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Portable hole and bag of holding

Started by Savonarola, August 05, 2020, 11:52:40 AM

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In First Edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, without consequences:

You could neither put a bag of holding in a portable hole nor a portable hole in a bag of holding
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You could put a bag of holding in a portable hole but not the other way around
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You could put a portable hole in a bag of holding but not the other way around
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You could either put a bag of holding in a portable hole or a portable hole in a bag of hoding
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OH MY GOD WHO THE HELL CARES?
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Savonarola

August 05, 2020, 11:52:40 AM
This important topic came up at the gaming session last night.  From what I remember you could put a bag of holding in a portable hole, without consequences; but if you put a portable hole in a bag of holding it opened a rift into the Astral Plane.  I could have that completely wrong, though.
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#1
August 05, 2020, 12:23:46 PM
If the bag is placed within the hole, there is an astral rift, and both items are sucked into the void and lost.

If the hole is placed within the bag, it opens a gate to another plane. Both items are destroyed and with all others in a 10' radius are drawn into the plane.

So says my Cursed Libram of Dorkiness.
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#2
August 05, 2020, 12:36:44 PM
House rule was - don't be stupid enough to try it.

Razgovory

#3
August 05, 2020, 12:37:06 PM
I think the bag of holding can go in the portable hole but not the other way around.
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Razgovory

#4
August 05, 2020, 12:42:21 PM
I could see how creating a portal to the astral or any other plane would be useful when you want to be anywhere but where you currently are.

"So, when is the baby due"

"Baby? I just gained a little weight"

"... Portable hole, don't fail me now!"

Also, it occurs to me that asking a woman "do you have a portable hole on you?" might come across as rude.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

PDH

#6
August 05, 2020, 01:35:13 PM
I do know you could put a portable hole on a magic carpet for awesome flying.
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Tonitrus

#7
August 05, 2020, 02:25:31 PM
Can one fly around inside a portable hole?

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#8
August 05, 2020, 02:30:24 PM
You can put the bag of holding inside a portable hole, but sticking the hole inside of the pocket dimension of the bag of holding is bad news man...but I don't remember exactly how bad.
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August 05, 2020, 02:30:49 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on August 05, 2020, 02:25:31 PM
Can one fly around inside a portable hole?

Depends on the size of ones carpet
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#10
August 05, 2020, 03:54:31 PM
I don't remember portable holes from D&D. :hmm:

Now bags of holding, yeah every single campaign once of those was acquired early on, by some crazy coincidence. :hmm:
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August 05, 2020, 08:07:15 PM
Quote from: HVC on August 05, 2020, 02:30:49 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on August 05, 2020, 02:25:31 PM
Can one fly around inside a portable hole?

Depends on the size of ones carpet

And whether it matches the drapes.
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