Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Alymanknam's Phials - Medium Wondrous Items

Alymanknam’s Phial, Lesser: This small cut glass bottle has a hinged silver top emblazoned with a caudecus, holds about three ounces of liquid, and is usually empty.

When a potion of cure light wounds is poured into it, it will be changed into another healing potion. Roll a d20. If the result is odd, it becomes a potion of cure minor wounds. If the roll is even, it becomes a potion of cure moderate wounds. On a roll of 20, the potion of cure light wounds becomes a potion of cure serious wounds.

Moderate necromancy; CL 5th; Craft Wondrous Item, cure serious wounds; Cost 6,750

NPC Gear: 10th
Treasure Value: 11th

Alymanknam’s Phial, Greater: This small cut glass bottle has a hinged silver top emblazoned with a caudecus, holds about three ounces of liquid, and is usually empty.

When a potion of cure moderate wounds is poured into it, it will be changed into another healing potion. Roll a d20. If the result is odd, it becomes a potion of cure light wounds. If the roll is even, it becomes a potion of cure moderate wounds. On a roll of 20, the potion of cure moderate wounds becomes a potion of cure critical wounds.

Moderate necromancy; CL 7th; Craft Wondrous Item, cure critical wounds; Cost: 10,125

NPC Gear: 11th
Treasure Value: 12th

Math:

The value of the magic item is equal to the amount it decreases or increases the value of the potions placed in it.

It is essentially an unlimited device. Fifty is the defacto multiplier for “unlimited” in the magic item creation rules.

So I valued the item like this:

I took the difference between the values of potions:

For instance:

Cure moderate to cure light: -250
Cure moderate to cure serious: 450
Cure moderate to cure critical (“illegal” fourth level potion valued at approximately 4*7*100 gp or 2,800 gp): 2,500

I multiplied each by 50:

For instance:

Cure moderate to cure light: -12,550
Cure moderate to cure serious: 22,500
Cure moderate to cure critical: 125,000

I prorated each result by it’s likelihood of happening:

For instance:

Cure moderate to cure light: _____*.5 = -6,250
Cure moderate to cure serious: _____*.45 = 10,125*
Cure moderate to cure critical: _____*.05=6,250

Summed them

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