Zagyg's Flowing Flagon
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This
magical drinking vessel appears to be
nothing
more than a rather well-made figure, usually of nickel-silver,
with
some fair amount of engraving and bas-relief sculptures depicting
grapes,
vines, wine cellars, drinking, etc.
Somewhere
on the vessel
will
be a line of magical writing - the words of a toast. The first
individual
to pick up the flagon will be able to read what is written, but
no
other can do so, normally or magically, until they become the
owner
of the vessel. The toast phrase is read to activate the flagon -
and
each time it is activated, the phrase changes. Recitation of the
magical
toasting words causes the flagon to fill with good-tasting, but
rather
weak, wine. Each time thereafter that the flagon is drained, it
refills
itself with better-tasting liquid. The weak wine initially therein is
of
about 7% alcohol content: The next liquid is about 10% alcohol,
the
third draught of wine is 13%, the fourth is port-like and about
20%,
the fifth is a near-liquor of some 40% alcoholic content, and the
sixth
and last draught is brandy-like liquid of nearly 80% alcohol. The
typical
flagon contains about 1 pint of liquid (16 ounces). It is 90% unlikely
that
any creature partaking of the first draught will notice the increase
in
alcohol of the second, third, and so on. Thus, unsuspecting
drinkers
are quickly and easily made intoxicated and possibly
brought
to stupor from the contents of the flagon. The container is usable
a
maximum of three times per day.
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