If your DM allows magic item crafting and custom magic items, you may be able to get away with crafting a spear version of this item (after doing the math, it's just too heavy for an arrow). The damage of the bolt is 16 (3d10), so foregoing damage for a gate to the Astral Plane might be reasonable. So this use would not be very beneficial in regular combat, since your opponent would move and thus you might have to aim again (I don't see that in the rules, but a DM may rule that way), but would be in a war setting where you have a large target that doesn't move. It takes one action to load the weapon, one action to aim it, and one action to fire it. Using Siege EquipmentĪ massive crossbow that fires heavy bolts. 'Crafting' this item would be comparable to 'crafting' a backpack that you then store magical items inside of.
So this couldn't be an arrow for a bow, but you can create a piece of siege ammunition with this recipe, assuming you have the time, ingredients, and gold to craft such an item.īut, really, the only thing here that would need to be crafted is the custom metal cage, which any blacksmith should be able to craft with the appropriate time, materials, and gold. The bag weighs 15 pounds, regardless of its contents. Roughly 2 feet in diameter at the mouth and 4 feet deep. A Bag of Holding is an uncommon magic item