Bottomless Potion (3.5e Equipment)

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Bottomless Potion

A wonderful marriage of alchemic mastery and high arcana, the bottomless potion is a potion that refills itself over time. The vial that contains the bottomless potion is inscribed with a series of arcane magic circles that slowly restores the contents after use. A bottomless potion can be imbibed once to three times per day to receive its effects. A bottomless potion is ruined if its container is broken.

A spellcaster with alchemical knowledge and both the Craft Wondrous Item and the Brew Potion feat can create bottomless potions. Bottomless potions carry the same restrictions as regular potions, with the exception that they are usable between once and three times per day.

For brewing a bottomless potion, the minimum caster level required is 5 higher than for ordinary potions: 6th for 1st-level potions, 8th for 2nd-level potions and 10th for 3rd-level potions. A successful Craft (alchemy) check is required (DC 17 + 3 per spell level). The base price for a bottomless potion is its spell level × its caster level × 50 gp × number of uses per day, where the number of uses per day is between 1 and 3.

To brew a bottomless potion, one must spend 1/25th of this base price in XP and use up raw materials costing one half this base price. The creator of the bottomless potion must also add five times the cost of any valuable material or XP component required for the spell contained within the potion.

Moderate varied; CL as per above; Brew Potion, Craft Wondrous Item, the spell contained within the potion, plus permanency (no casting XP cost).

Craft (alchemy) as per above. Market Price 300 gp, 800 gp or 1,500 gp. These prices are for standard 1/day 1st-level, 2nd-level and 3rd-level potions respectively.

