Nixhydro Alchemists Aegis

Lore: In the enchanted realm of Saṃsāra, where alchemy holds the keys to wondrous transformations and magic intertwines with the fabric of existence, the Nixhydro Alchemist’s Aegis was meticulously crafted by the renowned alchemist and enchanter, Lyra Mercuria. Lyra was captivated by the harmonious fusion of alchemy and aquatic energies, and she sought to empower alchemists with the essence of water itself. The Nixhydro Alchemist’s Aegis was forged to enhance the wearer’s alchemical prowess and attunement to aquatic mysticism, allowing them to channel the power of water in their transmutations.

Description: The Nixhydro Alchemist’s Aegis is a shimmering pendant suspended from a delicate chain, featuring a translucent aquamarine gemstone. Within the gemstone, ripples of liquid magic constantly undulate, reflecting the ebb and flow of water. The pendant is engraved with intricate alchemical symbols and adorned with delicate pearls, embodying the convergence of alchemy and the aquatic realm. When worn, the pendant forms a harmonious bond with the wearer’s gills, infusing them with the essence of water and enhancing their alchemical abilities.

Stats:

• Rarity: Common
• Tier: 1
• Alchemical Bonus: +1
• Slots: Gills

Color: The Nixhydro Alchemist’s Aegis emanates shades of aquatic blues and iridescent greens, symbolizing the union of alchemy and water’s mystical energy.

Cost: 60 gold pieces

Tags: Alchemy, Water Magic, Aquatic, Transmutation, Hydromancy, Catalyst, Purification, Infusion, Distillation, Fluidity, Reaction, Enhancement, Mysticism

Use: When worn by an avatar, the Nixhydro Alchemist’s Aegis enhances their alchemical skills by harnessing the elemental power of water. The pendant’s connection to aquatic energies allows the wearer to channel their alchemical abilities, granting them greater control over aqueous reactions, enhanced purification of substances, and the capacity to infuse their transmutations with the vitality of water.

Additional Information:

• The Nixhydro Alchemist’s Aegis is designed to be worn as a pendant, comfortably over the wearer’s gills, primarily catering to characters born in underwater environments.
• The pendant does not grant innate magical powers, but it enhances the wearer’s alchemical prowess by harmonizing with the elemental forces of water.
• Characters might choose to personalize their pendants by etching additional alchemical symbols or motifs that reflect their chosen path of transmutation or favored aspects of aquatic magic.
• As characters advance and refine their alchemical abilities, they might explore ways to enhance the pendant’s effects through enchantments or modifications.

Roleplaying Emphasis: The Nixhydro Alchemist’s Aegis emphasizes the character’s dedication to both the art of alchemy and the mystical power of water. Those who wear this pendant radiate an aura of fluidity and mastery over both elements, embodying the role of an alchemist who harmonizes their craft with the ever-changing tides of water magic. Whether exploring arcane mysteries, manipulating elements, or embracing the fusion of alchemical and magical arts, the Nixhydro Alchemist’s Aegis becomes a cherished companion for those who embrace the journey of alchemy in the world of Saṃsāra.

Shops where and how this item might be bought and sold:

• Alchemist’s Guild Foundries (60–70 gp) Official guild outlets in major coastal cities. The pendant is sold alongside specialized reagents, and purchase includes a brief ritual tying the Aegis to local seawater sources. Higher price reflects guild certification and a complimentary mini‐tuning vial.
• Underwater Emporium of Tides (55–65 gp) Glass‐domed shops built into living reefs. The Aegis floats in enchanted aquaria; buyers test its harmonizing effect by channeling a sample potion infusion before sale. Prices include careful pH‐balancing and pearl polishing.
• Coastal Potion Stalls (50–60 gp) Open‐air booths on bustling piers, run by itinerant alchemist‐traders. Pendants hang next to amphorae of distilled brine. Haggling is expected, and merchants often accept crafted tinctures or rare shells in part‐trade.
• Nomadic Alchemy Caravans (45–75 gp) Traveling bands of artisan‐alchemists weave between island nations. Prices fluctuate with route difficulty and caravan fame. Demonstrations happen at improvised tidepools, showing accelerated reactions in seawater.
• Shrine of the Water Crucible (Gift or 80+ gp) Sanctuaries dedicated to elemental water spirits. Devotees may earn an Aegis by completing a purification quest; otherwise the pendant can be purchased at premium cost—proceeds fund shrine upkeep.
• Scholarly Emporiums (65–85 gp) Refined shops in university districts, run by potion‐professors. Sale includes an hour‐long masterclass on aquatic transmutations and a scroll of advanced reaction formulas, raising the total cost.
• Merchant Guild Commissaries (Member: 60 gp | Non‐member: 90 gp) Outlets reserved for registered alchemist‐merchants. Members buy at standard price; outsiders need a letter of introduction and pay a sizable surcharge.
• Antique Arcana Curio Shops (50–65 gp) Hidden in winding alleys, these cluttered stores often carry pre‐used Aegises engraved by past masters. Buyers wisely commission a local water‐mage to “reset” the pendant’s essence before use.

