Fruit of Tizerus

Wondrous item, rare

Price: 1,000-5,000 gp | high sentimentality

This pomegranate grows from a withered, spiny tree in Tizerus, a bleak and hopeless realm outside the palace where Erebos, god of the dead, resides. The fruit itself is a vivid red and tastes delicious, a perfect mix of sweet and tart. It contains 100 seeds and can be consumed 1 seed at a time or by a handful of 10 seeds at a time. You may divide and distribute seeds in any quantity you choose. A creature that consumes at least one seed feels the tug of the Underworld on its soul, causing its hit point maximum to reduce by an amount equal to the number of seeds consumed. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0. Targets that die while affected by the fruit can’t be brought back from the dead by any means short of a wish spell or divine intervention. Once creatures have consumed at least one seed, they must succeed a DC 10 Wisdom saving throw to realize the seeds are draining their life, otherwise they’re distracted by the flavor and tempted to eat more. A creature wishing to stop eating while seeds remain available to it must succeed a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw, otherwise it’s tempted into continuing to eat. It may repeat the saving throw for every 10 seeds it eats. Once cut open, the fruit lasts 3 days before dissipating into black smoke. This effect doesn’t occur if the fruit is in the Underworld.

Paid

The fruit doesn’t dissipate after you cut it open.

Overpaid

The fruit contains 500 seeds.

Source: The Gray Merchant of Asphodel