====== Wizard's Laboratory ======
**Alembic**. This glass device — consisting of a pear-shaped cucurbit, venting cap, and round receiver—has become the universal distilling mechanism. Our alembics come with a metal stand, but the burner must be purchased separately. (10 gp)

//3 required for a complete laboratory.//

**Aprons**: In a
lab stocked with
acid, bat guano,
and mercury, a
good apron can
avert death as well
as embarrassing
stains. Our
clay-steeped canvas
aprons cover the
body from neck to
ankle and resist
stains, acids, and
fires (4 gp). We also
offer a leather apron with an attached
beard pocket and hood to protect
decades of hair growth. (10 gp)

//Provides advantage on saves vs fire and acid attacks when worn; 3 canvas aprons required for complete laboratory.//

**Astrolabe and Armillary Sphere**: Though much of magic draws its power from the world of matter, many mages turn their eyes also to the quintessent heavens. For those who have only a passing interest in the stars, we offer a solid bronze astrolabe (8 gp) useful for tracking the sun, planets, and stars across the heavens. Our full armillary (60 gp) provides a near-flawless model of the principal celestial circles.

//1 astrolabe is required for a complete laboratory.//

**Bags**: We stock bags of all sizes and
materials, from large and tight-woven
grain sacks to small and loose knit
steeping sacks. All weave types cost the
same and are available in any size. We
also provide water-tight leather bags in
each size (doubles cost), bags that work
especially well for fermentation
processes. Please specify material type
when ordering from the following sizes: Tea: 1 cp; Hand: 3 cp, Loaf: 6 cp;
Flour: 8 cp; Grain: 1 sp.

//5 of each size are requisite for a complete lab//

**Balance**: For truly accurate
measurement of weight, our tabletop
balance is without compare. The sturdy
steel frame can handle weights up to 50
lb. Comes with weights that range from
10 lb down to 1/16 oz. Accurate to the
weight of a cricket’s leg. (30 gp)

//1 is needed for a complete laboratory//

**Beakers, Vials, Glass Tubing**: All our
laboratory glassware
is made of
finest-quality,
fire-hardened glass,
crafted in
Delgado by
members of the
glass-blowers guild.
Vials (1 sp each) fit
easily in vial racks,
and are perfect for
experimenting with small quantities of
liquid or powder.

Our beakers come in small (5 sp),
medium (1 gp), and large (3 gp) sizes.
We stock glass tubing in two-foot
lengths (2 sp) that can be cut to size or
fired and bent. We carry one specialized
piece of glass tubing—the distilling coil
(5 gp), which is fully compatible with
our other tubing.

Of course, we also carry corks for all
of these containers, offering whole
stoppers (5 cp), stoppers drilled for
tubing (8 cp), and corks meant to
connect two sections of tubing (1 sp).

//18 vials; 6 beakers of each size; 10 two-foot
lengths of tubing, 3 distilling coils, and 18 corks
of each type are required for a complete lab.//

**Bellows**:
An efficient set of
bellows can double
the heat in a
furnace without
adding any more
fuel. We offer small
and large bellows
constructed of
supple calf-skin and
hardwood, with a
brass nozzle. Small:
5 gp; Large: 10 gp.

//1 of each size required
for a complete laboratory//

**Braziers and Burners**:
Though not as controllable as ovens,
braziers supply quick or long-term heat
to vials and beakers without removing
them from sight. Our small bronze
brazier (5 gp) holds enough coals to
heat a large beaker, whereas our large
brazier can heat an entire laboratory.
Our burners (5 sp) are circular slabs of
hard wax in which linen rags are coiled
to act as wicks. These slabs fit easily into
our small braziers and provide constant,
low-level heat.

//3 small braziers and 9 burners are requisite for a
complete laboratory//

**Burette**: This
thin glass tube is
made under the
strictest supervision
of glass-blower
guildsmen of
Delgado. Each is
individually
graduated by a
skilled alchemist to
assure proper fluid
measure. Our
burettes come with
a cork stop-cock and
a bronze stand. (15gp)

//2 burettes are requisite for a complete laboratory//

**Cabinetry and Tables**:
Absolutely essential to the well-stocked
laboratory, equipment and chemical
storage cabinets can make the difference
between order and chaos in
experimentation. Our complete cabinet
(50 gp) contains shelves to
accommodate all sizes of jars, as well as
smaller cabinets for light-sensitive
materials. We also offer braces (2 gp per
pair) and fine hardwood planking (1 sp
per board foot) for building your own
shelves.

