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title: Bottled Lightning
description:
date_upd: 2025-01-28T23:40:10.000-04:00
section: magic items
content_type: feature
short_code: m1b1
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A palm-sized clear glass flask, etched with runes of binding and the element of air, and with similarly carved stopper. Inside, a small bolt of lightning can be seen jumping and moving around the bottle's interior.

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![Bottled Lightning, released under a [CC0](/licenses/cc0/) license.](/images/magic-items/bottled-lightning-1.jpg 'Bottled Lightning')

![Bottled Lightning (sketch), released under a [CC0](/licenses/cc0/) license.](/images/magic-items/bottled-lightning-2.jpg 'Bottled Lightning (sketch)')

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-   While lightning is trapped inside, the bottle casts bright light in a 10' radius, and dim light for another 10'.

### Opening

While lightning is trapped inside, the bottle may be opened as a combat action, unleashing the lightning in the direction that the open bottle is pointed, landing at target point up to 90' away, and continuing in a 2'-wide path for 30'.

-   Deals 3d6 damage to creatures caught in it (**Save vs Wielded** for half damage).
-   If the bolt hits a solid barrier before it reaches its full length, it is reflected, traveling back towards the bottle for the remaining distance.

### Throwing

While lightning is trapped inside, the bottle may be thrown at target creature (range 5’–10’ / 11’–30’ / 31’–50’) as an attack.

-   On a successful hit, the bottle is shattered and the lightning is released.
    -   Deals 5d6 damage to target, and 3d6 damage to all creatures adjacent to target (**Save vs Wielded** for half damage).
