Bag of Tricks

[Cheesegear]

So my players have a Bag of Tricks, an infamously broken item. However with a pretty significant caveat; If the player doesn't explicitly tell the animal what to do using their Bonus Action, 'it does whatever is appropriate to its nature'.

...What does that mean? What is a Beast's appropriate nature?

[JackPhoenix]

Well, that depends on the animal in question. A rat will act differently than a lion.

[Lyracian]

Run away? Throw a wild animal into a group of people and trigger there fight or flight response.

[JNAProductions]

So my players have a Bag of Tricks, an infamously broken item. However with a pretty significant caveat; If the player doesn't explicitly tell the animal what to do using their Bonus Action, 'it does whatever is appropriate to its nature'.

...What does that mean? What is a Beast's appropriate nature?

Depends on the beast.

But in general, I'd make the item be a useful thing, rather than trying to screw over your PCs for using a cool thing. If it proves too broken when used reasonably, then talk to your players OOC and figure out a solution.