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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psifon" data-source="post: 335360" data-attributes="member: 3171">What you are saying is that the game mechanics for breaking a glass no longer apply when the glass is shrunk.  Why?  It's still a glass jar.  A small glass jar or no.  The rules on grenade like missiles clearly state that it automatically breaks.  If you want to nerf this application of the rules for your campaign, that's fine, you don't need to cook up a this long-winded explanation.  Just say it doesn't work.You are evoking the rules on Shrink Item.  I am evoking the rules on grenade-like missiles.  I think my interpretation makes a lot more sense than yours does-small glass jars don't break, but big ones do?  Why?  What I am saying is that we are both right:  The glass would break AND the item would return to normal size on impact.  BOTH rules apply.As for the craft glassblowing, I am sure that any competent glassblower can make the necessary jar.  You see, if you want to make sure a glass breaks, you don't need to do anything special in it's creation.  All you need to do is scratch the glass.Glass is technically a liquid.  When you touch a glass surface, what you are touching is the surface-tension of that liquid.  When you scratch glass, you are breaking this surface tension.  So if for some reason, the jar wouldn't normally break on impact, all you need to do is scratch the containter before shrinking it, and presto! You have an ACME Sure-break jar on your hands.  No skill roll necessary (although a diamond chip is a nice tool to have here-thats what they put in modern glass cutters as a cutting edge- a wheel coated with diamond dust).  I learned all this from my step brother, back when he was a professional stained-glass artist.Also note that if you go to any east-coast fishing community, or any mexican fishing villiage, blown glass is commonly used as flotation devices for nets by fishermen.  These items range from about 9" to 2' in diamiter and are nothing more than big glass bubbles.  I have seen their manufacture, and they are nothing more than molten glass that is blown by a man with good lungs into the desired shape.  They would work fine for this trick, and could even be given temporary holes in the glass by using a prestidigitation cantrip to open the hole and seal it again.  Even without this magical fix, a simple jar-lid sealed with wax would do the job fine.  This is not high tech stuff, and in fact far more primitive than what the glass blower who lives across the street from me makes every day!Do you get the idea that I know a little bit about glassblowing?</blockquote>

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