Baton of the Fallen

This pale shaft of wood has skulls and the mournful faces of the dead carved into its surface. Cold to the touch, it brings a slight chill to the air and smells of freshly disturbed earth.

Activate—Gather the Fallen 3 (manipulate, occult, void)

Frequency once per day

Effect You plant the baton into the ground, the soil softly parting to allow it to be solidly seated. Doing so summons a cloud of ghostly spirits in a . All creatures within the cloud become , and all creatures outside the cloud become concealed to creatures within it. The spirits deal |options:area-damage|traits:manipulate,occult,void] damage to each creature who enters or begins their turn in the cloud (). You are unaffected by the cloud. This effect lasts 1 minute or ends if an adjacent creature spends an Interact action to knock the baton over.