Wondrous Item, legendary

This mundane looking delicate glass bottle, with a faint resemblance to a glass scrying ball but has a cork stopper in its top.

Balrick's Glass Bottle of Storage is enchanted to shrink any item partially entering its opening.  When this occurs the item or creature is covered in glittering smoke and pulled into the bottle shrinking to a size sufficient to comfortable store the item. Care should be taken in utilising and handling Balrick's Glass Bottle of Storage.  

(even the tip of an arrow just entering the mouth of the bottle will trigger the effect and the arrow and anything attached or holding it will be affected.)

The enchantment will shrink only sufficiently to provide sufficient interior space to hold 12 tiny 6 small, 4 medium creatures, or 1 large creature. Once stoppered the bottle is airtight, and hold a max of 10 hrs of air for contents. Breathing creatures inside the bottle can survive up to 10 hours, after which time they begin to suffocate and lose 1 constitution point per 10 mins for 30 mins then 2 for per 10 mins until death. Opening the lid will allow fresh air in, the jar needs to be open for at least 10 mins to be certain the air is sufficiently refreshed to provide another 10 hours.
The bottle is approx. 8 inches in diameter and the opening is 4 inches in diameter. The cork stopper is an exact match and part of the enchantment. The bottle can hold up to 1200 pounds, not exceeding a volume of 64 cubic feet. The bag weighs 2 pounds, empty and increases its weight as it is filled. Weighing 25 pounds when filled. Retrieving an item from the bag requires the min of 1 action. The DM will need to rule depending on the complexity of the removal.

If the jar is overloaded, the following occurs (D6)

  • 1-3 the new item being added is ignored and nothing occurs
  • 4-5 the new item displaces random items of equal or greater mass
  • 6  the bottle shatters and is destroyed

Breaking the bottle results in the contents spilling out where the bottle breaks. As the enchantment is broken as well, items may not return to their full size. Roll on the following chart per item:

  • 1-4 returns to full size 
  • 5 returns to 50% of the full size
  • 6 Remains at small scale

Placing a Balrick's Glass Bottle of Storage inside an extradimensional space created by a bag of holding, portable hole, or similar item instantly destroys the enchantment of Balrick's Glass Bottle of Storage, shattering the glass; all its items are spilled out into the bag of holding (or similar).  It may be possible for the  shards of glass to pierce a bag of holding.

Note: Characters should roll a DC10 Dex check to avoid being cut by the glass shards if they are in the bottle when it ruptures.  DM to determine damage if any.

 Balrick's Glass Bottle of Storage has an AC of 15 and HP 4 

Creatures inside a stoppered Balrick's Glass Bottle of Storage cannot hear any sound outside nor can any of their spells or powers escape a stoppered bottle. Likewise creatures outside can hear no sound within it or send spells into a stopped bottle. However, a psionic creature can affect creatures within. Once stoppered items within the bottle cannot escape, it can not be unstopped from within but is simple to open from without.
Inside a stopped bottle clerics and others are cut off from their divine powers.
It is thought the cork has special powers that demons could use to exact punishment on those inside but more research is required.
From inside the bottle is impervious to damage.
Purpose:  The Bottle was thought to originate in the Abyss having been created as a device of torture.   Persons would be placed in the bottle and left without air for extended times while being carried in a pouch of a demon and being jostled.  Sometimes being thrown and caught, plunged into fires, lava or frozen seas.  The Demons could be very inventive.  The item was very robust while in the Abyss, however once transferred to the Prime Material Plane it became much more fragile, but sought after for its usefulness.

Notes: diameter: 8 inches, 20cm diameter of the upper hole: 4 Inches, 10cm , Utility, Container

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Item Tags: Utility Container

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