Sunrod

Health: 2

Hardness: 4

Craft DC: 28 (Alchemy)

The sunrod is a brittle alchemical device capable of casting intense light for a minute - ten rounds. It sparks and glows but does not produce heat or flame. Lighting one takes 2 AP, does not leave you Open, and requires no special tools. It has two basic uses.

It can simply be used as a torch, casting light out to 60 feet in a cone. It can be dropped or thrown to illuminate a far away area, though it will break if it falls more than 20 feet.

If it is held in combat, it may be used to blind your enemy. So long as you have at least one point of CA to BDB, you may point the sunrod into the eyes of one opponent and gain a +2 to AC against them. This does not work against opponents who are Blind, cannot see, or otherwise would be unaffected by bright light.

For each point of Masterwork this item has, it lasts for 1 minute longer, illuminates 20 feet further, and grants a further +1 to AC when used as described above.