Chromatic Fluid Collector Apparatus 874 of the Subterranean Siphon

From: Lineage 427 of Vael Luminis

Slotted Location: Tool Apparatus Slot (Suspended from a reinforced cross-body leather bandolier; handheld during operation; attuned automatically when held)

Item Tier: Tier 1 (Common Enhanced)

Functional Classification and Operational Mechanics: Specialized biological and environmental fluid extraction syringe engineered to harvest volatile liquids from subterranean flora, mire pools, and slain creature corpses. The apparatus features a graduated borosilicate glass reservoir encased within an articulated bronze protective cage, operated via an ergonomic pull-plunger fitted with a triple-ring seal. The distal tip terminates in an interchangeable, hollow surgical trocar forged from tempered high-carbon steel, honed to pierce tough chitin, fibrous bark, and scaled hides without clogging. In accordance with Saṃsāra’s resource-gathering and crafting mechanics, this apparatus enables the operator to draw tree-specific saps from Glowwood timber, biological fluids and monster blood from fresh corpses prior to harvesting decay, and chemically active mineral distillates from thermal vents, securing uncontaminated reagent bases required for alchemical brewing, rune-inking, and item-merging processes.

Material Composition and Craftsmanship: The apparatus measures sixteen inches in total length and weighs three pounds. The structural frame is fabricated from non-reactive phosphor bronze to resist acidic or caustic organic compounds, while the inner collection cylinder is blown from thick, heat-resistant glass calibrated with fine volume gradations etched along its vertical axis. The plunger handle is forged into an oversized, teardrop-shaped loop configured for the extended phalanges of Lineage 427, allowing steady one-handed aspiration while the secondary hand stabilizes the subject or holds a specimen vial. The intake manifold incorporates a two-way rotary brass stopcock that allows fluids to be drawn into the central reservoir and subsequently transferred into individual storage vials or belt-mounted flasks without exposing the liquid to ambient air or contaminants.

Magical Inscriptions and Arcane Matrix: Encircling the glass barrel is a protective lattice of spiraling Aur-Flow runes etched with diamond scribes and filled with a luminescent blue copper-salt lacquer. When biological fluids enter the chamber, the runes pulse with soft ultraviolet luminescence, interacting with the avatar’s expanded visual spectrum to provide an immediate diagnostic appraisal of the liquid’s purity, magical density, and alchemical properties. Furthermore, the runic matrix maintains a localized stasis field within the reservoir, preventing volatile biological compounds, organic venom enzymes, or enchanted tree saps from decomposing, curdling, or prematurely oxidizing during the period between field extraction and laboratory refinement.

Mechanical Statistics and Durability: The fluid collector occupies a single gear slot on the avatar’s equipment allocation. It carries an item resilience rating of 10, establishing its total Item Health Points as the avatar’s maximum hit points plus 10. Attunement occurs instantly when gripped for use. If targeted directly by an attack, its defensive threshold is determined by adding the avatar’s Armor Check, tier rank (1), and the result of the tier die roll (1d4). If the collector is subjected to blunt impact that reduces its structural health to zero, the glass cylinder shatters, destroying all contained biological fluids and leaving behind only its recoverable mundane component parts: the brass protective cage, the steel trocar, and the bronze plunger assembly.

Lore

The 874 series was developed through a joint commission between the alchemical botanical societies of the Glowwood borders and the precision glass-blowing and brass-casting guilds of Whirring Falls. Before its invention, field harvesters and monster-hunters across Saṃsāra suffered catastrophic spoilage rates when gathering rare biological reagents: enchanted Glowwood sap coagulated within seconds of touching open air, venomous gland secretions lost their potency before reaching an alchemy bench, and thermal vent distillates reacted violently with standard iron or tin flasks.
Early field syringes relied on rigid, narrow bone or copper needles that snapped against armored carapaces or clogged with thick resin, while their open-mouthed collection jars exposed volatile liquids to ambient cavern spores and rapid oxidation.
Master glassblowers solved the containment problem by annealing thick-walled borosilicate cylinders resistant to both thermal shock and caustic acids, encasing each barrel inside a hinged, non-reactive phosphor-bronze cage to survive rugged subterranean expeditions. To ensure seamless single-handed aspiration in treacherous environments, the pull-plunger was forged with an oversized teardrop loop tailored specifically to the elongated phalanges of Lineage 427, freeing the operator’s other hand to steady a specimen vial or brace against rough terrain.
Stamped with the registry number “874” by the engineering clerks of the Luminous Throne, the apparatus became standard issue for subterranean ecologists, rune-ink brewers, and deep-cavern scouts who needed to extract, diagnose, and preserve pristine biological fluids directly at the source.

Specific Slot

Slotted Location: Tool Apparatus Slot (Carried suspended from a reinforced cross-body leather bandolier when stowed; drawn and operated handheld during extraction; counts as one gear item against the avatar’s Tier 1 maximum limit of nineteen items; attunes automatically the moment the phosphor-bronze frame or teardrop plunger loop is gripped).

Tier One Stats

Harvesting & Extraction Efficiency: Enables clean, uncontaminated extraction of tree-specific Glowwood saps, fresh monster blood and venom prior to decay, and active thermal-vent distillates, reducing field-harvesting time by half and preventing reagent spoilage.
Improvised Close-Quarters Strike: If thrust defensively in emergencies using its tempered high-carbon steel surgical trocar, it functions as a light piercing weapon dealing 1d4 piercing damage + 1d4 Tier 1 die bonus damage (1d20 + 1d4 attack roll against the defender’s Armor Check), though using it in combat risks exposing the glass cylinder to blunt retaliation.
Targeted Item Defense (Armor Check): When targeted and struck directly in combat, the apparatus’s Armor Check equals the avatar’s total worn Armor Check + 1 (Tier 1 rank) + the pass-through roll of the Tier 1 die (1d4).
Item Health Points: Avatar’s Maximum Hit Points + 10 (Derived from an item resilience rating of 10 multiplied by Tier 1; if reduced to zero Item Health Points by blunt impact, the borosilicate glass reservoir shatters, destroying all contained fluids and leaving behind only its recoverable mundane components: the articulated phosphor-bronze protective cage, the tempered steel trocar, and the bronze plunger assembly).
Weight and Dimensions: 3 pounds (Reduced to zero effective weight only when stored inside an extradimensional container); measures 16 inches in total length.
Maximum Attuned Limit Cost: 1 Attunement Slot (Counts as one of the avatar’s ten allowed openly worn or held attuned items).

Skills Gained While Openly Worn or Held

Alchemical Harvesting and Fluid Extraction: +1 point of temporary skill (Allows the avatar to puncture tough chitin, scaled hides, and fibrous bark cleanly to extract uncontaminated blood, venoms, saps, and mineral distillates).
Reagent and Liquid Appraisal: +1 point of temporary skill (Enables the bearer to identify unknown biological fluids, assess alchemical potency, and detect impurities or contamination).

Multiple Passive Magics

Chromatic Ultraviolet Diagnostic Lattice: As fluids enter the graduated borosilicate chamber, the spiraling Aur-Flow runes inlaid with luminescent blue copper-salt lacquer pulse with soft ultraviolet light, interacting with the avatar’s expanded visual spectrum to provide an instant diagnostic reading of the liquid’s purity, magical density, and alchemical classification.
Localized Reservoir Stasis Field: The active runic lattice surrounding the glass barrel projects an inward temporal-preservation aura that halts enzymatic breakdown, oxidation, curdling, and magical dissipation, keeping volatile venoms, monster blood, and enchanted saps fresh indefinitely until decanted.
Anaerobic Stopcock Transfer Seal: The triple-ring plunger gasket and two-way rotary brass stopcock maintain an airtight arcane-mechanical seal, allowing extracted liquids to be transferred directly from the reservoir into belt-mounted vials without exposure to ambient air or environmental contaminants.

Multiple Activatable Magics

Siphon Resonance Pulse: As a free action during fluid extraction, the avatar channels focused mental intent through the teardrop plunger loop, causing the blue copper-salt runes to hum gently and generate a harmonic capillary draw; this pulls thick resins, deep-organ ichor, or pressurized vent distillates smoothly into the reservoir without clogging the surgical trocar and yields one additional usable dose from rich sources.
Caustic Purge and Sterilization Flush: Once per short rest or downtime cycle as a bonus action, the avatar twists the rotary brass stopcock to the neutral vent position and triggers a cleansing pulse of blue-violet arcane heat through the glass barrel and hollow steel trocar; this instantaneously vaporizes all residual toxins, acids, or trace biological matter inside the chamber, sterilizing the apparatus for immediate reuse without cross-contamination.

