Fireproof Box

Ultimate Equipment Guide II

Author Greg Lynch, J. C. Alvarez
Publisher Mongoose Publishing
Publish date 2005

After an adventuring career in which he lost several precious items to fire, be it from a fireball through by an angry wizard or merely a campfire that managed to grow completely out of control while his back was turned for only a moment, Madrion set his mind to creating a fireproof container. He pursued this endeavour for some time, but it was not until he had quit the adventuring life for good that he finally perfected the design. Now, he offers it for sale to adventurers, that they may be spared some of the troubles that were heaped upon him.

A fireproof box is composed of several layers of wood, leather and ceramic. The wood and leather have been specially treated to withstand fire. The frame of the box is made of wood, which is surrounded by a ceramic shell. In an oilskin-lined compartment between the ceramic and the outer layer of leather is a mixture of water and slowburn, an alchemical substance Madrion purchases from Tathiela at The Alchemist’s Pestle.

Of course, despite Madrion’s skill and best efforts, the fireproof box is not completely fireproof, but it does come close. It is, however, only good for one fire, after which it is little more than a scorched ceramic box around a wooden frame. The nature of the fireproof box’s construction allows it to always make its saving throw against the first fire-based attack that hits it, even when unattended. Though intensely hot flames, like dragon fire or magical fire, will overwhelm and consume a fireproof box in short order, it is able to endure up to six hours in the heart of a bonfire before any damage is done to its contents. A fireproof box can hold one cubic foot of material, though Madrion can make a larger one, if a customer asks for it.

Fireproof Box: 125 gp; 10 lb.