Elixer of Undying

A legendary potion intended for King Corvin Braxton Wilford of the Milford Monarchy. Queen Reeny has offered a 100,000 GP reward for its return (see [[Queen’s Declaration]]).

Identification

An Identify spell reveals it to be a Potion of Longevity. One use remaining.

Properties

Base Effect (Potion of Longevity)

When you drink this potion, your physical age is reduced by 1d6 + 6 years, to a minimum of 13 years. Each time you subsequently drink a potion of longevity, there is a 10 percent cumulative chance that you instead age by 1d6 + 6 years.

Suspended in this amber liquid are a scorpion’s tail, an adder’s fang, a dead spider, and a tiny heart that, against all reason, is still beating. The ingredients vanish when the potion is opened.

Hidden Effect — Boon of Immortality

After drinking, you have a 5 percent chance to obtain the Boon of Immortality every birthday:

• You are not aware that you have obtained this Boon
• You will stop aging from the birthday that you succeeded on your roll
• Mechanic: After a successful long rest where you wake up on your birthday, roll a d20. On a Natural 20, you obtain the Boon.
• This roll cannot be re-rolled short of a Wish spell
• Once you have succeeded, you can no longer reduce your age by any means short of a Wish spell

Boon of Immortality

You stop aging. You are immune to any effect that would age you, and you can’t die from old age.

Current Status

• Unknown location — was taken/lost before it could be used on King Corvin
• Queen Reeny considers it the Milford Monarchy’s birthright
• 100,000 GP reward offered for its return

DM Notes

• An Identify spell only reveals it as a Potion of Longevity — the Boon of Immortality mechanic is hidden
• This was meant to make King Corvin potentially immortal — a dynasty that never ends
• Reeny’s obsession with recovering it shows her attachment to her father and the monarchy’s legacy
• If Nemesis has it or finds it, returning it to Reeny (now Vecna’s harbinger) would be… complicated
• Could a villain use this to become immortal? Could a PC?