Tags

Fluid-Collector, Tool-Apparatus, Tier-1, Phosphor-Bronze, Borosilicate-Glass, Surgical-Trocar, Aur-Flow, Stasis-Field, Alchemical-Harvesting, Lineage-427, Subterranean-Siphon, Bandolier-Mounted, Graduated-Cylinder, Rotary-Stopcock, Teardrop-Plunger, Copper-Salt-Lacquer, Ultraviolet-Diagnostic, Reagent-Extraction, Triple-Ring-Seal, Anaerobic-Transfer, High-Carbon-Steel, Sap-Harvester

Acquisition Pathways and Mercantile Commerce for Chromatic Fluid Collector Apparatus 874 of the Subterranean Siphon

Methods of Acquisition on Saṃsāra

Avatar Possession and Vessel Inheritance: A reincarnated character soul drawn through the cosmic weave of Gaialilith can obtain Chromatic Fluid Collector Apparatus 874 immediately upon executing a successful possession of an appropriate host vessel. When a player soul rolls an even result on a four-sided die to inhabit an adult member of Lineage 427—whose extended phalanges match the oversized teardrop-shaped plunger loop—working as a Glowwood sap-harvester, subterranean ecologist, or alchemical field collector, the avatar inherits all carried equipment upon soul-binding.
Alchemical Society and Guild Advancement: Within the alchemical botanical societies bordering the Glowwood Forest and the precision glass-blowing and brass-casting guilds of Whirring Falls, certified specimens of the 874 pattern are issued to proven field harvesters. When an apprentice collector demonstrates the ability to extract volatile monster venoms, fresh ichor, or pressurized thermal-vent distillates without reagent contamination, senior alchemists frequently issue an 874 collector from the guild supply vault.
Workshop Fabrication and Precision Glass-Blowing: An avatar trained in Glass-Blowing, Phosphor-Bronze Smithing, Alchemical Harvesting, and Runic Inscription can construct the apparatus from raw materials. Fabrication requires blowing a thick-walled, graduated borosilicate glass cylinder, forging an articulated phosphor-bronze protective cage and two-way rotary stopcock, fitting an oversized teardrop pull-plunger with a triple-ring seal, honing an interchangeable high-carbon steel surgical trocar, engraving spiraling Aur-Flow runes inlaid with luminescent blue copper-salt lacquer, and binding a Tier 1 magic catalyst crystal into the lattice.
Subterranean Salvage and Abandoned Expedition Camps: The apparatus may be discovered as physical salvage near tapped Glowwood timber groves, active subterranean thermal vents, or the remains of fallen monster-hunters. If a field harvester perishes in a cavern hazard or a possessed avatar carrying the device is reduced to zero hit points—causing their physical form to vaporize into purple sparks while dropping their tier crystal and gear—scavengers can recover the collector, though blunt impact may have shattered the borosilicate reservoir, leaving only the bronze cage, steel trocar, and plunger assembly intact.

Retail Venues, Trade Dynamics, and Regional Valuation

Family-Owned Alchemical Outfitters, Glass-Blowing Studios, and Guild Chandlers: In keeping with the commercial traditions of Saṃsāra, legitimate trade takes place exclusively through small, independent family workshops and guild-chartered ateliers rather than large commercial warehouses. Along the perimeter towns of the Glowwood Forest, the steam-driven artisan quarters of Whirring Falls, and the trade streets of Aur-Vel, master glassblowers and apothecaries display finished fluid collectors on padded shelves alongside spare high-carbon steel trocars, replacement triple-ring gaskets, and belt-mounted specimen vials.
Purchasing Mechanics and Costs in Guild Shops: Under standard monetary law, Tier 1 equipment is priced in silver coins, with ten silver coins equaling one gold coin. Operating within Saṃsāra’s strict sellers’ market, Chromatic Fluid Collector Apparatus 874 commands an average baseline retail price of seventy-five to ninety-five silver coins (seven and a half to nine and a half gold coins) within its home nation. Unaffiliated buyers must pay the vendor’s full asking price. Active, paid-up members of the selling artisan’s guild or an allied alchemical or harvesting guild receive a statutory discount of ten percent multiplied by the character’s tier level; at Tier 1, this ten percent reduction lowers an eighty-silver asking price to seventy-two silver coins. Non-citizens lacking local citizenship are assessed mandatory double retail rates, raising the purchase cost to between one hundred fifty and one hundred ninety silver coins.
Selling Procedures, Municipal Ledgers, and Banking Settlement: When selling Chromatic Fluid Collector Apparatus 874 to a licensed merchant, the shopkeeper enforces mandatory haggling that reduces the payout by ten percent multiplied by the seller’s tier level (a ten percent deduction at Tier 1). On a collector appraised at eighty silver coins, the vendor pays seventy-two silver coins (rounded to the nearest whole coin)—or offers only scrap value for the bronze cage and steel trocar if blunt trauma has shattered the borosilicate glass reservoir. No physical coins change hands; the payout is deposited directly into the seller’s World Bank account and verified instantaneously through the character’s Mind’s Eye. Authorized vendors must record the sale, the seller’s identity, and the engineering registry stamp (“874”) in municipal ledgers, exposing anyone attempting to fence stolen guild property to city wardens.
Foreign Talismonger Boutiques and Monster-Hunter Outfitters: In coastal trade hubs such as Luminite Harbor or commercial ports across neighboring island nations like Aterian, Fauresmith, and the Northern Archipelago, the apparatus is stocked by arcane apothecaries and specialized monster-hunting outfitters. Because non-reactive phosphor-bronze collectors equipped with localized stasis fields are scarce outside mainland botanical guilds, foreign vendors apply steep import markups. Retail prices routinely double or triple to between one hundred fifty and two hundred eighty-five silver coins (fifteen to twenty-eight and a half gold coins), catering to wealthy alchemists and exotic reagent hunters.
Subterranean Black Markets and Clandestine Fences: In unpatrolled port alleys, hidden service tunnels beneath city walls, and covert poacher camps skirting the Glowwood Forest, black-market brokers traffic in unregulated extraction tools outside the oversight of the Luminous Throne. Operating out of false-bottomed herb wagons, curtained cellar stalls, or moored river-skiffs, these fences buy and sell collectors stolen from guild expeditions, salvaged from restricted groves, or stripped from slain harvesters.
Black Market Purchasing and Liquidation Dynamics: Acquiring Chromatic Fluid Collector Apparatus 874 on the black market costs full retail value or higher—typically between one hundred and one hundred forty-five silver coins—fluctuating with local warden patrols. When selling to a black-market fence, the broker offers standard merchant payouts (approximately seventy-two silver coins), though an urgent private commission from a rogue toxin-brewer or off-island syndicate seeking untraceable harvesting gear can push the payout up to double standard rates (one hundred fifty to one hundred ninety silver coins). All black-market transactions are settled exclusively in physical, hand-to-hand gold or silver coinage, bypassing World Bank ledgers completely to preserve total anonymity at the risk of operating without legal recourse.
Municipal Taxes and Transit Levies: All legitimate transactions involving Chromatic Fluid Collector Apparatus 874 are subject to regional tax statutes. Offering the apparatus for sale within the municipal limits of Whirring Falls, Aur-Vel, or any incorporated state city incurs a three percent retail sales tax collected for the city treasury. Transporting the unit across regional borders for resale incurs an inter-state transit tax of five percent at state boundaries, or one percent if routed through the central capital city. Furthermore, storing the fluid collector inside an urban possession warehouse or rented storage locker on the first day of a calendar month triggers the standard three percent property leasing tax (one percent each for the city, state, and nation) calculated against its assessed value.

Tactical Roleplay and Environmental Deployment of Chromatic Fluid Collector Apparatus 874 of the Subterranean Siphon

Ancient Timber Groves and Bioluminescent Canopies of the Glowwood Forest

Defensive Roleplay Applications: Deep within the Glowwood Forest, luminous tree saps rapidly coagulate or emit blinding bioluminescent flares when exposed to open air. By driving the hollow high-carbon steel trocar into bark fissures and engaging Siphon Resonance Pulse, the avatar draws thick, volatile sap cleanly into the borosilicate reservoir while the Anaerobic Stopcock Transfer Seal prevents air contact. Inside the Localized Reservoir Stasis Field, caustic resins remain completely inert and stable, protecting the bearer from accidental chemical burns or toxin inhalation while navigating dense canopy trails.
Offensive Roleplay Applications: When ambushed by sap-draining forest predators, strangler vines, or bark-armored treants, the avatar uses the tempered surgical trocar to pierce fibrous bark or carotid hides in close quarters, activating Siphon Resonance Pulse to rapidly aspirate vital sap or blood—weakening plant-kin and beasts from within while simultaneously harvesting fresh reagents for immediate alchemical weapon coatings.

Active Thermal Vents and Sulfur Fissures of the Crystal-Vein Mountains

Defensive Roleplay Applications: Near scalding subterranean geysers and mineral-rich fumaroles, collecting superheated distillates normally shatters standard glass vials and scalds the harvester’s hands. The non-reactive phosphor-bronze cage and heat-resistant borosilicate cylinder withstand extreme thermal shock, while the Chromatic Ultraviolet Diagnostic Lattice pulses to warn the avatar if a seemingly clear mineral pool actually contains lethal invisible acid or volatile mana-brine before it can be decanted.
Offensive Roleplay Applications: In narrow mountain fissures where hostile claim-jumpers or subterranean stalkers press forward, the avatar aspirates boiling sulfur-brine or pressurized caustic vent distillates into the reservoir, twists the two-way rotary brass stopcock toward the target, and drives the oversized teardrop plunger forward—projecting a concentrated, pressurized jet of scalding acid through the hollow surgical trocar into an attacker’s visor or exposed scales.

Toxic Mire Pools and Fungal Marshlands of the Seventh Chasm

Defensive Roleplay Applications: Traversing stagnant cavern bogs choked with spore-sludge and necrotic ooze exposes travelers to rapidly mutating waterborne pathogens. Using the apparatus to sample suspicious pools triggers the ultraviolet copper-salt runes, revealing whether water is potable or laced with neurotoxins. If the barrel becomes fouled with corrosive mire-slime, triggering Caustic Purge and Sterilization Flush vaporizes all residual biological contaminants in a flash of blue-violet arcane heat, preventing accidental cross-poisoning.
Offensive Roleplay Applications: When fighting gelatinous oozes, spore-bloated marsh horrors, or venomous amphibians in tight bog channels, the avatar plunges the non-clogging steel trocar directly into the creature’s central membrane and pulls the teardrop plunger with one hand—extracting corrosive digestive enzymes or paralytic venom straight from the monster’s glands, then immediately transferring the stabilized toxin via the rotary stopcock onto an ally’s blade.

