Bottle of Light

This bottle stores light and allows the possessor to release it later. The bottle is made of dark glass with a brass-cork stopper and has a 12-inch silvery metal chain is attached to the bottle.

• If unstoppered and swung by the chain, the bottle will absorb a tiny bit of ambient light in the area. Once restoppered, the light absorbed can be kept in the bottle indefinitely.

• All special properties of the light are preserved, bright light vs. dim light; moonlight (and it's effects on lycanthropes); sunlight (and its effects on vampires or other undead); etc. Magical properties are not stored (spell effects that produce light, etc.).

• A bottle of light holding stored light can release the light when unstoppered again. This light is released in a cone coming from the mouth of the bottle. The length of the cone is equal to the brightness of the light source (radius) out to a maximum of 60-ft. (e.g. torch light will extend 40-ft., a continual light spell, 60-ft., etc.).

• The bottle stores a maximum of 5 rounds of light and can release the light in one-round increments if the bottle is restoppered.

• Stoppering or unstoppering the bottle is a minor action (but the bottle must be in hand; accessing and unstoppering a bottle is a major action). Pointing an unstoppered bottle is a minor action (and can be swung in an arc on the possessor's turn). Swinging the bottle to collect light is a complex activity and it takes 5 rounds to fill the bottle with 5 rounds of light.

• Note. Most light effects (e.g. vampires and sunlight) require the subject to be illuminated by the light for a full round.