The Apparatus of the Crab is a Large Item wich I would like to protect against thieves. I first thougt of the spell Demiplane, but that one only allows Medium creatures to pass trough unhindered. Does someone know of a way to put the crab into the demiplane like a garage or can you think of something else to protect the crab? I would not like it if the crab would be stolen, and you can't walk the entire day with the crab.
Are you more concerned about people coming by, picking up the 500 pound iron barrel and carrying it away or by them succeeding on a DC 20 investigation check to find the hidden catch, getting inside and driving off with it?
If the former then yeah some way to sequester the crab would be best. Such as the spell Sequester and technically it's not a creature... so RAW the spell wouldn't prevent the now invisible and unscryable crab from moving. Finding the hidden catch while the apparatus is invisible would be a daily annoyance though. As would be operating the invisible levers... plus sequester has a 5000 gold material component so yeah not the best solution.
If the latter however... there's putting a lock on the hidden catch, and or casting Arcane Lock on the hatch itself. But I think the most hilarious option would be some variant of this thing designed to lock the levers in place.
Seeing as the claws, legs, and tail retract into it the barrel form maybe you could cast arcane lock on what I'm assuming would be hatches for each individual leg?
I liked it to have my apparatus always with me, regardles of where I am, but I also don't want a thief stealing my crab. Demiplane would work, but that is far away in my level.
That portable hole thing would be nice, and the Enlarge/Reduce spell could shrink it for a minute, but what then?
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The Apparatus of the Crab is a Large Item wich I would like to protect against thieves. I first thougt of the spell Demiplane, but that one only allows Medium creatures to pass trough unhindered. Does someone know of a way to put the crab into the demiplane like a garage or can you think of something else to protect the crab? I would not like it if the crab would be stolen, and you can't walk the entire day with the crab.
A Portable Hole might work if the barrel (with the legs retracted) is 6'x10' or smaller
Maybe with the spell enlarge/reduce? But what when de crab grows bigger again?
Are you more concerned about people coming by, picking up the 500 pound iron barrel and carrying it away or by them succeeding on a DC 20 investigation check to find the hidden catch, getting inside and driving off with it?
If the former then yeah some way to sequester the crab would be best. Such as the spell Sequester and technically it's not a creature... so RAW the spell wouldn't prevent the now invisible and unscryable crab from moving. Finding the hidden catch while the apparatus is invisible would be a daily annoyance though. As would be operating the invisible levers... plus sequester has a 5000 gold material component so yeah not the best solution.
If the latter however... there's putting a lock on the hidden catch, and or casting Arcane Lock on the hatch itself. But I think the most hilarious option would be some variant of this thing designed to lock the levers in place.
Seeing as the claws, legs, and tail retract into it the barrel form maybe you could cast arcane lock on what I'm assuming would be hatches for each individual leg?
And then cast Arcane Lock on that! 😂
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I liked it to have my apparatus always with me, regardles of where I am, but I also don't want a thief stealing my crab. Demiplane would work, but that is far away in my level.
That portable hole thing would be nice, and the Enlarge/Reduce spell could shrink it for a minute, but what then?