Subterranean Monster Lairs and Chitinous Warrens

Defensive Roleplay Applications: Slaying giant arachnids, venomous wyrms, or acid-blooded tunnel crawlers often creates an immediate environmental hazard as their ruptured bodies leak corrosive ichor or airborne venom vapors. By tapping slain or immobilized creatures quickly with the surgical trocar and locking the fluids inside the Localized Reservoir Stasis Field, the avatar neutralizes toxic spills before they eat through boots, ropes, or cavern floors, while shielding the fragile glass barrel behind the articulated phosphor-bronze cage during retreats.
Offensive Roleplay Applications: Confronted with heavily armored chitinous predators or scaled burrowers in tight warrens, the avatar exploits the surgical trocar’s honed tip to slip between overlapping carapace plates. Once embedded, Siphon Resonance Pulse creates a powerful harmonic capillary draw that extracts pressurized hemolymph or venom sacs directly out of the living target, disorienting the creature while loading the reservoir with potent offensive reagents.

Alchemical Laboratories and Pipe-Works of Whirring Falls

Defensive Roleplay Applications: During sabotage incidents, ruptured alchemical vats, or volatile reagent leaks inside the crowded workshops of Whirring Falls, the avatar uses the apparatus to vacuum unstable spilled compounds off workbenches before they mix and detonate. Because the stasis field halts oxidation and enzymatic breakdown, volatile mixtures remain safely suspended inside the graduated cylinder until they can be neutralized or sealed in reinforced flasks.
Offensive Roleplay Applications: During guild-house skirmishes or covert extractions through industrial boiler corridors, the avatar uses the tempered steel trocar to puncture pressurized brass reagent lines, hydraulic oil tubes, or enemy alchemists’ bandolier flasks—siphoning away fuel or volatile concoctions mid-fight, or discharging a sudden burst of superheated vapor via Caustic Purge and Sterilization Flush to deter grappling opponents in close quarters.

Perception of Activation:

User’s Perspective

Tactile and Somatosensory Perception: Grasping the aged, non-reactive phosphor-bronze frame and slipping their fingers into the oversized, teardrop-shaped plunger loop instantly creates a sense of tactile unity. The 16-inch apparatus feels remarkably balanced, custom-weighted to the hand’s natural contours. When the user drives the tempered steel trocar into a specimen and pulls the plunger, there is a smooth, highly resistive “draw”—an anaerobic vacuum at work. The user feels the dense, pulsing rush of fluid through the hollow needle and past the T-shaped rotary brass stopcock, sending a faint, rhythmic vibration through the metal frame. In emergencies, the trocar can be thrust defensively like a piercing weapon, registering as a heavy, rigid impact through the forearm, though with an underlying vulnerability that warns the user of the fragile glass within.
Visual Perception: The moment fluid enters the graduated borosilicate barrel, the spiraling Aur-Flow runes etched on the inner cylinder and inlaid with luminescent blue copper-salt lacquer ignite with a vibrant, soft ultraviolet-blue pulse. The liquid drawn into the chamber is instantly illuminated, and its volume, viscosity, and impurities become visible along the etched vertical gradations. Fine visual cues—translucent geometric diagnostic overlays—flicker in the user’s mind, immediately analyzing the fluid’s density, potential, and toxicity. A soft, barely visible hum of ultraviolet light-lines plays along the protective bronze cage and the glass, providing an intuitive, real-time visual assessment of the stasis field at work.
Auditory Perception: The action of the plunger is characterized by a distinctive, wet slosh-draw as the triple-ring seal creates an airtight vacuum. The two-way brass stopcock operates with a sharp, metallic click-turn when toggled. When the user activates Siphon Resonance Pulse, a faint, rhythmic, harmonic vibration or capillary hum—like the drone of distant bees—vibrates through the metal, helping draw thicker fluids without clogging the needle. Activating Caustic Purge and Sterilization Flush produces a sudden, high-pressure hiss-sigh as residual matters vaporize inside the chamber with a faint, popping crackle.
Olfactory and Gustatory Perception: As extraction occurs, the user catches the sharp, earthy smell of the environment mixed with the rich, metallic scent of aged bronze and the distinct, oily aroma of the leather cross-body bandolier. A faint, static-like ozone smell—and a bitter, metallic tang on the back of the tongue—often accompanies the drawing of highly volatile, enchanted saps or venoms, as the grounding runes draw errant magical charges into the non-reactive casing.
Extra-Sensory Purity and Density Awareness: Upon activation, the avatar receives a psychic diagnostic imprint through their expanded sensory spectrum, identifying the exact chemical and magical density of the extracted liquid (such as identifying toxins or assessing alchemical potency) and detecting trace impurities or spoilage within the stasis field.
Extra-Sensory Temporal Stasis Anchoring: As the stasis field engages, the user experiences a subtle mental “stillness” or grounding sensation, intuitively understanding that the volatile, organic, or enchanted substances within the reservoir have been temporally locked and cannot decay, curdle, or lose their active properties.
Extra-Sensory Vacuum and Flow Intuition: The user feels a natural, psychic awareness of the target’s interior pressure and flow, allowing them to adjust their pull-force or toggle the stopcock with precise timing, preventing damage to delicate gland walls or timber fibers.
Extra-Sensory Magical Backlash Absorption: A grounding, harmless, prickling sensation in the palm lets the user know when the Aur-Stream grounding sink intercepts volatile energy or radiant flares, neutralizing potential backlash before it can reach their eyes or hands.

Observer’s Perspective

Visual Manifestation: To onlookers, the activation of the fluid collector is a striking, magical-industrial sight. As the user drives the trocar and pulls the plunger, the spiraling Aur-Flow runes on the glass barrel flare into a vibrant, pulsing ultraviolet-blue. The liquid drawn into the cylinder is illuminated by this soft, magical light, revealing its color, density, and flow through the protective, articulated bronze cage. Under Siphon Resonance Pulse, the blue runes glow more intensely, cast with a faint, shimmering halo of natural light and moisture. A sudden flash of blue-violet heat and a tiny wisp of vapor are visible when the user triggers Caustic Purge and Sterilization Flush to cleanse the needle and reservoir.
Acoustic and Atmospheric Presence: Those nearby hear the wet, heavy draw of the plunger and the distinct metallic click of the stopcock, accompanied by a low, rhythmic, hum during resonance. The scent of aged metal, damp vegetation, and a faint, sharp ozone or chemical aroma (especially when extracting volatile venoms or purging the system) briefly fills the air, along with a tiny, warm thermal shimmer when the sterilization heat activates.

Positives

Pristine, Uncontaminated Harvesting: The Anaerobic Stopcock Transfer Seal and non-reactive phosphor-bronze frame allow the user to extract tree-specific saps, fresh monster blood, venoms, and distillates directly at the source, preventing rapid oxidation, spoilage, or contamination.
In-Field Stabilization and Analysis: The Localized Reservoir Stasis Field temporal-preservation halts enzymatic breakdown, and the diagnostic runes provide an instant, visual and intuitive appraisal of the liquid’s purity and potency, streamlining field research and alchemical prep.
Safe Grounding and Toxin Handling: The Aur-Stream grounding sink intercepts all volatile magical feedback and radiant flares, while the articulated bronze cage protects the operator from caustic or explosive discharges and accidental spills.
Versatile Extraction and Sterilization: The trocar effortlessly pierces tough carapaces or fibrous barks, the Siphon Resonance Pulse allows the user to extract thick or pressurized fluids without clogging, and the Caustic Purge and Sterilization Flush instantly cleans the unit for immediate, safe reuse.

Negatives

Sunder Fragility and Lost Content: If targeted directly by a heavy crushing attack or reduced to zero structural health, the borosilicate glass reservoir shatters completely, destroying all contained biological fluids and leaving behind only recoverable mundane parts (bronze cage, steel trocar, and plunger).
Visual and Acoustic Exposure: In dark, hostile environments, the glowing ultraviolet runes and the audible, echoing wet draw of the plunger can easily alert cavern sentries, bandits, or predators to the user’s exact location.
Operational and Mobilization Delay: Though carried on a bandolier, the apparatus must be drawn and operated with two hands to achieve proper extraction, making it highly difficult to use defensively or utilize during active, fast-paced combat.
Ergonomic Alignment Limitations: The oversized teardrop plunger loop is specifically contoured to match the extended phalanges of Lineage 427, making it slightly awkward, fatiguing, or difficult for other, differently proportioned races or beings to operate efficiently.

Crafting Recipe: Fabrication of the Chromatic Fluid Collector Apparatus of the Subterranean Siphon

Materials Needed

Non-Reactive Phosphor-Bronze Bar and Sheet Stock: Two pounds of corrosion-resistant phosphor-bronze stock used to forge the articulated protective cage, upper and lower end-caps, plunger rod, and ergonomic teardrop loop.
Thick-Walled Borosilicate Glass Tube: One heavy-duty, heat-resistant borosilicate glass cylinder blank, blown and annealed to withstand rapid thermal shifts and caustic acids while housing the collection chamber.
High-Carbon Surgical Steel Rod: Half a pound of tempered high-carbon steel for forging and honing the interchangeable, hollow surgical trocar capable of piercing chitin, scaled hides, and fibrous bark without clogging.
Naval Brass Manifold Stock and Triple-Ring Gaskets: Four ounces of precision-machined naval brass for fabricating the two-way rotary stopcock manifold, paired with three chemical-resistant fluoropolymer or vulcanized rubber O-rings to form the airtight triple-ring plunger seal.
Luminescent Blue Copper-Salt Lacquer and Clarified Resin: Half an ounce of purified blue copper-salt pigment blended with pulverized luminous mineral dust and one ounce of clarified pine-amber resin for inlaying the diagnostic and stasis runes.
Tier 1 Magic Catalyst Crystal: One intact, calibrated Tier 1 magic catalyst crystal matching the weight of a standard trade coin, expended during final calibration to anchor the ultraviolet diagnostic lattice and localized stasis field.