Table: Bottomless Potions and Oils Price and Loot Table

Minor1	Medium2	Major3	Potion or Oil	Market Price1 2 3
				1/day	2/day	3/day
01–10	—	—	Cure light wounds (potion)	300 gp	600 gp	900 gp
11–13	—	—	Endure elements (potion)	300 gp	600 gp	900 gp
14–15	—	—	Hide from animals (potion)	300 gp	600 gp	900 gp
16–17	—	—	Hide from undead (potion)	300 gp	600 gp	900 gp
18–19	—	—	Jump (potion)	300 gp	600 gp	900 gp
20–22	—	—	Mage armor (potion)	300 gp	600 gp	900 gp
23–25	—	—	Magic fang (potion)	300 gp	600 gp	900 gp
26	—	—	Magic stone (oil)	300 gp	600 gp	900 gp
27–29	—	—	Magic weapon (oil)	300 gp	600 gp	900 gp
30	—	—	Pass without trace (potion)	300 gp	600 gp	900 gp
31–32	—	—	Protection from (alignment) (potion)	300 gp	600 gp	900 gp
33–34	—	—	Remove fear (potion)	300 gp	600 gp	900 gp
35	—	—	Sanctuary (potion)	300 gp	600 gp	900 gp
36–38	—	—	Shield of faith +2 (potion)	300 gp	600 gp	900 gp
39	—	—	Shillelagh (oil)	300 gp	600 gp	900 gp
40–41	01–02	—	Bless weapon (oil)	300 gp	600 gp	900 gp
42–44	03–04	—	Enlarge person (potion)	300 gp	600 gp	900 gp
45	05	—	Reduce person (potion)	300 gp	600 gp	900 gp
46–47	06	—	Aid (potion)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
48–50	07	—	Barkskin +3 (potion)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
51–53	08–10	—	Bear’s endurance (potion)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
54–56	11–13	01–03	Blur (potion)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
57–59	14–16	—	Bull’s strength (potion)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
60–62	17–19	—	Cat’s grace (potion)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
63–67	20–27	04–08	Cure moderate wounds (potion)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
68	28	—	Darkness (oil)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
69–71	29–30	09–10	Darkvision (potion)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
72–74	31	—	Delay poison (potion)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
75–76	32–33	—	Eagle’s splendor (potion)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
77–78	34–35	—	Fox’s cunning (potion)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
79–81	36–37	11–14	Invisibility (potion or oil)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
82–84	38	15-16	Lesser restoration (potion)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
85–86	39	—	Levitate (potion or oil)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
87	40	—	Misdirection (potion)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
88–89	41–42	—	Owl’s wisdom (potion)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
90–91	43	—	Protection from arrows 10/magic (potion)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
92–93	44	17	Remove paralysis (potion)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
94–96	45–46	—	Resist energy (type) 20 (potion)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
97	47	14	Barkskin +4 (potion)	900 gp	1,800 gp	2,700 gp
98–99	48-49	—	Spider climb (potion)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
100	50	18	Undetectable alignment (potion)	800 gp	1,600 gp	2,400 gp
—	51–52	19	Shield of faith +5 (potion)	900 gp	1,800 gp	2,700 gp
—	53–55	20–24	Resist energy (type) 30 (potion)	1,100 gp	2,200 gp	3,300 gp
—	56–60	25–35	Cure serious wounds (potion)	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	4,500 gp
—	61	36	Daylight (oil)	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	4,500 gp
—	62–64	37–39	Displacement (potion)	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	4,500 gp
—	65	40	Flame arrow (oil)	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	4,500 gp
—	66–68	41–46	Fly (potion)	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	4,500 gp
—	69	47	Gaseous form (potion)	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	4,500 gp
—	70–71	—	Greater magic fang +3 (potion)	1,800 gp	3,600 gp	5,400 gp
—	72–73	—	Greater magic weapon +3 (oil)	1,800 gp	3,600 gp	5,400 gp
—	74–75	48–50	Haste (potion)	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	4,500 gp
—	76–78	51–54	Heroism (potion)	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	4,500 gp
—	79–80	55–57	Keen edge (oil)	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	4,500 gp
—	81	58	Magic circle against (alignment) (potion)	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	4,500 gp
—	82–83	—	Magic vestment +3 (oil)	1,800 gp	3,600 gp	5,400 gp
—	84–86	59–60	Neutralize poison (potion)	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	4,500 gp
—	87–88	61–62	Nondetection (potion)	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	4,500 gp
—	89–91	63–65	Protection from energy (type) (potion)	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	4,500 gp
—	92–93	66	Rage (potion)	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	4,500 gp
—	94	67	Remove blindness/deafness (potion)	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	4,500 gp
—	95	68-69	Remove curse (potion)	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	4,500 gp
—	96	70-73	Remove disease (potion)	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	4,500 gp
—	97	74	Tongues (potion)	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	4,500 gp
—	98–99	75-76	Water breathing (potion)	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	4,500 gp
—	100	77-78	Water walk (potion)	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	4,500 gp
—	—	79–80	Barkskin +5 (potion)	1,200 gp	2,400 gp	3,600 gp
—	—	81-82	Good hope (potion)	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	4,500 gp
—	—	83–86	Greater magic fang +4 (potion)	2,400 gp	4,800 gp	7,200 gp
—	—	87–90	Greater magic weapon +4 (oil)	2,400 gp	4,800 gp	7,200 gp
—	—	91–94	Magic vestment +4 (oil)	2,400 gp	4,800 gp	7,200 gp
—	—	95-96	Greater magic fang +5 (potion)	3,000 gp	6,000 gp	9,000 gp
—	—	97-98	Greater magic weapon +5 (oil)	3,000 gp	6,000 gp	9,000 gp
—	—	99-100	Magic vestment +5 (oil)	3,000 gp	6,000 gp	9,000 gp
Minor: Roll 1d10 to determine usages per day: 1-6 (1/day), 7-9 (2/day), 10 (3/day) Medium: Roll 1d10 to determine usages per day: 1-5 (1/day), 6-8 (2/day), 9-10 (3/day) Major: Roll 1d10 to determine usages per day: 1-4 (1/day), 5-7 (2/day), 8-10 (3/day)

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