Treasures of Al Khem

TREASURE OF THE ALCHEMIST

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Backpack Alchemy Lab. Basic equipment for identifying potions and magic items with Alchemy skill; -2 to brew potions in the field. $1,000, 10 lbs.

Alchemist’s Matches. Start fires in just one second! Waterproof tin of 50. May set fire to a pack if dropped (1 on 1d). $15, 0.25 lb.

Burning Glass. Sets fires – but only in sunlight. $40, 0.25 lb.

Timed Candle. Alchemist’s mixture burns at a precise rate for 12 hours. Marked in hours and minutes. Handy for timing spell durations – especially underground! $5, 1 lb.

Alchemist’s Fire (Grenade). Self-igniting sticky oil! A direct hit causes 1d burning damage/second for 30 seconds or until the target rolls on ground; armor DR protects at 1/5 normal. Tossed at the ground, it creates a two-yard-radius fire (1d-1 burn/second) for 30 seconds. $100, 1 lb.

Acid (Grenade). Ordinary acid inflicts 1d-3 corrosion damage; DR protects normally. Can instead be used to burn through a mundane lock in 3d minutes. $10, 1 lb.

Demon’s Brew (Grenade). Respiratory agent made from demon ichor. Fumes affect a two-yard radius. Anything that breathes takes 2d injury, or only 1d with a HT roll. $500, 1 lb.

True Water (Potion). Purifies up to 100 gallons of water in a manmade container. $750, 0.5 lb.

Major Healing Potion (Drinkable). Heals 2d HP. $350, 0.5 lb. Quantity: 2

Minor Healing Potion (Drinkable). Heals 1d HP. $120, 0.5 lb. Quantity: 2

Map of Border Ranges showing three marked but unlabeled locations.

Wooden Puzzle Box from Khitai. Contains parchment with encrypted message. IQ-6 to solve. Each attempt takes 15 minutes.

Small wooden box (0.13 cu ft, 1.5 lb) containing:

Scroll describing alchemical creation of Spell Stones.

5 Spell Stones, each in a glass vial with identifying mark:

Chalcedony, 1 ct. Purify Water (M 184)

Hematite, 1.75 ct. Smoke (M 73)

Jet, 1 ct. Stench (M 24)

Magnetite, 3.3 ct. Thunderclap (M 171)

Obsidian, 8.5 ct. Force Dome (M 170)

Quartz, 3.1 ct. Flash (M112)

Small bag containing: 10 Chalcedony, 1 ct

Small bag containing: 6 Magnetite, 2 ct

Small bag containing: 7 Quartz, 5 ct