Smokepowder Barrel

Smokepowder Barrel is a common Consumable that can be ignited to explode, dealing devastating damage.

Given the volatility of its contents, this barrel ought to be opened carefully.

Properties

• Consumables
• Single Use
• Rarity: Common
•  Weight: 26 kg / 52 lb
• Price: 5 gp
• 
  UUID

  9c875b66-4024-487f-b67c-0c175538eb5c

Effect

• When ignited by a source of fire, the barrel explodes.
  • AoE: 6 m / 20 ft (Radius)
  • 4d4 + 18 (22~34) Force
    damage (DC 12  Dexterity saving throw to halve)
  • Automatically Critically Hits objects and environments.
  • Creatures caught in the blast are knocked back 6 m / 20 ft (no saving throw).
• Also creates a  Smokepowder surface which, when ignited, causes the following effects:
  • 2d6 (2~12) Fire
    damage (DC 12  Dexterity saving throw to negate)
  • 2d6 (2~12) Force
    damage
  • The Smokepowder surface becomes a  Fire surface (which immediately inflicts the  Burning condition)

 Action

•  Throw the barrel to break it, creating an explosive surface.
  • Creates area: Smokepowder
  • Barrels thrown onto fire surfaces do not explode - only the smokepowder surfaces ignite
    • The damage from these surfaces is dealt by the character who threw the barrel
  • Barrels placed onto fire surfaces explode
    • The damage is dealt by the character who created the fire surface

Area: Smokepowder

 Smokepowder

AoE: 6 m / 20 ft (Radius)

Explosive.

Type: Surface

Where to find

• In various locations throughout the game including:
  • In the  Shattered Sanctum
  • In the  Zhentarim Hideout
  • In  Felogyr's Fireworks
  • On the tracks in front of the  Steel Watch Foundry

Notes

• The saving throws against the explosion and smokepowder surface ignition share the same DC, but are independent rolls.
• Counterintuitively, the damage from the smokepowder surface igniting appears to be dealt before the damage of the barrel exploding. This may have implications when dealing with  Unstoppable or similar conditions.