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Their ideas are as interesting as they are frightening (ttrpg.network)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network
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I once had a player that wanted a Decanter of Endless Water just to waterboard people 😳

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[–] 7 points 2 years ago (7 children)

It's up to the DM if it comes across like a portal to enter the bag or an impossible space like the TARDIS. Air does not flow between as you can suffocate and air would carry the sound, but I always rule it as feeling more like in impossibly large space rather than a magical portal.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Idk, that feels a bit too technical. Trying to apply real world physics to D&D breaks way more things than just this, so we gotta be careful when to do it. Gotta keep just enough believability and consistency, without letting it ruin the feel.

    For me, the fact that "starwars lasers go pew pew" is enough reason to disregard how sound actually works in real life, lol.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    To be fair I'd just rule in favour of the players the first time it comes up. If they want it as a silencer with the prerequisite of putting it over someone's head, that's cool because the enemy will struggle and make it difficult.

    If it's debut was from an enemy doing it to a PC who said they'd yell extra hard to call for help, I'd probably ask for a skill check and say the sound does pass through.

    From then on, I'd just keep that ruling.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    I always interpreted the suffocation to be only while the bag is closed. It doesn't make much sense if physical objects can enter the bag but not air. Why not?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    The bag holds a certain amount of air, per the description’s time. I was surprised at how close the math was- it’s a fair approximation of an average person within a sealed 1 atmosphere room of identical size.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Creating the bag would create a very big underpressure, immediately imploding the bag and probably killing the creator

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