Playing an Artificer for the first time. When replicating a Magic item, do you need to have the item you are replicating (or general knowledge of it) in order to infuse it? i.e., do i need to have a bag of holding in order to replicate it in a normal bag?
Do you need to have some sort of mundane bag that could reasonably become a Bag of Holding? Yes.
All infusions require a base item. The other infusions tell you what that item is; Replicate Magic Item basically says "the DM will figure it out". Nevertheless, an item to carry the infusion is required, yes.
You’re not “copying a magic item” so much as “manufacturing a magimechanical thing functionally identical to a magic item.” So you don’t need an original to copy.
Playing an Artificer for the first time. When replicating a Magic item, do you need to have the item you are replicating (or general knowledge of it) in order to infuse it? i.e., do i need to have a bag of holding in order to replicate it in a normal bag?
Do you need to have a Bag of Holding? No.
Do you need to have some sort of mundane bag that could reasonably become a Bag of Holding? Yes.
All infusions require a base item. The other infusions tell you what that item is; Replicate Magic Item basically says "the DM will figure it out". Nevertheless, an item to carry the infusion is required, yes.
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You’re not “copying a magic item” so much as “manufacturing a magimechanical thing functionally identical to a magic item.” So you don’t need an original to copy.
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