Roleplay in different environments:

• Underwater Environments
  • Defensive Application
    • Roleplay: Submerged in a flooded cavern, you whisper the “Hydroguard” formula through your Aegis. A swirling film of magically charged water envelopes you, softening blows from crushing currents and claw-jaws alike.
    • Mechanical Effect: Once per encounter, you can invoke the Aegis to gain +2 to Armor Class or a flat –2 to damage from a single incoming attack while underwater.
  • Offensive Tactic
    • Roleplay: Facing a school of aggressive reef sharks, you channel the “Surge Catalyst” reaction: your next alchemical bomb pulses with liquid force. When it detonates, a jet of scalding water tears through their ranks.
    • Mechanical Effect: The next alchemical splash weapon you throw deals an extra 1d4 water damage and knocks targets back 5 ft (save to resist).
• Coastal & Shoreline Settings
  • Defensive Application
    • Roleplay: Stranded atop slick rocks as raiders close in, you draw on the Aegis’s “Purify Shield,” turning seawater into a misty barrier that obscures and chills attackers.
    • Mechanical Effect: You create lightly obscuring mist in a 10-ft radius for 1 minute. Enemies in the mist take a –2 penalty to attack rolls; allies inside gain +1 to Stealth.
  • Offensive Tactic
    • Roleplay: On a wind-lashed beach, you trigger “Tidebrand Infusion,” causing your acid flask to hiss with briny power. Its spray eats through armor rivets and hull plating alike.
    • Mechanical Effect: Your next acid-based alchemical item ignores 2 points of armor or hardness and applies ongoing 1 acid damage for 1 round.
• Urban & Canal Districts
  • Defensive Application
    • Roleplay: Chased through narrow canals, you touch the Aegis and speak the “Flowstep” incantation. The water beneath your feet ripples to cushion and propel you around corners.
    • Mechanical Effect: Gain +2 to Acrobatics or Athletics checks to avoid traps, run on slippery surfaces, or escape grapples in water-adjacent zones.
  • Offensive Tactic
    • Roleplay: In a crowded dockside market brawl, you invoke “Hydroburst Catalyst,” sending a jet of pressurized water through stacked crates to knock enemies off their feet.
    • Mechanical Effect: Once per scene, you can shove up to three Medium creatures within 15 ft as if using a Gust of Wind effect (Strength save to resist).
• Battlefield & Siege Warfare
  • Defensive Application
    • Roleplay: Under arrow fire on the broken quay, you murmur the Aegis’s “Aqua Bastion” formula. A ridge of water solidifies around your position, deflecting bolts and shells.
    • Mechanical Effect: Create a 10 ft-wide wall of water (5 ft high, 2 HP per foot) that grants full cover and lasts 1 round.
  • Offensive Tactic
    • Roleplay: Leading sappers through flooded trenches, you unleash “Torrent Forge” through your Aegis. The ground heaves as sudden floods flood enemy tunnels, collapsing fortifications.
    • Mechanical Effect: Once per battle, cause a 20 ft cone of rushing water that knocks prone all creatures in its path (Reflex save halves effect) and deals 1d6 bludgeoning damage.