Tools Required

Glassblower’s Torch, Annealing Kiln, and Diamond Graduating Scribes: A high-temperature bench burner, temperature-controlled annealing oven, and fine diamond-tipped graduating scribes for forming the borosilicate cylinder and etching accurate vertical volume gradations.
Metalworker’s Forge, Machinist’s Lathe, and Threading Dies: A small coal or gas forge, precision bench lathe, reamers, and fine-pitch taps and dies for turning the hollow surgical trocar, boring the two-way rotary brass stopcock, and threading the interchangeable nozzle fittings.
Jewelers’ Saw, Brazing Torch, and Silver Solder: Fine-toothed metal saws, needle files, a clean-burning brazing torch, and high-grade silver solder for constructing the hinged, articulated phosphor-bronze protective cage and shaping the oversized teardrop plunger loop.
Diamond-Tipped Engraving Burins and Chasing Hammer: Fine-pointed gravers tipped with industrial diamond dust and a lightweight chasing hammer for cutting uniform spiraling runic channels into the glass exterior and bronze collars.
Agate Mortar, Pestle, and Low-Heat Curing Lamp: A non-reactive agate mortar and pestle for mixing the luminescent blue copper-salt paste, fine-bristle inlay brushes, and a gentle spirit-lamp for curing the resin seal.
Calibrated Tuning Fork and Ultraviolet Inspection Prism: A precision bronze tuning fork and optical quartz prism for verifying stasis-field containment and diagnostic spectrum alignment during arcane activation.

Skill Requirements

Glass-Blowing and Precision Lapidary: Minimum 2 points of trained skill. Required to blow, anneal, and etch fine vertical volume gradations onto the thick borosilicate glass reservoir without introducing structural stress fractures.
Phosphor-Bronze Smithing and Fine Machining: Minimum 2 points of trained skill. Necessary to forge the articulated protective cage, bore the leak-free two-way rotary brass stopcock, and hone the hollow high-carbon steel trocar.
Runic Inscription and Alchemical Inlay: Minimum 2 points of trained skill. Needed to scribe spiraling Aur-Flow runes around the glass barrel and pack the channels cleanly with luminescent blue copper-salt lacquer.
Alchemical Harvesting and Fluid Extraction: Minimum 1 point of trained skill. Essential for calibrating the triple-ring vacuum seal, testing anaerobic transfer pressure, and attuning the localized stasis field.

Crafting Steps

Phase 1: Blowing and Graduating the Borosilicate Glass Reservoir
- Heat the borosilicate glass tube blank in the glassblower’s torch until molten, shaping a uniform thick-walled cylinder with reinforced, ground-flat rims at both ends to seat cleanly against compression gaskets.
- Place the formed cylinder inside the annealing kiln and cool it slowly over several hours to remove all internal thermal stresses.
- Mount the cooled glass barrel in an indexing jig and use diamond-tipped graduating scribes to etch fine, legible vertical volume gradations along its vertical axis, followed by a spiraling lattice of Aur-Flow runic channels wrapping the exterior surface.
Phase 2: Forging the Phosphor-Bronze Cage, Teardrop Plunger, and Rotary Stopcock
- Cut and braze the phosphor-bronze sheet and bar stock into a hinged, articulated protective cage measuring sixteen inches in total assembled length, ensuring wide viewing windows align with the etched volume gradations on the glass barrel.
- Forge the pull-plunger handle into an oversized, ergonomic teardrop-shaped loop contoured specifically to accommodate the extended phalanges of Lineage 427, and fit the piston head with three machined grooves seated with triple-ring compression gaskets.
- Turn the two-way rotary brass stopcock manifold on the machinist’s lathe, boring smooth internal channels that switch cleanly between reservoir aspiration and closed-system transfer into external specimen vials.
Phase 3: Honing the High-Carbon Steel Surgical Trocar
- Bore and turn the high-carbon steel rod on the bench lathe to create a rigid, hollow surgical trocar with a wide interior lumen that resists clogging from thick tree resins or coagulating ichor.
- Heat-treat and temper the steel trocar to a resilient spring-hardness, then grind and hone its distal tip into a razor-sharp, triple-beveled surgical point capable of piercing tough chitin, scaled hides, and fibrous bark, threading its base to screw securely onto the rotary stopcock.
Phase 4: Inlaying the Luminescent Copper-Salt Runes and Final Assembly
- Grind the blue copper-salt pigment and luminous mineral dust in the agate mortar, blend into a smooth paste with warm clarified pine-amber resin, and press the compound firmly into the spiraling Aur-Flow channels etched along the borosilicate cylinder.
- Gently rotate the barrel over a low spirit-lamp until the copper-salt lacquer cures flush and smooth, then wipe the glass surface clean.
- Seat the graduated glass reservoir inside the articulated phosphor-bronze protective cage with chemical-resistant end gaskets, insert the triple-ring plunger assembly, thread on the two-way rotary stopcock and surgical trocar, and verify an airtight vacuum draw.
Phase 5: Harmonic Calibration and Stasis Field Binding
- Place the sacrificial Tier 1 Magic Catalyst Crystal beside the assembled collector on a clean workbench, draw a partial vacuum inside the empty glass cylinder, and close the rotary brass stopcock.
- Grip the teardrop plunger loop and phosphor-bronze cage, touch a vibrating bronze tuning fork to the frame, and channel focused mental intent through the Mind’s Eye while intoning the preservation chant in the Lyr-Aur tongue.
- Over five minutes of sustained resonance, the catalyst crystal dissolves into a stream of ultraviolet-blue sparks that flow into the spiraling copper-salt runes, sealing the Localized Reservoir Stasis Field and calibrating the Chromatic Ultraviolet Diagnostic Lattice.
- Perform a final verification test by drawing clean spring water through the surgical trocar, confirming that the runes pulse with soft ultraviolet luminescence and that the rotary stopcock transfers the liquid cleanly into a belt vial without air exposure.

Glass-Belly Blood-Drinker of Long-Fingered Gatherers and Souring of Luminous Sap

In the mist-shrouded turning of seasons before the tally-clerks of the Luminous Throne had struck the eight hundredth and seventy-fourth registry-mark into the bronze pillar of the Alchemical Guild, the sap-harvesters of the Glowwood borders and the beast-bleeders of the deep caverns wept bitter tears over spoiled vessels and ruined brews. For the old verdigris-stained tablet proclaims—though the upper corner of the slate is chipped away by salt-damp, and the learned scribes dispute whether the third wedge-sign signifies “needle-that-drinks-without-breathing” or “hollow-tooth-of-the-silent-siphon”—that in those elder days, the finest liquid treasures of Saṃsāra rotted into foul sludge before an alchemist could ever carry them home to his fire.

In that ancient age, the keen-eyed collectors of Lineage 427—whose hands were blessed by the old blood with elongated phalanges, long and supple as marsh-reeds—wandered the twilight margins of the Glowwood Forest and descended into the steaming vents of the Crystal-Vein Mountains. There they sought three sacred fluids: the living, radiant sap of ancient Glowwood timber, the fresh, potent ichor and venom of slain subterranean beasts, and the mineral-rich distillates bubbling up from deep thermal fissures.

Yet a threefold ruin haunted every harvester who carried clay jugs, tin flasks, or bone syringes into the wilds. First, the moment enchanted Glowwood sap touched the open air, it curdled like sour milk and lost its inner light; similarly, the venom of a tunnel-wyrm began to decay and curdle within heartbeats of the beast’s death, turning priceless rune-ink bases into worthless, stinking grease. Second, the caustic mineral waters of the thermal vents ate straight through iron cans and bronze bottles, spilling boiling acid across the collector’s boots. Third, the crude bone and copper needles of that era snapped like dry twigs against the armored chitin of cavern crawlers or clogged hopelessly with thick tree-resin, forcing harvesters to hack open glands with knives and scoop dirty, spore-tainted fluid into open-mouthed jars.

Now there walked among the botanical societies of the Glowwood edge a master collector whom the ancient glyphs call Syr-Vex, though a smudge of lamp-soot obscures the middle sign so that some read it as He-Of-The-Long-Finger-Bones and others as Taster-Of-The-Soured-Vial. Three times did Syr-Vex trek into the deep mire-pools and sulfur-fissures of the Seventh Chasm to gather the three pure essences needed to brew a restorative elixir for the dying Elder of his enclave.

On the first journey, he tapped a towering silver-barked Glowwood trunk, only for the glowing sap to oxidize and turn to dead grey gum in his open jar before he reached the forest path. On the second journey, he slew a venomous, chitin-plated mire-stalker, yet his copper syringe clogged with thick hemolymph and snapped against the beast’s shell, spoiling the venom with marsh-mud. On the third journey, he dipped a tin flask into a crystal-clear thermal vent, only for the invisible acid-distillate to eat through the metal bottom and burn the skin from his long fingers.

Returning empty-handed and blistered to the guild-hall, Syr-Vex cast his ruined flasks upon the stone floor before the Elder-Alchemists, who groaned in despair: “The roots bleed fire, the beasts carry liquid gold in their veins, and the deep earth sweats pure distillate—yet our vessels are blind, leaky, and slow! Unless a tool is forged that pierces hard shell without clogging, drinks without letting in the corrupting air, reveals the hidden purity of what it swallows, and freezes the rot of time inside its belly, our finest arts will perish!”

