Instant Well

This item is a foot-long copper pipe that, when set into the ground and activated with a command word, transforms into a well that produces potable water. The lower end of the tube widens and lengthens, probing into the ground until it finds a reliable water source. The protruding end becomes a pump. The pump springs up in just 1 round, but it might be several minutes before water begins to flow, depending on the distance of the source. Speaking a second command word deactivates the well, returning the item to its pipe form.

Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, locate water, polymorph any object.

Cost to Create: 11,750 gp, 940 XP, 24 days.

Source: Sandstorm, page 135. Originally published in Sandstorm, page 135, as Tovar’s instant well.