Sleeping Spike

This twisted wooden spike was carved from the misshapen limb of an ash tree.

A sleeping spike becomes invisible 1 round after you plant it firmly in the ground. Thereafter, as soon as any creature comes within 10 feet of it, the spike emits a sleep effect (Will DC 17 negates) in a 20-foot-radius burst that affects all creatures with 10 Hit Dice or fewer. The spike is destroyed when the sleep effect is triggered.

During the round that a sleeping spike remains visible after being planted, any creature can safely remove it from the ground (a standard action) to render it harmless and ready for reuse.

Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, symbol of sleep.

Cost to Create: 1,750 gp, 140 XP, 4 days.

Source: Magic Item Compendium, page 185. Originally published in Miniatures Handbook, page 44.