EditFigurine of the Hematite Toad
This figurine of a squatting toad is about 10 cms high is made of dark hematite. It is activated by putting it on the ground and tapping it on the head. The toad's tongue will snap out and capture the next spell to pass within 1 metre of it, swallowing it. Once it has swallowed a spell, it becomes inactive and cannot be used again until it has experienced a dusk and a dawn. After it has been used in this fashion three times, the toad crumbles to dust.
Cursory examination of the dust will reveal a large carbuncle. In the hands of an alchemist of substantial skill (6), this gem may be sublimated to release the spells that the toad swallowed as expendable points. The number of expendable points is determined by the force of the spell swallowed. The particular type of these points is determined by the most critical essence in the spell. Thus a fire seeker spell (12) that manifests as a snake will generate 12 expendable fire points, not 12 expendable snake points.