Our tables (50 gp) are broad and
sturdy, with black granite tops that can
withstand great heat and strong acids.
For an added fee of 5 gp we can shorten
the legs of tables on a special-order basis
for gnome, dwarf, or halfling mages.

//Complete laboratories must have at least two
tables, 1 cabinet, and 2 ten-foot shelves—or the equivalent//

**Candles**: These mundane items
are among the most versatile tools in the
lab. Those of you new to the laboratory
will quickly learn that candles can
provide far more than light. We offer
timekeeping candles (1 gp), which are
notched to indicate the passage of hours
and half-hours; incense candles (1 gp),
which can clear foul odors from the
laboratory; vial heaters (1 sp), which
burn long and steadily; and typical
tapers (1 sp), which provide excellent
light for reading. All candles come in
red, black, yellow, or uncolored
versions.

//30 of each type are requisite for a complete
laboratory//

**Centrifuge**: A critical tool for
drawing out
precipitants, this
modern contraption
works on the same
principle as the mill
wheel. By applying
pressure to
foot-pedals near the
floor, the weighted
horizontal wheel is
set in motion.
When stoppered
vials are set in the wheel and spun
heavy solids fall from the liquid to the
base of the vial. (25 gp)

//1 is required for a complete laboratory//

**Clay**: Amongst highly reactive
compounds, a nonreactive substance is
most welcome. When kept moist, clay
can be flattened into a pad to support
hot containers, molded onto a mage’s
face to protect against burns or acid, or
even shaped to provide a temporary
joint between glass tubes.
(1 gp per pound)

//20 pounds are required for a complete laboratory//

**Coal**: We offer clean- and hotburning anthracite coal (1 gp per
pound) in blocks for use in braziers and
other non-vented fires as well as the
more common bituminous coal (1 gp
per 20 pounds), which must be vented.
10 pounds of anthracite and 200 pounds of
bituminous are required for a complete laboratory

**Dissection Instruments**: Not
among the more pleasant of wizardly
duties, dissection is often necessary to
acquire rare and unpurchasable spell
components. Some (odd) mages also use
our dissection instruments to study the
inner workings of the bodies of beasts. Our dissection
kit includes all the knives, pins,
sponges, blotters, lenses, and so forth
you need to make quick work of this
unpleasant task. (10 gp)

//1 is required for a complete laboratory//

**Easels**:
Our adjustable
easels are sturdy
enough to serve as
sloped writingtables and large
enough to support
even the widest
slates. Broad feet
and four-legged
construction make
them stable in any
arrangement.
(40 gp)

//1 is required for a complete laboratory//

**Files**: This assortment of 18 wood
and metal files would make a thief
proud. These work perfectly for shaving
small measures of solid materials for
components. This set of files comes with
a leather satchel. (10 gp)

//1 set is required for a complete laboratory//

**Filter**: We offer sheets of gauze or
coarse-screen straw mesh (1 sp per
square foot) that can be cut to fit most
any laboratory setup. For those occasions
in which a tighter filter is needed, we
offer linen screen (1 sp per square foot)
or silken screen (1 gp per square foot).

//10 square feet of each type is needed for a complete laboratory//

**Gloves**:
In my many travels,
I met more than a
few wizards who
had lost a finger to
acids or knives in
their labs. Contact
poisons provide
another reason to wear good gloves. Our
clay-steeped canvas gloves (2 gp) guard
against most substances. Our
steel-reinforced leather gloves (5 gp)
provide as much protection as a
gauntlet, without the accompanying
weight.

//2 pairs of each type are needed for a complete
laboratory//

**Heat Mats**: Our heat mats (5 cp)
are used in kitchens across Arcydea and can absorb
lead-melting heat levels before bursting
into flame. We also offer pads made of
a fibrous white crystalline material
known as asbestos (5 gp), capable of withstanding
any heat. (I knew one mage who
constructed a suit of the stuff before
descending to the Abyss. He returned
untouched by the fire, but died shortly
afterward with a hacking cough.)