Perception of Activation:

• User’s Perspective
  • Sight
    • Positive: The aquamarine core shimmers with living ripples of water-light, casting dancing reflections on nearby surfaces as if currents flow within the stone.
    • Negative: In dim or chaotic surroundings, those flickering ripples can blur vision or create distracting patterns that make it hard to focus on the real world.
  • Sound
    • Positive: You hear a soft susurrus of flowing water and the gentle hiss of chemical reactions, sharpening your sense of timing in alchemical processes.
    • Negative: When the Aegis is at peak resonance, the hum can swell to a droning roar that drowns out quieter instructions or warnings.
  • Touch
    • Positive: A cool, pulsing vibration courses along your gills and down your arms, as though you hold the living pulse of the ocean in your veins, steadying your hand for precise work.
    • Negative: Extended activation can numb your fingertips or leave a faint tingling sensation like mild pins-and-needles, making delicate manipulation awkward.
  • Taste
    • Positive: A faint, briny sweetness tingles on your tongue—like distilled spring water—reinforcing the amulet’s bond to aquatic alchemy.
    • Negative: If overactivated, that sweetness sharpens to a metallic tang, leaving your mouth dry and distracting your palate.
  • Smell
    • Positive: You detect the clean, invigorating scent of fresh rain on sea spray, as well as subtle hints of salted pearls and distilled essences.
    • Negative: At high charge, the odor can turn acrid or fishy—like fermenting kelp—provoking nausea in sensitive noses.
  • Extra-Sensory Perceptions
    • Hydro-Empathy: You sense the ebb and flow of alchemical energies in surrounding liquids—where reactions will flourish or falter.
      • Negative: In chemically complex environments, the flood of data can overwhelm, making it hard to distinguish one reaction from another.
    • Aqueous Memory: Fleeting impressions of past transmutations echo in your mind, offering intuitive hints at ingredient ratios.
      • Negative: If the amulet’s power surges, those ghost-memories can loop obsessions that distract from the task at hand.
    • Catalytic Intuition: You feel the precise moment when a mixture reaches its critical point.
      • Negative: In prolonged use, that sense can spasm, causing you to misjudge timing or hesitate at key moments.
• Observer’s Perspective
  • Sight
    • Positive: Onlookers see the gemstone pulse with pale blue-green light, and tiny water-like ripples appear around the wearer’s gills as if reality itself shivers.
    • Negative: In low light or rough seas, the pulses can flicker erratically—giving the wearer a ghostly or unsettling appearance.
  • Sound
    • Positive: Those nearby hear a gentle, rhythmic murmur—like a sealed vial of waves—whenever the wearer manipulates alchemical tools.
    • Negative: In stronger activation, that murmur can swell to an insistent hiss that jars the nerves of anyone standing too close.
  • Touch
    • Positive: If you stand near, you feel a faint vibration in the air or water, as though tiny currents swirl around the wearer.
    • Negative: Very close, that vibration can throb in your bones, causing mild dizziness or disorientation.
  • Smell
    • Positive: Bystanders note a fresh, oceanic breeze mixed with subtle hints of pearl dust and distilled elixirs.
    • Negative: At full resonance, the scent can shift to a heavy, fishy musk or acrid chemical tang that some find off-putting.
  • Extra-Sensory Perceptions
    • Magical Aura: Mages perceive a delicate network of water-aligned ley-threads radiating from the amulet into nearby vials and reagents.
      • Negative: In places dense with other magic, those threads knot and flicker, creating chaotic feedback.
    • Empathic Ripple: Sensitive souls feel the wearer’s heightened focus and calm determination as a wave of reassurance or, if overcharged, as anxious tension.
      • Negative: Conflicting emotional signals from nearby alchemical hazards can clash, leaving observers uneasy or distracted.
    • Resonant Trace: Skilled alchemists detect residual traces of past transmutations clinging to the amulet’s surface, hinting at its recent use.
      • Negative: In crowded laboratories, the overlapping traces can mask the most relevant clues.

