Upon inspection, this bag appears to function as a bag of holding, with an interior space considerably larger than its outside dimensions, roughly 2 feet in diameter at the mouth and 4 feet deep. Unlike the bag of holding, there is no limit to the weight or volume the bag of hoarding can contain. The bag weighs 15 pounds, regardless of its contents. Retrieving an item from the bag requires an action.
If you have never stored anything in the bag of hoarding, it appears empty to you. The nature of the bag's curse does not become evident until you attempt to retrieve an item you previously stored. When retrieving an item from the bag of hoarding, roll 1d6 to determine what you actually retrieve:
6: You retrieve the item you intended to retrieve.
4-5: You retrieve an item similar to the intended item, suitable for the same purpose. For example, if attempting to retrieve a spear, you may instead retrieve a javelin or quarterstaff.
2-3: You retrieve an item superficially similar to the intended item, but unsuitable for the same purpose. For example, if attempting to retrieve a spear, you may instead retrieve a shovel or 10-foot pole.
1: You retrieve a piece of useless junk. The DM may determine the item, or have you roll on the Trinkets Table from the PHB.
Items retrieved unintentionally cannot be of greater value than the item that was intended to be retrieved, and cannot have any magical properties or be used as material components for spells (even if the intended item is magic or can be used as a spell component.) The item that was intended to be retrieved cannot be retrieved from the bag of hoarding until any item retrieved unintentionally in its place is returned to the bag of hoarding. If an item retrieved unintentionally is consumed, spent, or destroyed, then the item originally intended to be retrieved is irrevocably lost on the Astral Plane (perhaps someday to be unintentionally retrieved from another bag of hoarding elsewhere in the multiverse.)
If the bag is pierced, torn, or turned inside out, a torrent of junk spills forth, filling a 10-foot cube. Any creature of large size or smaller in the cube must make a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw or be restrained under the pile of junk. A restrained creature may spend its action to make a DC 12 Strength or Dexterity check to attempt to extricate itself from the pile of junk; on a success the restrained condition ends. A creature may spend an action searching the pile of junk for an item it previously stored in the bag of hoarding and roll 1d6. If the result is a 6, the creature finds the item it was looking for; otherwise, that item is lost on the Astral Plane.
Casting remove curse on the bag of hoarding causes any items stored in the bag by you or a creature you designate within 10 feet to spill forth within 5 feet of the bag. If other creatures have stored items in the bag, a separate casting of remove curse is required to recover each creature's items.
Placing a bag of hoarding inside an extradimensional space created by a handy haversack, portable hole, or similar item instantly destroys both items and opens a gate to the Astral Plane. The gate originates where the one item was placed inside the other. Any creature within 10 feet of the gate is sucked through it to a random location on the Astral Plane. The gate then closes. The gate is one-way only and can’t be reopened.
Notes: Utility, Container, Cursed
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