//10 of the first type are required for a complete
laboratory//

**Hour/Minute Glass**:
Closely tracking
time is crucial to
the success of
chemical research.
We offer various
sizes of time glasses:
half minute (5 gp),
minute (3 gp), five
minute (7 gp), ten
minute (10 gp),
hour (7 gp), and
two hour (15 gp)
glasses. All of these timepieces are cast
and ornately painted in Nexus,
then filled with precise sand measures in
Crommel.
//Half-minute, minute, five minute, and hour
glasses are required for a complete laboratory//

**Ice Chest**: Strange though it may
seem, some alchemical supplies keep
better in cold rather than at common
temperature. Our ice chest (35 gp) can
hold up to 12 midsize jars standing
upright and 2 jars lying on their sides, and our freezer (200 gp) holds 10 jars but keeps them cold without additional ice.
We also supply ice year-round
(1 gp per pound).

//1 ice chest and 20 pounds of ice are needed for a
complete laboratory; 20 pounds of ice will keep
for 2 months//

**Jars**: Most
wizards like to keep
a vast cache of spell
components and
alchemical
ingredients on
hand. To do so they
need an array of jars
and corks. We offer jars of ceramic
 and glass, charging twice the listed
cost for glass. All our jars—
six ounce (8 cp), twelve ounce (1 sp),
quart (2 sp), half-gallon (3 sp), gallon
(5 sp), two gallon (1 gp), five gallon
(2 gp), and ten gallon (3 gp)—
come with cork stoppers that seal them
tightly.

//40 six-ounce, 40 12-ounce, 10 quart,
5 half-gallon, 15 gallon, 10 five-gallon, and
5 ten-gallon jars are needed for a complete
laboratory//

**Magnets**: AS well as using them in
certain spells, some wizards use an
assortment of magnets to do everything
from polarizing ionized liquids to
holding their ink pens.
1" x 1": 5 sp;
2" x 2": 1 gp;
3" x 3": 3 gp.

//3 of each size are requisite for a complete
laboratory//

**Optic Aids**: After years spent
peering at minuscule scribbles in spell
books, and watching the minute
bubbling of liquids in flasks, even the
most youthful mage may require visual
assistance. We offer the common
magnifying lens (2 gp), as well as a
monocle (4 gp) to enhance the vision in
one eye, and an odd set of lenses called
spectacles (8 gp) that balance
precariously upon the tip of one’s nose.

//1 magnifying glass is required for a complete
laboratory; DMs may require older mages to
purchase the other two items//

**Ovens and Kilns**: If heat is the
common currency of alchemical
research, ovens and kilns are the usurer’s
office. Our ovens (60 gp) have a
fire-hardened iron shell with a stoking
chamber that contains adjustable air
intakes and a metal vent that fits nicely
through most windows. These ovens
achieve heat levels that will melt lead.
Our kilns (120 gp) are large,
ceramic-work cylinders heated by a
broad coal chamber. Instead of
adjustable vents, our kiln coal chamber
is fed by four attached bellows, set to
pumping by the hot air vented through
the kiln’s back. With constant stoking,
our kilns can reach heat levels that will
fire bisque and melt low-grade steel.
(Only anthracite coal should be used in
our kilns.)

//1 oven and 1 kiln are required for a complete
laboratory//

**Papyrus Pads**: An experimenting
mage may write more in an hour than
the average man does in a lifetime.
Our inexpensive papyrus pads
(25 sheets for 15 gp) use quality
cross-grain stock pressed in Mulhorand
and sewn together along one edge by
artisans in Chessenta and Unther.

//4 pads are needed for a complete laboratory//

**Pestle and Mortar**:
Among the most
ancient of
alchemical
instruments, the
pestle and mortar
are indispensable
for crushing and powdering small
quantities of solid materials. Both our
4 oz (3 gp) and 6 oz (6 gp) pestle and
mortar sets are made of fine-quality
black marble, highly polished on the
sections you will handle and left raw on
the grinding surfaces. (3 gp)
//2 pestle and mortar sets are needed for a complete
laboratory//

**Quern**:
Based upon the
principle of the
miller’s wheel, this
self-powered
grinding
mechanism can
powder most any
solid, from wheat to
lead. Operated by a
crank and cam
assembly atop the
stone, our quern
does the work of
ten mortars and pestles. (20 gp)
//1 is required for a complete laboratory//

**Racks and Stands**: First among
the unsung heroes of the laboratory are
the various racks, stands, and holders
that function as additional hands for the
wizard. We offer wooden vial racks
(1 gp) that can hold up to six vials,
cushioned metal beaker stands (3 gp)
that vary in height and include variously
sized clamps and rings, and
three-pronged heating stands (3 gp)
that fit easily over a small brazier. All
can support up to 15 lb of weight before
failing.