Driven by grief and resolve, Syr-Vex journeyed to the roaring glass-kilns and bronze-foundries of Whirring Falls, where master glass-blowers and metal-wrights labored side by side. There, for seven weeks of sleepless nights—guided, so the damaged colophon whispers, by half-remembered dreams sent down through the cosmic weave of Gaialilith—Syr-Vex designed a sixteen-inch instrument weighing three weights, uniting fire-tempered glass, acid-defying bronze, and time-binding script.

First, the glass-masters blew a thick, heavy-walled barrel from heat-resistant fire-sand glass (borosilicate), annealing it slowly in brick ovens so neither boiling vent-water nor freezing cavern mist could crack it, and etching fine horizontal measuring-notches along its vertical side so the bearer might read exact volumes at a glance. Around this glass belly they fitted an articulated protective cage forged from non-reactive phosphor-bronze—a metal that laughs at caustic acids and corrosive beast-blood.

Next, Syr-Vex shaped the pull-rod from the same stubborn phosphor-bronze, fitting its piston head with a triple-ring seal that hugged the inner glass walls like a second skin, and forging its handle into an oversized, teardrop-shaped loop contoured specifically to cradle the elongated phalanges of Lineage 427—allowing a single hand to draw a steady, tireless vacuum while the other hand steadied a belt-flask. At the lower mouth of the barrel they machined a two-way rotary brass stopcock (which the old scribe literally translates as “the turning-gate-that-opens-two-roads-but-never-lets-the-wind-in”), enabling fluids to be sucked into the central chamber and then transferred directly into sealed storage vials without ever touching the open air.

For the tip, a bladesmith forged an interchangeable, hollow surgical trocar from tempered high-carbon steel, boring a wide inner channel so thick resins could never choke it, and honing its triple-beveled point sharp enough to pierce iron-hard chitin, thick beast-hide, or fibrous Glowwood bark with a single clean thrust.

Yet dead glass and cold bronze could neither judge a fluid’s hidden virtues nor halt the swift decay of freshly drawn blood. Taking up a diamond-tipped scribe, Syr-Vex etched a spiraling lattice of curvilinear Aur-Flow runes around the outer glass cylinder, packing the grooves with a luminous blue copper-salt lacquer mixed with crushed glow-stone and pine-amber. Clasping the teardrop plunger loop in his long fingers, Syr-Vex placed a sacrificial Tier 1 magic catalyst crystal beside the collector and chanted the binding-hymn until the crystal dissolved into violet-blue sparks that sank into the copper-salt runes—awakening both an ultraviolet diagnostic sight and a localized stasis-aura that froze time inside the glass chamber.

Armed with the newly stamped Apparatus 874 suspended from a reinforced cross-body leather bandolier, Syr-Vex returned once more to the Twilight Groves and the Seventh Chasm.

Deep beneath the luminous canopy, he drove the hollow high-carbon steel trocar into the gnarled bark of an ancient Glowwood tree and drew back the oversized teardrop plunger with one effortless pull of his long fingers. As the golden sap flowed cleanly into the graduated glass barrel, the spiraling blue copper-salt runes pulsed with a soft ultraviolet glow; through his expanded sight, Syr-Vex beheld radiant diagnostic lines revealing the sap’s absolute purity and dense magical charge, while the inward stasis-field locked the liquid in timeless perfection, preventing even a speck of oxidation.

Descending next into the sulfurous mire-caverns, Syr-Vex encountered a bloated, acid-spitting chitin-horror guarding a boiling thermal vent. Darting beneath its mandibles, he plunged the honed surgical trocar straight through a seam in its carapace and aspirated a full measure of pure venom-ichor before turning the rotary brass stopcock to seal the chamber, then dipped the tip into the boiling mineral fissure to draw uncontaminated thermal distillate without burning a single knuckle. Returning swiftly to the enclave, he decanted all three unspoiled, uncontaminated essences directly into brewing-vials through the closed stopcock, brewing the restorative draught that saved the Elder’s life and established the 874th pattern as the prized emblem of every master harvester.

Yet the final lines of the copper-leaf tablet are scored with deep warning-slashes by an ancient commentator. For in later years, a hot-headed youth named Mar-Kael inherited an 874 collector and carried it into a skirmish with cavern brigands. Rather than unbuckling his bandolier or drawing a proper blade, Mar-Kael lunged forward using the sixteen-inch collector like a dagger—and when a brigand swung a heavy stone-headed club in retaliation, Mar-Kael raised the phosphor-bronze cage to parry the blow.

Though the articulated bronze frame did not bend, and the high-carbon steel trocar did not snap, and the teardrop plunger remained whole, the jarring blunt shock shattered the inner borosilicate glass cylinder into a thousand glittering splinters. All the rare venoms and luminous saps harvested over seven days spilled wasted into the dirt, leaving Mar-Kael holding nothing in his long fingers but an empty metal skeleton, a hollow needle, and a useless pull-rod.

Moral of the story: A cunningly sealed glass belly bound with blue stasis-runes will preserve the rarest living essences untouched by air or time, yet he who parries a stone club with a crystal jar will spill his entire harvest in the dirt and carry home only empty brass bones.

Suggested conversions to other systems:

Call of Cthulhu (7th Edition)

Unique Name: The Chromatic Fluid Collector Apparatus (Model 874)

Item Classification and Technical Specifications:
Item Type: Portable arcane-alchemical biological and environmental fluid extraction syringe.
Physical Era: Compatible with Gaslight (1890s), Classic (1920s), or Modern eras as an excavated pre-human, subterranean, or esoteric alchemical artifact.
Skill Used: Science (Biology, Botany, or Chemistry), Medicine, First Aid, or Survival.
Improvised Damage: 1D4 + DB (piercing if thrust defensively in close quarters using the tempered high-carbon steel surgical trocar, though doing so risks exposing the glass reservoir to blunt retaliation).
Uses per Round: 1 extraction or stopcock transfer action; halves the time required to harvest uncontaminated biological fluids, tree saps, venoms, or mineral distillates in the field.
Structural Durability / Shattered Glass Reservoir: The apparatus possesses 12 structural points. If targeted directly by a blunt attack or reduced to 0 structural points, the thick-walled borosilicate glass cylinder shatters, destroying all contained fluids and leaving behind only recoverable mundane components (the articulated phosphor-bronze protective cage, tempered steel trocar, and bronze plunger assembly).
Sanity and Arcane Costs:
Attunement and Initial Activation: 0/1 Sanity point upon gripping the oversized teardrop plunger loop and watching the spiraling blue copper-salt runes pulse with ultraviolet light while diagnosing fresh biological ichor.
Arcane Matrix: Sixteen-inch-long non-reactive phosphor-bronze protective cage (three pounds) carried on a reinforced cross-body leather bandolier, graduated borosilicate glass reservoir, triple-ring seal pull-plunger, two-way rotary brass stopcock, interchangeable hollow surgical trocar, and spiraling Aur-Flow runes inlaid with luminescent blue copper-salt lacquer.
Game Mechanics and Tactical Rules:
Chromatic Ultraviolet Diagnostic Lattice (Passive): When biological or environmental fluids enter the graduated chamber, the blue copper-salt runes pulse with soft ultraviolet luminescence, granting 1 bonus die on Science (Chemistry/Biology) or Medicine rolls to identify unknown fluids, assess alchemical potency, and detect toxins or impurities.
Localized Reservoir Stasis Field (Passive): The active runic lattice maintains an inward temporal-preservation field inside the barrel, halting enzymatic breakdown, oxidation, or curdling so volatile venoms, monster blood, and enchanted saps remain fresh indefinitely until transferred.
Anaerobic Stopcock Transfer Seal (Passive): The triple-ring plunger gasket and two-way rotary brass stopcock allow extracted liquids to be transferred directly into sealed storage vials without exposure to ambient air or environmental contaminants.
Siphon Resonance Pulse (Active): By spending 1 Magic Point, the investigator channels focused intent through the teardrop plunger loop to generate a harmonic capillary draw, allowing thick resins, pressurized vent distillates, or deep-organ ichor to be drawn cleanly without clogging the trocar and yielding one additional usable dose.
Caustic Purge and Sterilization Flush (Active): By spending 2 Magic Points and setting the rotary brass stopcock to the vent position, a cleansing pulse of blue-violet arcane heat flashes through the glass barrel and hollow trocar, instantaneously vaporizing all residual toxins, acids, or biological contaminants for immediate cross-contamination-free reuse.

