Mummy Dust

Mummy Dust
Poison Rank 5
Value: 500 gp
Delivery: Inhaled
Effect: The target suffers 1 Morale Damage and suffers Dread [SE, ST 4d10 vs WIS] (based on its current morale).
Creation: Mummy bandages are laid out in fine strips and allowed to dried. The bandages are then crushed into a fine dust using a mortar and pestle. The dust is then placed in glass vials.
Components: Mummy dusk
"You....took some of it with you? You're sick! I don't care how ridiculous an Ogre looks when it's whimpering, throw it away right now! No, not like tha-"
——Bastion the Wizard, discovering some Mummy Dust in the hands of a party memeber

Description

Mummy Dust appears as a sickly yellow and brown, flaky dust made from fine, tainted bits of skin and cloth. Upon closer inspection, one can even see the scrawling of tiny enchanted runes on the dust that surely came from the mummy's wrappings. If the corpse dust is inhaled by a living creature, the target is overcome with a crippling sense of dread, potentially forcing them to cower in fear, usually in front of the individual who infected them.

Lore

Mummy Dust is not a crafted poison, but is actually taken from the disintegrated skin of those cursed to exist as mummies. The magical fear inherent in these undead monstrosities infects every fiber of their being and can be made from virtually any part of the mummy. The process for gathering mummy dust is extremely dangerous, as is using it. If even a tiny speck of the stuff is inhaled, the full effect of the Mummy Dust is realized, and even the user will soon find themselves overwhelmed with fear.