Bag of holding

A bag of holding was a magical item, often a small sack, that acted as an opening to an extradimensional space. The space inside the bag could hold a huge amount of materials without increasing the weight of the bag.
==Description==
The bag of holding seemed like an ordinary bag on the outside, but it could hold more than it appeared to be able to, so it was used to ease transportation of items.
===Variants===
There were similar magical bags to the bag of holding:
* Bag of transmuting
* Bag of devouring
==Powers==
A typical bag of holding could hold up to of material that did not exceed a volume of , although other types with different capacities existed. The bag also allowed a few of minutes of breathing air for creatures that could enter it. It could sustain temporarily a breathing creature for up to 10 minutes.
If a bag of holding was placed in extradimensional space like a portable hole, then both would be lost forever, but a rift to the Astral Plane was opened. If a bag of holding was overloaded or pierced by something sharp, then it and everything in it would be lost forever. Versions of the bag of holding found after the Second Sundering did not destroy its contents if torn or destroyed. Instead, they were scattered in the Astral Plane.
==History==
Bags of holding were ancient magical items that had been known throughout the Realms from antiquity after the first of these items were brought over by kenders from the world of Krynn.
==Reputation==
Lightfoot halfling communities were intrigued with all things related to ease of travel, so bags of holding were more common there than in other communities, as well as a bit cheaper to buy than in most places.
==Notable Owners==
* Danilo Thann had a green leather bag of holding, filled with different items like his spellbook, expensive clothing and jewels, Rivengut, brandy, Moonshae Moonshine and more.
* Jarlaxle, the legendary drow leader of Bregan D'aerthe, owned several extra-dimensional storage spaces, including a bag of holding, a portable hole, a foldable chest, and a bottomless pouch.
* Olive Ruskettle, a halfling thief, had a bag of holding that was actually a gift from Drone Wyvernspur to her friend Jade More.
* Torleth Mindulspeer, an antique and curio dealer from Gillian's Hill, kept a bag of holding, along with a necklace of fireballs, and the original Greatshout as a Young Man, in his trapped vault under Torleth's Treasures circa 1372 DR.
* Torm, an adventurer used to have a bag of holding in his days as one of the Knights of Myth Drannor.
* Simon Aumar, a wild magic sorcerer and thief of the 1490s DR. He used it to carry everything that his companions would not.
==Rumors & Legends ==
One popular story in the Realms talked about an adventurous, enterprising, and cunning kender founded a village inside of a big bag of holding, turning it into a utopian society. Folk swore that that village still existed and thrived as of 1372 DR.
==Appendix==
===Notes===
===See Also===
* Bottomless pouch
* Heward's handy haversack
* Portable hole
* Pouch of accessibility
===Gallery===
Bag of holding NWN.gif|A bag of holding of Kender origin.
Runic bag of holding.png|Runic bag of holding.
Embroidered Bag of Holding.png|An embroidered bag of holding.
Bag_of_holding_WoW.png|A bag of holding that belonged to Jarlaxle in the late 15 century DR.
===Appearances===
===External Links===
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*D&D Beyond
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===References===
Category:Items
Category:Magic items
Category:Wondrous items
Category:Bags of holding