Weeper

Adventuring Gear Rare

This bloated slug is over eight feet long. It has three enormous eyes and a mouth, but no other visible organs. When a weeper is fed properly, it’s eyes leak a clear, yellow fluid called firetears. The proper diet is oil, coal, and certain grasses. It consumes half a flask of oil a day. Firetears dry quickly in the New World's climate. However, a diligent owner can collect a vial full of firetears once a day. It only takes an hour to collect the vial, but the weeper will only weep once a day.   Firetears are extremely sensitive to blows. If thrown, the vial explodes on impact. The explosion does little damage, but the firetears ignite. The heat is so intense that sand is fused into glass. Anything in the ten foot diameter area takes 3d6 points of damage per round. Up to five feet further out takes 1d6 points of damage just from being nearby. Firetears do not burn for long, only two rounds. Obviously anything flammable within ten feet of the center of the explosion bursts into flames.   Carrying a vial of firetears is hazardous to a character’s health. Even if kept in a soft waterskin, there is a chance it will explode if jostled too much. Normal walking, or riding on a mount is relatively safe. There is only a 1% chance per hour of it igniting. However, if the character falls, jumps and lands hard, or experiences some other comparably violent action there is a 20% chance of it exploding. In combat there is a 20% chance of it going off each round that the character is struck. Even on rounds when he is not struck, there is a 10% chance of it exploding.   A double sized vial can be assembled, but it doubles the hazard. The vial explodes for 5d6 points of damage in a 15 foot diameter area, 2d6 for being nearby (20 foot diameter). The chances of it exploding with normal care are 2% per hour, 40% when struck or falling, 20% just for being in combat. Attempting to prepare a dose any larger causes the firetears to explode immediately.   The weeper itself can be a dangerous beast to own. Only a foolish owner would ever whip one. The blow is almost certain to cause the weeper to explode. Even when treated with care, there is a 2% chance each month that it will explode for no apparent reason.

Cost: 500gp Weight: 10lbs