Blades in the Dark

Unique Name: Chromatic Subterranean Siphon (874)

Item Classification and Load Profile:
Item Type: Fine Crafted Biological and Alchemical Extraction Apparatus.
Item Load: 1 Load (Three-pound, sixteen-inch phosphor-bronze and borosilicate glass syringe suspended from a reinforced cross-body leather bandolier; designed for one-handed aspiration via an oversized teardrop plunger loop).
Quality Tier: Tier I Crafted Item (Fine Quality).
Item Function and Standard Rules:
Chromatic Ultraviolet Diagnostic Lattice (Passive): As fluids enter the graduated glass chamber, spiraling blue copper-salt runes pulse with soft ultraviolet light. The character operates with Potency on Study or Tinker rolls to analyze unknown venoms, blood, saps, or chemical distillates and assess their alchemical purity.
Localized Reservoir Stasis Field (Passive): The runic matrix projects an inward stasis aura inside the reservoir, preventing volatile venoms, monster ichor, or enchanted tree saps from decomposing, curdling, or oxidizing between field extraction and laboratory refinement.
Anaerobic Stopcock Transfer Seal (Passive): The triple-ring plunger seal and two-way rotary brass stopcock transfer extracted reagents directly into belt-mounted vials without exposing the liquid to ambient air or cavern contaminants.
Siphon Resonance Pulse (Special Feature): At will when channeling focus through the teardrop plunger loop, the runes emit a harmonic capillary draw that pulls thick resins or viscous ichor smoothly through the hollow steel trocar without clogging, granting +1d to Hunt or Study rolls when harvesting rare biological reagents.
Caustic Purge and Sterilization Flush (Special Feature): The operator can mark 1 Stress and twist the rotary stopcock to unleash a cleansing pulse of blue-violet arcane heat through the barrel and trocar, instantaneously vaporizing residual toxins or acids to sterilize the unit or deter a grappling foe in close quarters.
Shattered Glass Reservoir Flaw: Suffering a severe complication or Level 2+ Harm specifically involving blunt trauma to the apparatus shatters the inner borosilicate glass cylinder, destroying all contained fluids and leaving only the mundane phosphor-bronze cage, steel trocar, and plunger assembly.
Crafting Requirements and Workshop Specifications:
Tier: I.
Quality: Fine (+1 Quality vs. Tier for biological fluid harvesting, venom extraction, and reagent appraisal).
Keywords: Alchemical, Harvesting, Stasis-Field, Diagnostic.
Components: Non-reactive phosphor bronze, thick-walled borosilicate glass, high-carbon surgical steel, naval brass, triple-ring gaskets, luminescent blue copper-salt lacquer, and a Tier 1 magic catalyst crystal.

Dungeons & Dragons (5th Edition)

Unique Name: Chromatic Fluid Collector Apparatus 874 of the Subterranean Siphon

Item Classification and Base Attributes:
Item Category: Wondrous Item (Alchemical Harvesting Apparatus).
Item Rarity: Uncommon (requires attunement).
Properties and Usage: Suspended from a reinforced cross-body leather bandolier; operated handheld using an ergonomic teardrop pull-plunger configured for steady one-handed aspiration while the off-hand holds a specimen vial. Counts as masterwork alchemical harvesting tools. If thrust defensively in emergencies using its hollow high-carbon steel surgical trocar, it functions as an improvised finesse piercing weapon dealing 1d4 piercing damage.
Weight and Dimensions: 3 pounds (16 inches in total length).
Magic Properties and Mechanics:
Field Reagent Harvesting Mastery (Passive): While attuned to this apparatus, you gain a +1 bonus to ability checks made with Alchemist’s Supplies or Nature/Medicine checks to harvest saps, venoms, blood, and mineral distillates, reducing harvesting time by half. Furthermore, the triple-ring seal and two-way rotary brass stopcock allow anaerobic transfer into vials without contamination.
Chromatic Ultraviolet Diagnostic Lattice (Passive): When biological or environmental fluids enter the graduated borosilicate reservoir, spiraling Aur-Flow runes inlaid with blue copper-salt lacquer pulse with soft ultraviolet light, granting you advantage on Intelligence (Arcana), Intelligence (Investigation), or Intelligence (Nature) checks to identify the liquid’s purity, magical density, and toxic or alchemical properties.
Localized Reservoir Stasis Field (Passive): Fluids stored inside the glass barrel are held within a localized stasis field that halts decomposition, curdling, and oxidation indefinitely until decanted.
Siphon Resonance Pulse (Active): As a free action (no action required) during fluid extraction, you can channel focus through the teardrop plunger loop to generate a harmonic capillary draw that prevents thick resins or ichor from clogging the steel trocar and yields one additional usable dose of reagent or venom from a viable source.
Caustic Purge and Sterilization Flush (Active): As a bonus action, you can twist the rotary brass stopcock to the neutral vent position and unleash a cleansing pulse of blue-violet arcane heat through the barrel and trocar, instantaneously vaporizing all residual toxins, acids, or biological matter inside the chamber to sterilize it for immediate reuse. Once used, this property cannot be used again until you finish a short or long rest.
Shattered Glass Reservoir Vulnerability: If an enemy targets the apparatus directly with a bludgeoning attack and reduces it to 0 hit points (15 bludgeoning damage), the borosilicate glass cylinder shatters, destroying all contained fluids and leaving behind only its mundane phosphor-bronze cage, steel trocar, and plunger assembly.

Knave (2nd Edition)

Unique Name: Chromatic Fluid Collector Apparatus 874 of the Subterranean Siphon

Item Classification and Inventory Load:
Item Type: Portable Alchemical Fluid-Extraction Syringe and Stasis Reservoir.
Inventory Slots Occupied: 1 Item Slot (Three pounds; sixteen inches long; suspended from a reinforced cross-body leather bandolier).
Improvised Attack and Damage: 1d4 piercing damage if thrust defensively in close quarters with its hollow high-carbon steel trocar.
Quality / Item Durability: 3/3 Quality points. If reduced to 0 Quality points by heavy blunt impact, the inner borosilicate glass reservoir shatters, destroying all contained liquids and leaving behind only the salvageable phosphor-bronze cage, steel trocar, and plunger rod.
Mechanics and Active Properties:
Chromatic Diagnostic & Stasis Matrix (Passive): Allows the bearer to cleanly extract tree saps, monster blood, venoms, and thermal-vent distillates in half the usual time without air contamination. Spiraling blue copper-salt runes glow with soft ultraviolet light when fluid enters the barrel, granting advantage on checks to identify unknown liquids, detect poisons, or appraise alchemical potency, while holding the contents in a stasis field that prevents decay or spoilage indefinitely.
Siphon Resonance Pulse (Active): At will during harvesting, the bearer channels focus through the teardrop plunger loop to create a harmonic suction draw, preventing thick resins or ichor from clogging the trocar and yielding one extra dose of fluid from rich sources.
Caustic Purge and Sterilization Flush (Active): Once per dungeon turn (10 minutes) as a free action, the bearer twists the rotary brass stopcock and triggers a burst of blue-violet arcane heat inside the barrel and trocar, instantly vaporizing all lingering toxins or residues so the syringe can be safely reused immediately.

Fate (Fate Condensed)

Unique Name: Chromatic Subterranean Siphon of the Glowwood Borders

Item Classification and Aspect:
Item Type: Personal Extra (Portable Arcane-Alchemical Biological and Environmental Fluid Extraction Syringe).
Dedicated Aspect: Chromatic Fluid Collector Apparatus 874 of the Subterranean Siphon. This aspect can be invoked to extract uncontaminated tree saps, monster venoms, or mineral distillates, diagnose fluid purity via ultraviolet runes, or preserve volatile reagents in stasis, and it may be compelled when heavy blunt impacts shatter its inner borosilicate glass reservoir or when its pulsing blue runes and wet plunger draw betray the user’s position in dark caverns.
Device and Stress Rules:
Weapon Rating: Weapon:1 (sixteen-inch, three-pound phosphor-bronze and borosilicate glass syringe; can be thrust defensively in close quarters using its tempered high-carbon steel surgical trocar, though doing so exposes the glass cylinder to blunt retaliation).
Special Stunts and Game Mechanics:
Chromatic Ultraviolet Diagnostic Lattice (Passive Stunt): When fluids enter the graduated glass chamber, spiraling Aur-Flow runes inlaid with luminescent blue copper-salt lacquer pulse with soft ultraviolet light. The wielder gains a +2 bonus to Lore or Investigate actions when identifying unknown liquids, assessing alchemical potency, or detecting toxins and impurities.
Localized Reservoir Stasis Field (Passive Stunt): The active runic matrix projects an inward stasis field inside the reservoir, halting decomposition, curdling, and oxidation so volatile venoms, monster blood, and enchanted saps remain fresh indefinitely until decanted.
Anaerobic Stopcock Transfer Seal (Passive Stunt): The triple-ring plunger gasket and two-way rotary brass stopcock transfer extracted reagents directly into belt-mounted vials without exposing the liquid to ambient air or environmental contaminants.
Siphon Resonance Pulse (Active Stunt): At will when channeling focus through the oversized teardrop plunger loop, the runes generate a harmonic capillary draw that pulls thick resins or viscous ichor smoothly through the surgical trocar without clogging, granting a +2 bonus to Crafts or Survival rolls when harvesting rare biological fluids.
Caustic Purge and Sterilization Flush (Active Stunt): Once per session, or by spending a Fate Point, the operator twists the rotary brass stopcock to the neutral vent position and unleashes a cleansing pulse of blue-violet arcane heat through the barrel and trocar—either instantaneously vaporizing all residual toxins and biological contaminants for immediate cross-contamination-free reuse, or creating a Blinding Flash of Arcane Vapor situation aspect on an adjacent opponent with one free invoke.
Shattered Glass Reservoir Flaw: If an enemy succeeds with style on a Fight or Physique action specifically targeting the apparatus with a heavy blunt blow, the thick-walled borosilicate glass cylinder shatters, destroying all contained fluids and leaving behind only recoverable mundane components (the articulated phosphor-bronze protective cage, steel trocar, and bronze plunger assembly).

