By touching an empty, stoppered glass container such as
a vial or flask, you magically enable it to hold a single
spell. To be captured, the spell must be cast within 1
round of casting bottled arcana and it must be intentionally
cast into the container. The container can hold one spell
of 3rd level or lower. The spell can be held in the container
for as much as 24 hours, after which the container reverts
to a mundane vessel and any magic inside it dissipates
harmlessly.
As an action, any creature can unstop the container,
thereby releasing the spell. If the spell has a range of self,
the creature opening the container is affected; otherwise,
the creature opening the container designates the target
according to the captured spell’s description. If a creature
opens the container unwittingly (not knowing that the
container holds a spell), the spell targets the creature
opening the container or is centered on its space instead
(whichever is more appropriate). Dispel magic cast on the
container targets bottled arcana, not the spell inside. If
bottled arcana is dispelled, the container becomes mundane
and the spell inside dissipates harmlessly.
Until the spell in the container is released, its caster can’t
regain the spell slot used to cast that spell. Once the spell is
released, its caster regains the use of that slot normally.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a
spell slot of 6th level or higher, the level of the spell the
container can hold increases by one for every slot level
above 5th.
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