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Censer of the last breath [Relic]

(Magic Item Compendium, page 153)

Price (Item Level): 2,500 gp (7th)
Body Slot: — (held)
Caster Level: 15th
Aura: Strong; (DC 22) conjuration
Activation: Standard (manipulation)
Weight: 1 lb.

This censer is a perforated iron ball hung from a jeweled chain. The holy symbol of Nerull is inscribed on a boss at its center.

Nerull’s faithful fill the censer of the last breath with ground gems rather than incense. When you burn 10 gp worth of quartz dust in it, the censer produces an obscuring mist effect, which, if you are neutral evil, neutral, lawful evil, or chaotic evil, you can see through as if it weren’t there.
Filling the censer is a standard action. Once it has been filled, it automatically starts burning the quartz dust, creating a cloud in a 20-foot-radius emanation centered on you. For the duration of the effect, the cloud moves with you as long as you hold the censer. The quartz dust burns in the censer for 10 rounds, after which the cloud dissipates.

Relic Power: If you have established the proper divine connection, you can burn other kinds of gem dust in the censer to produce additional effects, as detailed on the table below. In each case, the cloud produced is the same size as the one produced by the quartz dust and behaves in the same way, except as noted on the table. You are always unaffected by the cloud created.
To use the relic power, you must worship Nerull and either sacrifice a divine spell slot or have the True Believer feat and a minimum number of Hit Dice. The spell level and Hit Dice required are given for each entry in the table.

Lore: An ancient high priest of Nerull forged the first censer of the last breath over a fire fueled by the entire hoard of an old red dragon. Thereafter, he used it to send the souls of countless helpless prisoners to their just reward (Knowledge [religion] DC 20).





Censer of the Last Breath

Spell Level/
Hit Dice
Gem TypeValueEffect
5th/9Diamond dust250 gpSolid fog (as the spell, except that only
living creatures are slowed)
6th/11Emerald dust500 gpCloudkill (as the spell, except that it
hovers near you [Fort DC 17 partial])
7th/13Sapphire dust1,000 gpAcid fog (as the spell, except that only
living creatures are slowed)
8th/15Ruby dust2,000 gpIncendiary cloud (as the spell, except that
it hovers near you [Reflex DC 22 half])


Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, Sanctify Relic, acid fog, cloudkill, incendiary cloud, obscuring mist, solid fog.
Cost to Create: 1,000 gp (plus 500 gp for base item), 80 XP, 2 days.