Numenera & Cypher System

Unique Name: Chromatic Fluid Collector Apparatus Model 874

Item Classification and Device Metrics:
Item Type: Artifact.
Level: 3.
Form: A three-pound, sixteen-inch-long non-reactive phosphor-bronze protective cage suspended from a reinforced cross-body leather bandolier, housing a graduated borosilicate glass reservoir, a triple-ring seal pull-plunger with an oversized teardrop loop, a two-way rotary brass stopcock, an interchangeable hollow high-carbon steel surgical trocar, and spiraling Aur-Flow runes inlaid with luminescent blue copper-salt lacquer.
Depletion: 1 in 1d10 (check upon each activation of Caustic Purge and Sterilization Flush).
Device and Passive Statistics:
Tool and Improvised Weapon Profile: Functions as a masterwork field extraction and alchemical harvesting instrument that halves the time required to gather uncontaminated saps, monster ichor, venoms, or thermal-vent distillates. If thrust defensively in close quarters using its tempered surgical trocar, it counts as a light piercing weapon (inflicts 2 points of damage, eased by one step).
Chromatic Diagnostic & Stasis Matrix (Passive Effect): Entering fluids trigger a soft ultraviolet glow in the blue copper-salt runes, easing tasks to identify unknown liquids, assess alchemical potency, or detect poisons by two steps. An inward stasis field halts decay, oxidation, and curdling indefinitely inside the barrel, while the triple-ring seal and rotary stopcock allow airtight anaerobic transfer into storage vials.
Active Artifact Powers:
Siphon Resonance Pulse (Active Power): By channeling focus through the teardrop plunger loop as an action, the runes generate a harmonic capillary draw that pulls thick tree resins or pressurized vent distillates cleanly through the trocar without clogging, easing difficult harvesting tasks by two steps and yielding one additional usable dose. Depletion: 1 in 1d20.
Caustic Purge and Sterilization Flush (Active Power): By twisting the rotary brass stopcock to the vent position as an action, a cleansing burst of blue-violet arcane heat flashes through the barrel and hollow trocar, instantaneously vaporizing all lingering toxins, acids, or biological residues for immediate reuse without cross-contamination. Depletion: 1 in 1d10.
Shattered Glass Reservoir Vulnerability: Suffering a heavy blunt impact specifically directed at the apparatus (such as a GM intrusion or 6+ points of ambient bludgeoning damage) shatters the borosilicate glass reservoir, destroying all contained liquids and leaving behind only its mundane phosphor-bronze cage, steel trocar, and plunger assembly.

Pathfinder (2nd Edition Remaster)

Unique Name: Chromatic Fluid Collector Apparatus 874 of the Subterranean Siphon

Item Classification and Header Details:
Item Rank: Item 3.
Traits: Uncommon, Alchemical, Invested, Magical, Water.
Price: 85 gp.
Usage: Held in 1 or 2 hands (suspended from a reinforced cross-body leather bandolier; ergonomic teardrop plunger loop allows one-handed aspiration while the off-hand stabilizes a vial); Bulk: L.
Tool and Improvised Weapon Statistics: Functions as +1 artisan’s tools for Crafting, Medicine, or Nature checks to harvest saps, venoms, monster blood, and mineral distillates, halving the time required for field extraction. If thrust defensively as an improvised melee weapon using its hollow high-carbon steel surgical trocar, it deals 1d4 piercing damage (Simple, Knife group, Finesse).
Magical Properties and System Mechanics:
Chromatic Ultraviolet Diagnostic Lattice (Passive): While wearing and invested in this apparatus, biological or environmental fluids drawn into the graduated borosilicate reservoir cause the spiraling blue copper-salt runes to pulse with soft ultraviolet luminescence, granting a +2 item bonus to Crafting, Medicine, or Nature checks to identify unknown liquids, assess alchemical potency, and detect toxins or impurities.
Localized Reservoir Stasis Field (Passive): The active runic matrix maintains a localized stasis aura inside the glass barrel, preventing volatile biological compounds, organic venom enzymes, or enchanted tree saps from decomposing, curdling, or oxidizing indefinitely until decanted.
Anaerobic Stopcock Transfer Seal (Passive): The triple-ring plunger gasket and two-way rotary brass stopcock allow extracted liquids to be transferred directly into sealed storage vials without exposure to ambient air or environmental contaminants.
Siphon Resonance Pulse (Free Action): Frequency: At will; Requirements: You are extracting fluid with the apparatus. Effect: You channel focused thought through the teardrop plunger loop to generate a harmonic capillary draw, preventing thick resins or coagulating ichor from clogging the steel trocar and granting a +2 circumstance bonus to your harvesting check while yielding one additional usable dose from a rich source.
Caustic Purge and Sterilization Flush (One-Action): Frequency: Once per hour; Requirements: You are holding the apparatus. Effect: You twist the rotary brass stopcock to the neutral vent position and unleash a cleansing pulse of blue-violet arcane heat through the glass barrel and hollow trocar, instantaneously vaporizing all residual toxins, acids, or biological matter inside the chamber to sterilize it for immediate reuse.
Shattered Glass Reservoir Vulnerability: If an enemy targets the apparatus directly with a bludgeoning Strike and reduces it to 0 Hit Points (12 or more bludgeoning damage), the borosilicate glass cylinder shatters, destroying all contained biological fluids and leaving behind only its recoverable mundane components: the articulated phosphor-bronze protective cage, tempered steel trocar, and bronze plunger assembly.

Savage Worlds (Adventure Edition – SWADE)

Unique Name: Chromatic Fluid Collector Apparatus 874 of the Subterranean Siphon

Item Classification and Load Profile:
Device Type: Portable Arcane-Alchemical Fluid Extraction Syringe and Stasis Reservoir (Sixteen-Inch Non-Reactive Phosphor-Bronze Protective Cage, Graduated Borosilicate Glass Reservoir, Teardrop Pull-Plunger, Rotary Brass Stopcock, High-Carbon Steel Surgical Trocar, and Spiraling Copper-Salt Runes).
Range: Melee (if thrust defensively in close quarters with the hollow surgical trocar).
Improvised Damage: Str+d4 (piercing; light improvised weapon, risks exposing the glass reservoir to blunt retaliation).
Minimum Strength: d4.
Weight: 3 pounds.
Cost: $850.
Notes: Bandolier-Mounted Extraction Tool (ergonomic teardrop loop allows one-handed aspiration; halves the time required to harvest uncontaminated saps, monster blood, venoms, and thermal-vent distillates).
Special Abilities and System Mechanics:
Chromatic Diagnostic & Stasis Matrix (Passive Property): Fluids drawn into the graduated glass barrel trigger a soft ultraviolet glow in the spiraling blue copper-salt runes, granting +2 to Science, Healing, or Survival rolls to identify unknown liquids, assess alchemical potency, and detect poisons or impurities. An inward stasis field halts decay, oxidation, and curdling indefinitely until the contents are transferred via the airtight two-way rotary brass stopcock.
Siphon Resonance Pulse (Active Action): As a free action when harvesting fluids, the operator channels focus through the teardrop plunger loop to create a harmonic capillary draw, preventing thick resins or ichor from clogging the trocar and granting +2 to Survival or Science harvesting rolls while yielding one extra usable dose from rich sources.
Caustic Purge and Sterilization Flush (Active Action): Once per encounter as a free action, the operator twists the rotary brass stopcock to the neutral vent position and triggers a burst of blue-violet arcane heat through the barrel and trocar, instantaneously vaporizing all residual toxins, acids, or biological matter for immediate cross-contamination-free reuse.
Shattered Glass Reservoir Vulnerability: If an opponent targets the apparatus directly with a Called Shot (-4) and inflicts a Wound or heavy blunt blow (6+ points of bludgeoning damage), the inner borosilicate glass cylinder shatters, destroying all contained fluids and leaving behind only its salvageable mundane parts: the phosphor-bronze protective cage, steel trocar, and bronze plunger assembly.

Shadowrun (Sixth World)

Unique Name: Chromatic Fluid Collector Apparatus 874

Item Classification and Technical Specifications:
Item Type: Portable Arcane-Alchemical Biological and Environmental Fluid Extraction Apparatus.
Attack Rating (AR): 3 (Close) / — / — / — / — (if thrust defensively in close quarters using its hollow high-carbon steel surgical trocar, though doing so risks exposing the glass reservoir to blunt retaliation).
Damage Value (DV): (STR/2 + 1)P (improvised piercing; rounds up).
Dimensions and Deployment: 16 inches in total length, weighing 3 pounds; suspended from a reinforced cross-body leather bandolier and designed for steady one-handed aspiration via an oversized teardrop plunger loop while the off-hand stabilizes a specimen vial.
Availability and Cost: Availability 4; Cost: 2,400¥ (Precision-blown borosilicate glass and phosphor-bronze extraction kit; sourced through talismongers, botanical syndicates, or subterranean expedition outfitters).
Legality: Legal (L) as non-restricted scientific, botanical, or medical sampling equipment.
Essence Cost: 0 (External handheld arcane-mechanical tool; imposes zero Essence or Magic loss).
System Mechanics and Game Rules:
Field Reagent Harvesting Efficiency (Passive): Halves the harvesting interval required for Biotech, Outdoors, or Enchanting tests to extract uncontaminated tree saps, fresh monster blood, venoms, or thermal-vent mineral distillates prior to decay.
Chromatic Ultraviolet Diagnostic Lattice (Passive): When biological or environmental fluids enter the graduated borosilicate reservoir, spiraling Aur-Flow runes inlaid with luminescent blue copper-salt lacquer pulse with soft ultraviolet light, granting a +2 dice pool bonus on Biotech, Chemistry, or Enchanting tests to identify unknown fluids, assess alchemical potency, and detect toxins or impurities.
Localized Reservoir Stasis Field (Passive): The active runic matrix projects an inward temporal-preservation aura inside the barrel, halting enzymatic breakdown, oxidation, and curdling so volatile venoms, monster ichor, and enchanted saps remain fresh indefinitely until decanted.
Anaerobic Stopcock Transfer Seal (Passive): The triple-ring plunger gasket and two-way rotary brass stopcock allow extracted liquids to be transferred directly into belt-mounted storage vials without exposure to ambient air or environmental contaminants.
Siphon Resonance Pulse (Minor Action): At will during fluid extraction, the operator channels focused intent through the teardrop plunger loop to generate a harmonic capillary draw, preventing thick resins or coagulating ichor from clogging the surgical trocar and yielding one additional usable dose from a viable source.
Caustic Purge and Sterilization Flush (Minor Action): Once per combat encounter (or once per hour), the operator twists the rotary brass stopcock to the neutral vent position and unleashes a cleansing pulse of blue-violet arcane heat through the glass barrel and hollow trocar, instantaneously vaporizing all residual toxins, acids, or biological contaminants for immediate cross-contamination-free reuse.
Shattered Glass Reservoir Vulnerability: If an opponent targets the apparatus directly with a Called Shot and inflicts 5 or more boxes of Physical bludgeoning damage, the thick-walled borosilicate glass cylinder shatters, destroying all contained fluids and leaving behind only its mundane phosphor-bronze protective cage, tempered steel trocar, and bronze plunger assembly.

