I have an idea for a (winter) covenant magical item, but I'm not sure if I can do it the way I think I can, and I would like extra eyes on it.
This is an enchanted kettle which keeps the contents from going stale, rancid, or bad. As the stew is served up, the cook will add more meat, fish, vegetables, and water to keep it full. The enchantment ensures that no one gets sick from a bad piece of food that's been sitting in the kettle too long, keeps the water from filming over with grease, and so on.
The base guidelines, as best I can figure, are:
- Creo Animal 2 (by comparison with the Creo Corpus guideline of the same level) to preserve a carcass from decay.
- Muto Aquam 2? Not sure about this one, but I'm going with this, for the "change a natural liquid into another natural liquid." effect, changing "putrid or filmy water" into "clean water or broth"
- Creo Herbam 1, based on "prevent a plant from becoming sick" to keep the vegetables from going bad.
The Duration would be Sun, with an Environmental Trigger: Sunrise/Sunset to keep it going in perpetuity, and Range: Touch for affecting everything within the kettle.
Would the Target be Individual, Group, or Part? I'm leaning toward Individual, but I can make a strong case for Group, since it's multiple cuts of meat and vegetables all with a mass less that that of an Individual.
If I were to create the item now, it would look like this:
CrAn 5
R: Touch, D: Sun, T: Ind
[tab][/tab]Base 2, +1 Touch, +2 Sun
Usable twice a day (+1) with an Environmental Trigger: Sunrise/Sunset (+3), for a final Enchantment Level of 9.
MuAq 5
R: Touch, D: Sun, T: Ind
[tab][/tab]Base 2, +1 Touch, +2 Sun
Usable twice a day (+1) with an Environmental Trigger: Sunrise/Sunset (+3), for a final Enchantment Level of 9.
CrHe 4
R: Touch, D: Sun, T: Ind
[tab][/tab]Base 1, +1 Touch, +2 Sun
Usable twice a day (+1) with an Environmental Trigger: Sunrise/Sunset (+3), for a final Enchantment Level of 8.
All in all, three pawns of vis, plus the 20 to open it – 5 for base metal (iron) times 4 for Large.