Bottle of Elements

The Bottle of Elements is a magic item can store elemental energies which can used for later. The glass of the bottle is infused with gemstones and it is sealed with a cork made of specially treated Deadwood. The bottles are charged either through use of additional gemstones which can either be channeled into it or permanently affixed to the glass, or from a mage supplying mana directly. A bottle can only hold elements according to which gemstones were used in manufacturing it.
The Bottle of Elements can typically be used in four ways. The first is as a simple container for storage similar to a Gemstone in which elemental energy is put into the bottle and then channeled out at a later time, either to replenish a mage's mana or be used for some sort of spell. The second use is to channel energy in, and then slightly loosen the cork seal. This can be used to grant various passive effects depending on the element and admixture of the energy. While used in this way, energy will slowly yet steadily drain out of the bottle. The third way one can use the bottle is to open the lid to let out a torrent of energy. The final use for the bottle is to shatter it, letting out an elemental explosion.
== Elements ==
== Variants ==
=== Bottle of Emptiness ===
The Bottle of Emptiness is a cursed Bottle of Elements that appears to completely destroy all energy channeled into it. Furthermore, it will completely drain a source of mana once it is activated, leaving mages exhausted and reducing enchanted gemstones to mere shiny pebbles. Some are cleverly disguised to appear as though they are already full of a certain element, but will drain the user of their mana and release nothing when they try to open it. Shattering a Bottle of Emptiness creates a small Void.
=== Bottle of Debilitation ===
The Bottle of Debilitation is a cursed Bottle of Elements that functions similarly to the Bottle of Emptiness but with the additional effect of sealing the user's ability to use whichever element it steals from them, potentially permanently. Shattering a Bottle of Debilitation creates a large Void and will only sometimes restore one's stolen powers, depending on the strength of the item. The process of regaining one's powers can be done without the bottle, though doing so is time consuming and involves reawakening one's power as if they were a child again. The other method of regaining one's power involves trying to channel so much energy into the bottle that it overloads. The resulting elemental feedback will return one's powers and create a fantastic and potentially fatal explosion.
There have been rumors that nonmages have used Bottles of Debilitation to steal power and become mages themselves, such rumors are often seen as just the result of speculation about the possible powers of the Bottle.
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Category:Magic Items