22d6	-	-
23	56,625 gp	-	23d6	-	-
24	75,000 gp	-	24d6	-	-
25	97,500 gp	-	25d6	-	-
26	131,250 gp	-	26d6	-	-
27	172,500 gp	-	27d6	-	-
28	232,500 gp	-	28d6	-	-
29	307,500 gp	-	29d6	-	-
30	408,750 gp	-	30d6	-	-
31	540,000 gp	-	31d6	-	-
32	708,750 gp	-	32d6	-	-
33	937,500 gp	-	33d6	-	-
34	1,241,250 gp	-	34d6	-	-
35	1,653,750 gp	-	35d6	-	-

• Crafting: Profession (Alchemist) (DC 25)