//10 of each type are needed for a complete
laboratory//

**Retort**: An
indispensable tool
for distillation, the
retort is a stock item
for even the most
basic laboratories.
We offer retorts in 3
ounce (1 sp), 5
A complete laboratory requires 1 lap slate, 1 wall
slate, and 2 chalk bundles
ounce (5 sp), 12 ounce (1 gp), and
quart (5 gp) sizes.
//Six 3 oz, six 5 oz, one 12 oz, and one quart size
are needed for a complete laboratory//


**Rods, Glass**: Though some mages
still insist upon using wooden stirring
rods (which sometimes flake into
solutions and always absorb liquids they
contact), glass stirring rods have become
essential to accurate admixing. We offer
small rods (3 sp) for stirring vial-sized
mixtures, medium-length rods (4 sp) for
stirring even large beakers, and large,
thick rods (8 sp) for stirring containers
up to cauldron-size.

//6 small, 6 medium, and 2 large rods are needed
for a complete laboratory//

**Slate and Chalk**: Though
our papyrus is
cheap by market
value, it still may
cost a mage dearly.
To reserve papyrus
for permanent
records, a mage’s laboratory needs a set
of slates and some chalk. We offer two
sizes of slates—a 1-foot square lap slate
(10 gp) and a 4-by-6 foot wall slate
(30 gp), which can either be either
mounted on a (sturdy) wall or set on
one of our easels. Chalk comes at 1 cp
per stick, or a bundle of 12 for 1 sp. We
also offer chalk in red and yellow for 3
cp each (2 sp for 12).

//A complete laboratory requires 1 lap slate, 1 wall
slate, and 2 chalk bundles//

**Sparker**: Flint and steel set upon a
wire hinge, these convenient
mechanisms provide a ready spark that
can be easily introduced into a beaker of
vapor. (5 sp)

**Sponges**:
Where there are
wizards and
beakers, there will
be spills. These
sponges can absorb 100 times their weight of
liquid. Shapes and colors vary. Small: 3
sp; Medium: 6 sp; Large: 1 gp.

//5 of each size are required for a complete
laboratory//

**String**: A
skein of string can
cover a multitude of
sins. Useful not
only as wicks and
draw-strings to seal
opened bags, string
can also temporarily
jury-rig most any laboratory setup. We
offer a white, resilient and absorbent
string (3 sp per 50 feet), as well as the
more familiar flaxen string
(2 sp per 50 feet). For an added 3 cp per 50 feet,
we offer black, red, and yellow string, and for 1 sp per 50 feet we can offer string in other colors.
All our string can hold up to 15 pounds
before fraying.

//a skein of 1000 feet is required for a complete
laboratory//

**Tongs**:
Though gloves work
fairly well for some
tasks, white-hot
objects, acid-filled
containers, and
flaming coals call
for more distance
from the subject.
With our small
tongs (1 gp), a
mage can easily
manipulate vials,
beakers, and
embers. With our large tongs (3 gp), a
mage could well hammer out a shoe for
his favorite horse, if he wished.

//2 pairs of each size are required for a complete
laboratory//

**Vent**: This handy device was
invented by a gnomish craftsman. The adjustable frame can be
placed in a window, with the tip of the
bellows pointing out. When a gaseous
incident occurs in the laboratory, a
nimble mage can pump the bellows to
empty the room of the foul odor. The
one-way valve in the bellows assures that
the foul air goes out and does not
return. (30 gp)

//1 is required for a complete laboratory//

**Water Reservoir**: Clean hands
make for sure results. Water reservoirs
not only clean hands but can cool
overheated equipment and wash away
acids. The top keg of our water reservoir
is tapped into a shallow trough, tilted
toward an open bucket on the other
side. To dispense fouled water, merely
lift the bucket and fling the liquid into
the street. This reservoir is handy
enough that some mages I know have
even used it to begin bathing regularly.
Our standard reservoir holds 20 gallons
(20 gp), though we also sell 25-gallon
(27 gp) and 50-gallon (37 gp) types.

//1 20-gallon water reservoir is required for a
complete laboratory.//