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Universal Solvent

Universal Solvent
  • Category: Wondrous Item
  • Rarity: Legendary

This tube holds milky liquid with a strong alcohol smell. When found, a tube contains 1d6+1 ounces.

You can take a Utilize action to pour 1 or more ounces of solvent from the tube onto a surface within reach. Each ounce instantly dissolves up to 1 square foot of adhesive it touches, including Sovereign Glue.

Tactical Applications​

Adhesive Dissolution: Dissolves any adhesive including Sovereign Glue for emergency escape and problem-solving. Exceptional for utility specialists, escape artists, and characters requiring solutions to adhesive problems and binding situations.

Class Synergies:

  • Rogues: Perfect for infiltration specialists needing escape options and problem-solving tools
  • Utility Casters: Essential for characters focusing on practical solutions and emergency preparedness
  • Artificers: Excellent for crafting specialists requiring adhesive management and material solutions
  • Any Class: Outstanding for characters wanting reliable solutions to adhesive and binding problems

Build Considerations: Single-use consumable with specific but crucial utility. Most valuable for characters encountering adhesive challenges and binding situations.

Acquisition Methods​

Crafting Requirements: Requires dissolution magic, solvent enchantments, and universal essences. Creation cost 5,000-10,000 gp and takes 10 weeks.

Common Sources:

  • Alchemy specialists and dissolution enchanters
  • Treasure hoards of legendary artificers and utility masters
  • Commission from enchanters specializing in solvent magic
  • Found in the collections of utility researchers and dissolution specialists
  • Sometimes discovered in laboratories or obtained from utility creature encounters

Alternative Acquisition: Often found in locations with strong connections to alchemy and utility magic.

Value & Trade​

Estimated Value: 8,000-15,000 gp, with extremely high demand when Sovereign Glue problems arise.

Trade Considerations: Extremely valuable in specific situations but limited general utility outside adhesive problems.

Character Integration​

Roleplay Elements: Suggests experience with utility magic, problem-solving, or professional roles requiring practical solutions and emergency preparedness.

Character Concepts:

  • Utility specialist with dissolution expertise and problem-solving experience
  • Emergency preparedness expert using practical solutions for adhesive challenges and binding situations
  • Character with extensive experience in utility environments requiring dissolution capabilities
  • Problem solver combining utility magic with traditional practical techniques

Adventure Hooks​

The Adhesive Crisis: Scenarios requiring dissolution where adhesive problems create dangerous situations and emergency challenges.

The Sovereign Glue Incident: Adventures where universal solvent provides the only solution to binding disasters and adhesive catastrophes.

The Escape Challenge: Situations where dissolution capabilities determine freedom and survival in binding emergencies.

The Utility Mission: Problem-solving adventures where practical solutions advance objective completion and emergency resolution.

Variants & Customization​

Greater Universal Solvent (Legendary): Enhanced dissolution power and additional utility abilities with improved solvent capabilities.

Solvent of Ultimate Dissolution (Artifact): Includes comprehensive dissolution magic and ultimate adhesive control.

Alchemist's Perfect Solvent (Very Rare): Optimized for utility applications with enhanced dissolution bonuses and material immunity.

Specialized Variants:

  • Emergency Escape Solvent: Enhanced for crisis situations with improved dissolution speed and emergency effectiveness
  • Laboratory Grade Solvent: Optimized for research with enhanced precision dissolution and controlled material breakdown
  • Industrial Solvent: Specialized for large-scale applications with enhanced volume dissolution and mass material processing

Lore & History​

Origins: Created by ancient alchemists who needed reliable dissolution solutions for their adhesive research and practical utility work.

Historical Significance: These solvents enabled crucial escapes and the resolution of adhesive disasters throughout practical history.

Cultural Impact: Represent the triumph of practical solutions over binding problems and the effectiveness of utility magic.

Magical Craft: Demonstrates understanding of dissolution magic and the complex processes required for universal solvent creation.

Balancing Notes​

Introduction Timing: Appropriate for levels 8-16 when utility solutions become important and adhesive problems provide significant challenges.

Campaign Impact: Provides crucial utility capabilities balanced by single-use limitation and specific application focus.

Utility Focus: Most valuable in campaigns featuring adhesive challenges and binding problem scenarios.

Encounter Design​

Recommended Challenges:

  • Adhesive scenarios where dissolution enables escape from binding situations and adhesive traps
  • Utility encounters where solvent capabilities provide practical solutions to material problems
  • Emergency situations where dissolution determines survival and problem resolution success
  • Problem-solving challenges where utility magic advances objective completion and practical effectiveness

Dissolution Adjustments: Encounters may need to account for reliable adhesive problem solutions and binding escape capabilities.

Utility Items: Other items that enhance problem-solving and provide practical capabilities.

Dissolution Equipment:

  • Items that improve utility effectiveness and dissolution capabilities
  • Equipment for adhesive management and practical solutions
  • Tools for utility magic and dissolution development

Complementary Equipment: Items that enhance utility abilities or provide additional practical benefits.

Roleplay Opportunities​

Utility Mastery: Characters develop expertise in practical solutions and dissolution techniques.

Problem-Solving Leadership: Utility capabilities create opportunities for leading emergency missions and practical problem resolution.

Practical Excellence: Dissolution magic enables impressive demonstrations of utility mastery and practical superiority.