Recipe: Crafting the Nixhydro Alchemist’s Aegis

• Materials Needed
  • 1 high-clarity aquamarine cabochon (1¼” diameter)
  • 3 oz refined silver ingots (for frame and chain)
  • 4 freshwater pearls (4–5 mm each)
  • 1 dram distilled tidal water (collected at full moon)
  • ½ tsp crushed moon-coral powder (for alchemical binding)
  • 3 drops purified hydromantic essence (from rain-collected dew)
• Tools Required
  • Silversmith’s crucible and tongs
  • Jeweler’s saw, files, and polishing wheel
  • Engraving burins (for alchemical sigils)
  • Bezel-setting pliers and roller
  • Alchemist’s mortar and pestle (for mixing powders)
  • Small enchanted water basin (for immersion ritual)
• Skill Requirements
  • Metalworking: Intermediate (casting, shaping, and soldering silver)
  • Gem-setting: Journeyman (securely seating the gemstone)
  • Engraving: Novice–Journeyman (carving fine alchemical runes)
  • Alchemy: Adept (preparing binding mixtures)
  • Hydromancy: Basic (infusing liquid magic)
• Crafting Steps
  • Purify & Cast
    • Melt silver ingots in the crucible; stir in crushed moon-coral powder.
    • Pour into an oval pendant mold just larger than the aquamarine. Allow to cool.
  • Shape & File
    • Remove casting; file edges smooth and taper thickness toward the center.
    • Cut a loop at the top for the chain attachment.
  • Engrave Sigils
    • Secure the blank and carve six tiny alchemical runes around the bezel’s lip—three for “Catalysis” and three for “Fluidity.”
  • Set the Gemstone
    • Form a thin bezel ring to cradle the aquamarine.
    • Place the stone in position and use the roller to gently press the bezel lip over its edge.
  • Inlay Pearls
    • Drill four micro-recesses at cardinal points around the bezel.
    • Affix each pearl with a drop of hydromantic essence, sealing with a flicker of cold flame.
  • Braid the Chain
    • Weave fine silver wire into a diaphanous chain or attach a supple cord of enchanted aquatic fibers.
  • Infuse Enchantment
    • Mix distilled tidal water and hydromantic essence in the mortar.
    • Submerge the finished amulet in the enchanted basin; speak the “Ebb and Flow” invocation three times.
    • Let it soak until the aquamarine’s ripples pulse gently (≈7 minutes).
  • Polish & Calibrate
    • Dry and buff the silver to a soft sheen, leaving engraved runes with light patina.
    • Don the Aegis and blend a small test potion: the mixture should swirl in synchronized waves around the gemstone, confirming success.

Aegis of Shifting Waters

In days when waves yet whispered in elder runes, there lived Lyra Mercuria, whose hands trembled with hunger for alchemical unity. She sought to bind water’s shape to the soul of transmutation, for currents speak the hidden tongues of change. From frayed scrolls half-soaked in brine and scratched by kelp-moth’s claws, scribes long ago strove to render her tale—yet their words slither like over-tossed seaweed, warped by thousand tides of mishearing.

They tell that Lyra dove into the Moonlit Whirlpool, where waters dance in spirals older than sunken kings. There she found a drop of liquid moonlight, trapped in a silver cage of woven seaweed cord. Pearls trembled on its rim, and within the aquamarine heart eddies of pure water-essence churned. Her incision of runes—etched in fading glyphs none now can fully read—brought forth the Nixhydro Alchemist’s Aegis, singing with the power to turn any vial’s contents to living wave.

Yet power shaped by water is ever restless. One scribe, Ardal of the Tide-Tempered, stole the Aegis beneath glassy ice-morn. In his grasp it pulsed fierce as storm-hewn spray, and his first test—infusing lead with brine fire—rended his very marrow with salt’s regret. His body dripped endless wat’ry tears, each one forging pearls in his veins, until the drowned came to claim him in silent shoals. The Aegis lay lost amid the kelp-carp’s silver graves for many a turning of the moon.

Centuries tumbled like sand in a broken hourglass, until a pilgrim healer, Tervana of the Silver Grotto, heard the amulet’s faint heartbeat beneath the sand. With hands unshaken by greed, she cleansed it in tears of compassion—her lament a hymn none but sea-spirits understood. The Aegis awakened with soft sighs of azure light, no longer wild, but balanced by mercy’s calm. Tervana chanted the old words—though each syllable strayed from the original script—and watched in wonder as the amulet’s glow harmonized after-ripples in every flask she poured.

Thus the tale flows on, an endless tide of half-remembered verses: “He who wields water’s flux must temper desire with mercy, lest alchemy’s flood consume all shore.”

Moral of the Story: True mastery of change comes not from forceful shaping, but from guiding currents with compassion.

