Random Magic Wondrous Item

Gem of Brightness

This crystal appears to be a long rough prism. Upon utterance of a command word, the crystal emits bright light of one of three sorts.

• One command word causes the gem to shed a pale light in a cone 10 feet long. This use of the gem does not expend any charges.
• Another command word causes the gem of brightness to send out a very bright ray 1 foot in diameter and so feet long. This strikes as a ranged touch attack, and any creature struck by this beam is blinded for 1d4 rounds unless it succeeds at a Reflex save (DC 14). This use of the gem expends 1 charge.
• The third command word causes the gem to flare in a blinding flash of light in a cone 30 feet long. Although this glare lasts but a moment, all creatures within its area must make a Reflex save (DC 14) or be blinded for 1d4 rounds and thereafter suffer a penalty of-1 to attack rolls, Spot checks, and Search checks due to permanent eye damage. This use expends 5 charges.

Eye damage can be cured by a remove blindness or a heal spell. A newly created gem of brightness has 50 charges. When all its charges are expended, the gem becomes nonmagical.
Caster Level: 6th
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, daylight, blindness/deafness
Market Price: 15,200 gp; Weight:-.