Alchemy Jug 5e
Wondrous item, uncommon
This ceramic jug appears to be able to hold a gallon of liquid and weighs 12 pounds whether full or empty. Sloshing sounds can be heard from within the jug when it is shaken, even if the jug is empty.
You can use an action and name one liquid from the table below to cause the jug to produce the chosen liquid. Afterward, you can uncork the jug as an action and pour that liquid out, up to 2 gallons per minute. The maximum amount of liquid the jug can produce depends on the liquid you named.
Once the jug starts producing a liquid, it can't produce a different one, or more of one that has reached its maximum, until the next dawn.
| Liquid | Max Amount |
|---|---|
| Acid | 8 Ounces |
| Basic Poison | 1/2 Ounce |
| Beer | 4 Gallons |
| Honey | 1 Gallon |
| Mayonnaise | 2 Gallons |
| Oil | 1 Quart |
| Vinegar | 2 Gallons |
| Water, Fresh | 8 Gallons |
| Water, Salt | 12 Gallons |
| Wine | 1 Gallon |
Commentary by Sam West, Twitter: @CrierKobold
The Alchemy Jug is a wacky little uncommon wondrous item. It is a well of diverse liquids of varying viscosities that have all kinds of silly and practical applications.
It can produce a fixed amount of a single liquid each day, recharging at dawn, from the following options:
8 ounces of Acid
½ ounce of Basic Poison
4 gallons of Beer
1 gallon of Honey
2 gallons of Mayonnaise
1 quart of Oil
2 gallons of Vinegar
8 gallons of Fresh Water
12 gallons of Salt Water
1 gallon of Wine
These all range in usefulness, but there are some notable inclusions here worth exploring!
The liquids don’t go away. While you can’t produce beyond a maximum on a given day, you can store it for later and accumulate any of the liquids over time!
Vials contain 4 ounces of liquid; producing Acid with the Alchemy Jug can fill up to two vials each day!
Basic Poison, meanwhile, comes in ½ ounce doses. Filling the 4-ounce vial would then take a little over a week to get a single vial of Basic Poison. Because each vial can coat three pieces of ammunition, you’d create enough to coat a single piece of ammunition in a third of the time (or roughly every two to three days) instead.
If the goal is to get drunk efficiently, beer typically contains roughly half the density of pure alcohol as wine, making four gallons of beer still more effective than one gallon of wine for individuals. Definitely don’t try to drink four gallons of beer ever, though.
A gallon of honey is a LOT of honey. Two gallons of Mayonnaise is TOO MUCH MAYONNAISE.
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