Suggested conversions to other systems:

CALL OF CTHULHU 7th Edition – “Nixhydro Aegis”

• Type: Arcane Tool (Alchemical Focus)
• Availability: Rare Cost: £50–75
  • Alchemical Insight – While worn at throat or gills, you gain +10% to Chemistry/Alchemy and Biology rolls when creating or analyzing potions, poisons, or reagents.
  • Waterborne Transmutation (1 Magic Point) – As a complex action, spend 1 MP to add aqueous potency to an alchemical brew: the Keeper may grant a +20% bonus to craft it, or halve its normal brewing time (minimum 1 hour).
    • Fumble: the mixture backfires (GM’s choice: explosion, noxious fumes, unstable effect), and you suffer 1D3 damage or 1D3 SAN.

BLADES IN THE DARK – “Nixhydro Alchemical Aegis”

• Fine Arcane Asset (Load 0, Quality +2)
  • Attune – 1 downtime action in an alchemical lab by open water.
  • Elemental Fusion – When you Craft or Study an alchemical concoction, you may roll Attune instead of the usual action roll (use the higher result).
  • Tide Catalyst (once per score) – Spend 1 coin and roll Attune:
    • Critical (2 ticks): +2d on your next Craft roll this score and +1 effect on the result.
    • Success (1–3): +1d on your next Craft roll.
    • Partial (4–5): +1d but mark 1 stress “Hydro Burn.”
    • Failure (6): Take 2 stress “Alchemical Backlash.”

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS 5e – “Nixhydro Alchemist’s Aegis”

• Wondrous Item, uncommon (requires attunement by a spellcaster or potion-maker)
  • Alchemical Affinity – You gain a +1 bonus to Intelligence checks to craft or identify magical and mundane potions, acids, and similar reagents.
  • Aqueous Empowerment (3 charges) – When you use or create an alchemical item (acid, oil, healing potion, etc.), you may expend charges to enhance its effect:
    • 1 charge: +1d6 extra damage or healing.
    • 2 charges: maximum damage or healing die, and the DC to resist its effect increases by 2.
    • 3 charges: the effect persists for an additional round or grants advantage on one saving throw.
• The Aegis regains 1d3 expended charges each dawn if submerged in at least 1 gallon of natural water for 1 minute.
  • Drawback – After using Aqueous Empowerment, roll a d20: on a 1, your next alchemical item misfires spectacularly (GM’s choice).

KNAVE – “Hydro-Aegis of Alchemy”

• Encumbrance 0 Tags: Alchemy, Water, Utility
  • Wear – Occupies the Gills slot.
  • Fluid Transmutation – You have Advantage on any d20 task roll to create, identify, or modify alchemical substances, reagents, and potions that involve water or liquefaction.
  • Aegis’s Question (once per dungeon) – Spend 1 minute focusing on the amulet to ask the Referee one specific question about an elixir’s effect, ingredient ratio, or reaction condition; the Referee must answer truthfully. Then save vs WIS or become Confused (–1 to all rolls) until you rest.
  • Water Surge (once per session) – The next time you throw or apply an alchemical item, you may declare “Water Surge” to add +2 to its potency (GM’s discretion). The amulet must be moistened to regain this use.

FATE CORE – “Aegis of Nixhydro Flux”

• Type: Wondrous Item (attunement by someone with Crafts/Alchemy +4)
• Aspects
  • Tide-Forged Catalyst
  • Aquamantic Harmony
• Stunts
  • Fluid Transmutation (Invoke, 1 Fate Point): When you Create Advantage to craft or modify an alchemical substance, gain +4 instead of +2 on your Overcome → Crafts (Alchemy) roll.
  • Waterborn Purification (Free Invoke): Once per session, when you attempt to remove or neutralize toxins via alchemy, invoke Aquamantic Harmony to reroll that attempt.
  • Surge of Depth (Compel): The GM may compel Tide-Forged Catalyst when an unstable reaction threatens you or allies—gain a Fate Point or suffer a complication.

