Elixir of Reckoning

Aura: Faint; (DC 17) abjuration

Activation: Standard (manipulation)

Weight: —

This elixir is a brilliant, crimson liquid that bubbles and churns with potent magical energy. The vial that holds it is constructed of extra-thick glass, as if to protect those who carry it against the devastating power of the liquid inside.

After consuming an elixir of reckoning, the imbiber’s body is filled with unstable magical energy. If she dies (that is, if her hit points fall to −10 or lower) within 1 hour of imbibing the elixir, her body explodes in a blast of eldritch energy that deals 5d6 points of damage to every creature and object within a 20-foot radius. Targets in this area can attempt a DC 14 Reflex save to halve the damage. Remnants of the imbiber’s body survive the blast but are distributed around the periphery of the blast radius. (Raise dead will not work to restore life, but resurrection or true resurrection will.

If the imbiber is not slain (that is, if her hit points do not fall to −10 or lower) within 1 hour of consuming the elixir, it has no effect.

Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, glyph of warding.

Cost to Create: 413 gp, 33 XP, 1 day.

Source: Dungeon Master’s Guide II, page 268. Added the parenthetical text to the end of the first paragraph of the descriptive text.