Gourd (5e Equipment)

Wondrous item, Legendary (major)

The gourd, also known as wu lou, is a tool created from a specifically shaped calabash that is treated to become a vessel. It has a cork stopper at the end of its skinny neck. The name is supposed to mean "giver of life" and it has various auspicious associations. In particular, sages of certain mastery are able to use these gourds to seal evil away, be they demons, malicious spirits, or even rogue sages. The gourd conceals a mystically enclosed space that is specifically created to seal creatures away. Because of this positive association, many nonmagical versions of this gourd are distributed as good feng shui additions for interior design.

Seal Away. As an action, you point this gourd's narrow opening at a creature within 10 feet of you and say "seal." The creature can make a DC17 Charisma saving throw, or willingly fail. If the creature is not a celestial, fiend, or undead, they automatically succeed this save. If the target has been trapped by the gourd before, it has advantage on the saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is sucked into the gourd. This functions as if the creature were affected by the banishment spell, except that they are now trapped within the demiplane that is the gourd. They also remain incapacitated inside until they are either released or the gourd is broken, but do not need to breathe, eat or drink and do not age. The gourd can only contain one creature at a time. To release a creature, you must use an action to un-stopper the gourd and simply say "release" to it. The released creature will appear in the closest space within 5 feet of the gourd. They retain their original disposition and demeanor.

Inside the Gourd: The gourd demiplane is described as a rather claustrophobic place, being only a circular room about 20 feet in diameter. It is dim and dark, save for a small light at the very top of the unreachable ceiling, believed to be the gourd opening. When the gourd is stoppered, there is no light. Flying creatures will find they can never reach the ceiling. The walls of this demiplane are also invulnerable and cannot be climbed.

Distill Elixir. If a creature has been trapped inside the gourd for a long time, they will have melted into an elixir within the gourd, which can be poured out like normal fluid. No matter what was trapped in there, it turns into the same elixir. See below table for how long it takes for different targets to turn into elixir. When ingested, this elixir functions as a potion of healing and also removes all exhaustion. Drinking this elixir also prevents the drinker from aging normally for the next 20 years, though they can still be affected by spells and abilities that cause aging.