Gumnut Balsam
Added 2021-12-03 14:01:03 +0000 UTCGumnut Balsam
Potion, uncommon
This pot of sticky red sap glows amber in firelight. Smearing the sap on your skin creates a protective layer of hardened resin, granting you a +1 bonus to AC for 1 hour. If you are subjected to fire damage while the sap is active, you take no damage and instead the sap erupts into a fiery explosion. Each creature within a 15-foot radius of you must make a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw, taking 4d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The bonus to AC is then lost and the sap burns away entirely.
Scraped from the sap-drenched scales of a gumnut drake, this sticky fluid is simultaneously very durable and highly flammable. It gives the drake its ability to passively catch insects and small rodents, who are attracted to its sweet and pungent scent. The drake acquires its name and sappy exterior from the copious amounts of gumnuts it feasts upon in the forest undergrowth.
