schreier
2016-04-16, 01:33 PM
I saw a post that mentioned the druid's satchel from dungeon magazine 92:
Druid's Satchel: This small leather bag is fitted with a strap, allowing it to be worn over the shoulder. A druid's satchel appears large enough to hold about 5 pounds of material. In fact, it is similar to a bag of holding and can actually hold 2 cubic feet or 120 pounds of material. Even when filled, the satchel weighs only 5 pounds. When the wearer reaches into it for a specific item, that item is always on top; retrieving an item from a druid's satchel is a free action.
If the wearer assumes a different form through the use of a spell like polymorph self or an ability like wild shape, the satchel changes form to accommodate the new form chosen but is not absorbed into the new form. Its weight and the limit on its contents remain the same.
Caster Level: 5th; Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, Leomund's secret chest, polymorph self or the ability to wild shape; Market Price: 3,000 gp; Weight: 5 lb.
This is the only item I've found that seems to address non-wildshape shapechanging and maintaining the use of an item. Obviously, the size (2 cubic feet or 120 pounds) seems a little skewed (they probably meant 12 cubic feet to be consistent with the haversack?) .... but the idea that it changes shape to fit a new shape sounds incredibly useful. Now, it would be awfully strange to have the satchel on a fish, or an ooze ... but it says it's possible.
I was tempted to try a similar property on other items. Does this seem reasonable? It appears that the polymorph self/wild shape requirement addresses the specific need from a crafter perspective. Any idea what kind of cost to associate with the power?
Or is this just a case of a 3.0 item (which probably mimiced the wilding clasp) not being well written, so would not work in 3.5 as described?
Thanks
schreier
Druid's Satchel: This small leather bag is fitted with a strap, allowing it to be worn over the shoulder. A druid's satchel appears large enough to hold about 5 pounds of material. In fact, it is similar to a bag of holding and can actually hold 2 cubic feet or 120 pounds of material. Even when filled, the satchel weighs only 5 pounds. When the wearer reaches into it for a specific item, that item is always on top; retrieving an item from a druid's satchel is a free action.
If the wearer assumes a different form through the use of a spell like polymorph self or an ability like wild shape, the satchel changes form to accommodate the new form chosen but is not absorbed into the new form. Its weight and the limit on its contents remain the same.
Caster Level: 5th; Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, Leomund's secret chest, polymorph self or the ability to wild shape; Market Price: 3,000 gp; Weight: 5 lb.
This is the only item I've found that seems to address non-wildshape shapechanging and maintaining the use of an item. Obviously, the size (2 cubic feet or 120 pounds) seems a little skewed (they probably meant 12 cubic feet to be consistent with the haversack?) .... but the idea that it changes shape to fit a new shape sounds incredibly useful. Now, it would be awfully strange to have the satchel on a fish, or an ooze ... but it says it's possible.
I was tempted to try a similar property on other items. Does this seem reasonable? It appears that the polymorph self/wild shape requirement addresses the specific need from a crafter perspective. Any idea what kind of cost to associate with the power?
Or is this just a case of a 3.0 item (which probably mimiced the wilding clasp) not being well written, so would not work in 3.5 as described?
Thanks
schreier