Elixir of Eternal Breath

Elixir of Eternal Breath

Wondrous Item (Potion), Rare (Cursed)
"May your lungs be still, and your soul unbound."

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Appearance

A long crystalline ampoule, shaped like a vertical windpipe with two coiling silver inlays. The liquid inside is clear as glass, pulsing gently with a golden shimmer in rhythm with the drinker’s own breathing—until they consume it.

• Container: Thin and elegant, sealed with a tear-away wax membrane stamped with the sigil of a stylized exhale.
  
  
• Smell: Cold air and mint.
  
  
• Taste: Sweet eucalyptus and iron, followed by a smooth emptiness in the lungs.
  
  

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Effect (Lasts 24 hours)

Upon drinking the potion, the user gains:

Major Benefits:

• No longer needs to breathe for 24 hours.
  
  
• Immune to:
  
  
• Drowning
  
  
• Suffocation
  
  
• Inhaled poisons or gases
  
  
• Vacuum or thin-air damage
  
  
• Can speak underwater, in smoke, or in vacuum-like environments as if under the Water Breathing spell.
  
  

Side Effects (Cursed Flavor):

• While under the effect, the user’s voice is distorted and echoing—it sounds ethereal and far away, like they're speaking through a tunnel or dream.
  
  
• Casting spells with verbal components requires a DC 10 Charisma check (once per spell)—fail, and the spell fizzles but isn’t lost.
  (This simulates magical energy struggling to ride your hollow voice.)
  
  

Cannot benefit from effects requiring vocal harmony (e.g., bardic performances that involve singing).