Starfinder (Second Edition)

Unique Name: Chromatic Fluid Collector Apparatus 874 of the Subterranean Siphon

Item Classification and Header Profile:
Item Level: Level 2.
Price: 850 credits.
Category: Portable Hybrid Alchemical Extraction Apparatus.
Item Traits: Alchemical, Hybrid, Invested, Magical, Water.
Bulk: L; Hands: 1 or 2 (Three-pound, sixteen-inch phosphor-bronze and borosilicate glass syringe suspended from a reinforced cross-body leather bandolier; ergonomic teardrop plunger loop allows one-handed aspiration while the off-hand holds a specimen vial; functions as +1 masterwork artisan’s tools for biological and chemical harvesting).
Improvised Weapon Statistics: If thrust defensively in emergencies using its hollow high-carbon steel surgical trocar, it deals 1d4 piercing damage (Simple, Knife group, Finesse).
System Mechanics and Upgrades:
Field Reagent Harvesting Mastery (Passive): While invested and held, this apparatus halves the time required for Crafting, Medicine, or Nature checks to extract uncontaminated tree saps, fresh monster ichor, venoms, and thermal-vent distillates.
Chromatic Ultraviolet Diagnostic Lattice (Passive): When biological or environmental fluids enter the graduated borosilicate reservoir, spiraling Aur-Flow runes inlaid with blue copper-salt lacquer pulse with soft ultraviolet luminescence, granting a +2 item bonus to Crafting, Medicine, or Nature checks to identify unknown liquids, assess alchemical potency, and detect toxins or impurities.
Localized Reservoir Stasis Field (Passive): The active runic lattice maintains an inward stasis aura inside the glass barrel, preventing volatile biological compounds, organic venom enzymes, or enchanted saps from decomposing, curdling, or oxidizing indefinitely until decanted.
Anaerobic Stopcock Transfer Seal (Passive): The triple-ring plunger gasket and two-way rotary brass stopcock allow extracted liquids to be transferred directly into sealed storage vials without exposure to ambient air or environmental contaminants.
Siphon Resonance Pulse (Free Action): Frequency: At will; Requirements: You are extracting fluid with the apparatus. Effect: You channel focused thought through the teardrop plunger loop to generate a harmonic capillary draw, preventing thick resins or coagulating ichor from clogging the steel trocar and granting a +2 circumstance bonus to your harvesting check while yielding one additional usable dose from a viable source.
Caustic Purge and Sterilization Flush (One-Action): Frequency: Once per hour; Requirements: You are holding the apparatus. Effect: You twist the rotary brass stopcock to the neutral vent position and unleash a cleansing pulse of blue-violet arcane heat through the barrel and hollow trocar, instantaneously vaporizing all residual toxins, acids, or biological matter inside the chamber to sterilize it for immediate reuse.
Shattered Glass Reservoir Vulnerability: Taking 8 or more bludgeoning damage from a single Strike directed at the apparatus (reducing it to 0 Hit Points) shatters the borosilicate glass reservoir, destroying all contained fluids and leaving behind only its mundane phosphor-bronze protective cage, steel trocar, and plunger assembly.

Traveller (Mongoose Traveller 2nd Edition)

Unique Name: Chromatic Fluid Collector Apparatus Model 874

Item Classification and Technical Specifications:
Tech Level: TL 9 (Archaic-Anomalous Biological and Alchemical Extraction Syringe).
Mass: 1.4 Kilograms (3 pounds; sixteen inches in total length, suspended from a reinforced cross-body leather bandolier).
Improvised Weapon Profile: Range: Melee; Damage: 1D (piercing if thrust defensively in close quarters using its hollow high-carbon steel surgical trocar, though doing so risks exposing the glass reservoir to blunt impact).
Required Skill: Science (biology/chemistry), Medic, or Survival.
Cost: Cr 2,750.
Mechanics and Operational Properties:
Field Reagent Harvesting Efficiency (Passive): Ergonomic teardrop pull-plunger allows one-handed aspiration while the off-hand holds a specimen vial; halves the time required to extract uncontaminated tree saps, fresh biological fluids, venoms, or thermal-vent mineral distillates prior to decay.
Chromatic Ultraviolet Diagnostic Lattice (Passive): When fluids enter the graduated borosilicate glass reservoir, spiraling Aur-Flow runes inlaid with luminescent blue copper-salt lacquer pulse with soft ultraviolet light, granting DM+2 to Science, Medic, or Survival checks to identify unknown liquids, assess chemical potency, and detect toxins or impurities.
Localized Reservoir Stasis Field (Passive): The active runic matrix generates an inward stasis field inside the barrel, halting enzymatic breakdown, oxidation, and curdling so volatile biological compounds and venoms remain fresh indefinitely until transferred.
Anaerobic Stopcock Transfer Seal (Passive): The triple-ring plunger gasket and two-way rotary brass stopcock transfer extracted liquids directly into sealed storage vials without exposure to ambient air or environmental contaminants.
Siphon Resonance Pulse (Active): As a Minor Action during fluid extraction, the operator channels focused intent through the teardrop plunger loop to produce a harmonic capillary draw, preventing thick resins or viscous ichor from clogging the surgical trocar and yielding one additional usable dose from a rich source.
Caustic Purge and Sterilization Flush (Active): Once per encounter (or once per hour) as a Minor Action, the operator twists the rotary brass stopcock to the neutral vent position and triggers a cleansing pulse of blue-violet arcane heat through the glass barrel and hollow trocar, instantaneously vaporizing all residual toxins, acids, or biological matter for immediate cross-contamination-free reuse.
Shattered Glass Reservoir Vulnerability: Suffering 8 or more points of bludgeoning or crushing damage directed specifically at the apparatus shatters the borosilicate glass cylinder, destroying all contained biological fluids and leaving behind only its mundane phosphor-bronze protective cage, steel trocar, and bronze plunger assembly.

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (4th Edition)

Unique Name: Chromatic Fluid Collector of the Subterranean Siphon (874)

Item Classification and Base Attributes:
Item Type: Portable Arcane-Alchemical Fluid Extraction Apparatus (Trade Tool).
Encumbrance: 1 (3 pounds; sixteen inches in total length, suspended from a reinforced cross-body leather bandolier; ergonomic teardrop plunger loop allows steady one-handed aspiration while the off-hand holds a specimen vial).
Improvised Weapon Profile: Weapon Group: Melee (Basic); Reach: Personal; Damage: +SB; Qualities/Flaws: Impale, Undamaging (if thrust defensively in close quarters using its tempered high-carbon steel surgical trocar, though doing so risks exposing the glass reservoir to blunt retaliation).
Rune and Magic Properties:
Field Reagent Harvesting Mastery (Passive): Halves the downtime or time required for Trade (Apothecary), Heal, or Outdoor Survival Tests to extract uncontaminated tree saps, fresh monster blood, venoms, or mineral distillates prior to decay.
Rune of Chromatic Ultraviolet Diagnostics (Passive): When biological or environmental fluids enter the graduated borosilicate reservoir, spiraling Aur-Flow runes inlaid with luminescent blue copper-salt lacquer pulse with soft ultraviolet light, granting a +20 bonus to Trade (Apothecary), Lore (Chemistry/Herbs), or Heal Tests to identify unknown liquids, assess potency, and detect toxins or impurities.
Rune of Localized Reservoir Stasis (Passive): The active runic lattice maintains an inward stasis aura inside the glass barrel, preventing volatile venoms, monster ichor, or enchanted tree saps from decomposing, curdling, or oxidizing indefinitely until decanted.
Anaerobic Stopcock Transfer Seal (Passive): The triple-ring plunger gasket and two-way rotary brass stopcock transfer extracted liquids directly into sealed storage vials without exposure to ambient air or contaminants.
Siphon Resonance Pulse (Active): At will as a Free Action during fluid extraction, the bearer channels focus through the teardrop plunger loop to generate a harmonic capillary draw, preventing thick resins or coagulating ichor from clogging the surgical trocar and granting +1 SL on harvesting Tests while yielding one extra usable dose from a rich source.
Caustic Purge and Sterilization Flush (Active): Once per hour as a Free Action, the bearer twists the rotary brass stopcock to the neutral vent position and unleashes a cleansing pulse of blue-violet arcane heat through the glass barrel and hollow trocar, instantaneously vaporizing all residual toxins, acids, or biological matter for immediate cross-contamination-free reuse.
Durability and Shattered Glass Reservoir: The apparatus has a Durability rating of 8 points. If an opponent specifically targets the device with a crushing blow and inflicts 4 or more Wounds (reducing it to half Durability or below), the inner borosilicate glass cylinder shatters, destroying all contained fluids and leaving behind only its salvageable mundane components: the articulated phosphor-bronze protective cage, tempered steel trocar, and bronze plunger assembly.