The Bag of Holding is an iconic magic item in D&D.
This appears to be a common cloth sack about 2 feet by 4 feet in size. The bag of holding opens into a nondimensional space: Its inside is larger than its outside dimensions. Regardless of what is put into the bag, it weighs a fixed amount.
It makes sense that the bag weighs the same empty as full, but what it doesn’t explain is why they weigh so much in the first place.
Keep reading to see what I mean.
Natural healing is a very simple mechanic.
Natural Healing
With a full night’s rest (8 hours of sleep or more), you recover 1 hit point per character level. Any significant interruption during your rest prevents you from healing that night.
This unfortunately makes little sense and ends up screwing the characters with the most hit points.
See the problem? Dig in to learn more, this is a long one.
Manticore Bracers are worn like normal bracers, fully covering the wrist and forearm. In their normal state they appear to be a pair of sturdy leather bracers offering no armor bonus.
As a standard action, each bracer has five 6-10″ spikes that extend from the arm. The spikes can be retracted in a similar manner. These spikes provide two benefits.
Moderate transmutation; CL 11th; Craft Wondrous Item, Animate Objects, Summon Monster III; Price 14,500 gp.
The original 1983 animated series “Dungeons & Dragons,†featuring all 27 episodes in a collector’s five-disc boxed set, will be released December 5th.
“Dungeons & Dragons†tells the tale of six kids who, after riding the Dungeons & Dragons rollercoaster, mysteriously get sucked into its fantasy world. Once there, they are met with a variety of monsters and entities, but to their delight, are also greeted by the mysterious Dungeon Master, who gives each of them a magical item to use to defend themselves against the evil beings.
Disc 5 includes the following extensive bonus features:
Many of you fondly remember the D&D cartoon that aired back in the early 80’s. Luckily, like many of the cartoons I used to watch, this one is being released to DVD.
Go and pre-order your copy at Amazon. I already did!
The Heal Skill is one that often gets overlooked by most people since magic tends to replace its usefulness quite easily. In those few times that nobody has any healing spells or potions and a comrade’s lying on the ground dying, the rest of the PCs take turn making untrained Heal checks hoping for a high roll.
I think some changes are in order.
I’ll be on vacation all next week, so updates will be sparse, if at all.
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I’ll try to get some more stuff out by the time I leave, but no promises.
Wizards released an update to the main v3.5 D&D FAQ.
Link to the FAQ page: Official D&D Game Rule FAQs
Direct Link to the FAQ: v3.5 Main D&D FAQ (zip file)
Keep reading if you’d like to see the new questions asked (and answered!).