Hourglass of Fire and Ice

Hourglass of Fire and Ice: This small, wooden-framed hourglass looks quite ordinary, but radiates invocation/evocation magic if detected. Half these hourglasses contain red sand and half contain blue sand.
An hourglass containing red sand in the lower portion enables a spellcaster to cast fire-based spells with increased potency: +1 per die of damage. Further, victims suffer a -1 penalty to all saves against such spells, and even saving throws against illusions of fire are made at -1.
When the hourglass is tilted, the red sand flows slowly through the aperture, turning blue as it does so. The hourglass takes 6 turns to fill with blue sand. When the hourglass has filled with blue sand, all cold-based spells cast by the owner of the hourglass have +1 per die of damage. Victims also suffer a -1 penalty to saving throws against cold-based spells, including saves against illusions of cold.
The hourglass may be inverted to re-create the red sand, with a corresponding flip in the effects after 6 turns.
The hourglass may be inverted up to three times per day. However, with every inversion of the hourglass there is a 1% chance that it will break, spilling its sands and losing its magic forever.
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