Magic Items: Jar of Lightning Elemental Binding

Jar of Lightning Elemental Binding

9,000 xp; 2,000 gp

A Klienbroek Jar

Background

     This odd magical item was first created by the protégé of famed planar explorer Audo Von Gueridorf, Pietald Von Klienbroek. This item and Gueridorf's Ball of Lightning Elemental Summoning are the most famous of these types of creations. This particular item consists of a glass jar filled with some kind of alchemical liquid with an engraved iron nail driven through the cork.

Powers

     The jar must be held in one hand and the user must then be attacked by a Lightning Elemental. The elemental's attack against the bearer of this jar will cause the item to activate and the elemental will be trapped within the alchemical mixture. If the nail is touched or disturbed in any way the elemental bound within can try to escape, it must succeed in a save vs rod at a -1 per Hit Dice of the elemental. If it fails to succeed then a portion of its essence is lost and it loses a single Hit Dice. This causes damage to whomever touches the nail, 1d6 damage.
     Elementalist wizards have been experimenting with these jars to learn more about the properties of a lightning elemental. Information about Lightning Elementals can be found in the Plansescape Monstrous Compendium (TSR 2635), and here.