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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 9087765" data-attributes="member: 57383">Can't you cut your way out of a <a href="https://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/cursedItems.htm#bagofDevouring" target="_blank">bag of devouring</a> before dissolving? That will tell us its stomach's hit points……hmm, the 3E version has no hit points. A regular <a href="https://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/wondrousItems.htm#bagofHolding" target="_blank">bag of holding</a> can be pierced by sharp objects but isn't given hp, although it would presumably be treated as cloth (hardness 0, 2 hit points per inch of thickness, so presumably 2 hp).That's way too fragile, especially considering the original version was impossible to cut out of:The only way to avoid being digested is to expose the stomach lining to some sort of poison,which (if it doesn’t kill the ihagnim) will cause it to “spit out” its stomach contents immediately. This could only be done on the round in which the ihagnim is trying to digest its meal; if the attempt to introduce poison fails (the character has no poison potions or misses an attack against the AC 0 stomach wall with a poisoned dagger), the character is lost. Afterward, there is a 5% chance per turn that the ihagnim will “spit out” any nondigestible items (armor, weapons, equipment, etc.).That leans me towards making its gut's HP pretty hefty. How about 20 hit points?Oh, and do we want to add a &quot;vomiting reflex&quot; when its stomach is poisoned as per the original?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 9087765, member: 57383"] Can't you cut your way out of a [I][URL='https://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/cursedItems.htm#bagofDevouring']bag of devouring[/URL][/I] before dissolving? That will tell us its stomach's hit points… …hmm, the 3E version has no hit points. A regular [I][URL='https://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/wondrousItems.htm#bagofHolding']bag of holding[/URL][/I] can be pierced by sharp objects but isn't given hp, although it would presumably be treated as cloth (hardness 0, 2 hit points per inch of thickness, so presumably 2 hp). That's way too fragile, especially considering the original version was impossible to cut out of: [INDENT]The only way to avoid being digested is to expose the stomach lining to some sort of poison,which (if it doesn’t kill the ihagnim) will cause it to “spit out” its stomach contents immediately. This could only be done on the round in which the ihagnim is trying to digest its meal; if the attempt to introduce poison fails (the character has no poison potions or misses an attack against the AC 0 stomach wall with a poisoned dagger), the character is lost. Afterward, there is a 5% chance per turn that the ihagnim will “spit out” any nondigestible items (armor, weapons, equipment, etc.).[/INDENT] That leans me towards making its gut's HP pretty hefty. How about 20 hit points? Oh, and do we want to add a "vomiting reflex" when its stomach is poisoned as per the original? [/QUOTE]

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