CYPHER SYSTEM (NUMENERA) – “Hydroalchemical Resonance Aegis”

• Type: Artifact – Tier 1 (Minor) Cost: 3 XP
• Requirements: Worn in gill slot; moisten daily with natural water
• Benefits: +1 to Intellect- or Might-based checks when crafting or analyzing any alchemical substance involving water
• Power – Nixhydro Infusion
• Activation: Complex Action (10 minutes); contact with any natural water
• Effect: Imbue one alchemical creation (potion, bomb, elixir) with enhanced hydromantic potency. Choose one:
  • Halve its crafting time or
  • Increase its potency by one step (e.g., +1 to damage or DC)
• Consequence: Suffer 2 points of Intellect damage (recover 1 by 10 minutes’ meditation)
• Recharge: After a full rest, submerge the Aegis in water for 1 minute

PATHFINDER 2e – “Nixhydro Alchemist’s Aegis”

• Item Level 1 Price 60 gp Usage Worn (neck/gills) Bulk L
• Traits: Enchantment, Magical, Transmutation, Water
• Activate [two-actions] concentrate; Frequency 2/day
  • Catalyze Transmutation: The next alchemical item you craft within 24 hours gains a +1 item bonus to its damage (for bombs/poisons) or DC (for potions).
• Activate [three-actions] manipulate; Frequency 1/day
  • Aquatic Purification: You cast purify food and drink (water only) without components, cleansing up to 10 gallons of liquid.
• Recharge: Regains all expended uses at dawn if submerged in at least 1 gal of natural water for 1 minute

SAVAGE WORLDS ADVENTURE EDITION – “Waterborne Alchemist’s Aegis”

• Rarity: Common (requires attunement by a character with Alchemy) Type: Minor Artifact
• Effects
  • Grants +2 to Knowledge (Alchemy) and to any Trait roll when crafting, identifying, or using alchemical substances that involve water.
• Power – Fluid Mastery
• Activation: 1 Action; Spirit roll at –1; Cost 2 Power Points; Range: Self; Duration: Scene
• Effect: You may add +2 to the effectiveness (damage, DC, duration) of a single alchemical item (bomb, potion, oil) used by you or an ally this scene, or you can instantly neutralize one gallon of toxic liquid.
• Use: Once per session; the Aegis must be moistened at the start of the session or loses this power until re-moistened.

SHADOWRUN 6th Edition – Hydroalchemical Resonator Aegis

• Type: Focus (Resonator)
• Focus Rating: 2 Force: 1 Essence Cost: 0 Availability: 12R Cost: 12 Karma + 20 000 ¥
  • You gain +2 dice to Chemistry tests when crafting or analyzing alchemical substances.
• Focus Powers
  • Catalyst Infusion (Complex Action; 1 Focus Point; Force 1; Drain 1): Your next Chemistry test within the scene gains +2 dice.
  • Reaction Acceleration (Sustain Complex Action; 1 Focus Point/Combat Turn): While sustained, any alchemical formula you brew requires half its normal crafting time (minimum 1 minute).

STARFINDER – Nixhydro Alchemist’s Aegis

• Item Level 2 Price 60 gp Slot Neck Bulk —
• Traits: Magical, Enchantment, Transmutation, Water
  • You gain a +1 item bonus to Craft (Alchemy) and Mysticism checks involving alchemical concoctions or water-based reagents.
• Activate [one-action] concentrate; Frequency at-will
  • Analyze Solution: You cast detect poison (CL 1) centered on yourself, but only to identify alchemical ingredients and their potency in up to 5 gallons of liquid.
• Activate [two-actions] manipulate; Frequency 2/day
  • Aqueous Catalyst: When you craft an alchemical item, you may halve its crafting time or grant it a +1 circumstance bonus to damage/DC.
• Recharge: Regains expended uses at dawn if submerged in ≥ 1 gal of natural water for 1 minute.

TRAVELLER (Mongoose 2nd Ed) – Hydroalchemical Diadem

• Tech Level 10 Price 1 000 Cr Availability 8 Encumbrance 0.1 dT
• Type: Worn Equipment (Neck)
  • You gain +1D to Science (Chemistry) and Survival (Foraging) checks when working with alchemical substances or gathering water-based ingredients.
  • Daily Infusion (1/day): Reroll one failed Science (Chemistry) check for crafting or analyzing an alchemical item; you must accept the new result.

WARHAMMER FANTASY ROLEPLAY 4th Edition – Aegis of the Tide-Bound Alchemist

• Rarity: Rare Price: 60 gc Encumbrance: 0
• Traits: Charm, Magical, Alchemical, Water
  • You gain +10% to Academic Knowledge (Alchemy) and Trade (Apothecary) tests when creating, identifying, or improving alchemical concoctions.
  • Surge of Transmutation (once per Adventure): Reroll one failed Alchemy-related test (Academic Knowledge or Trade); the second result stands.
• Attunement: Requires 8-hour vigil beside moving water.