Robe of [Bones/Useful items] activation: Standard or Move action?

[heirodule]

Which is it? It seems like a standard action is pretty difficult when getting an item out of a scabbard or Bag of holding is only a move action.

 

[frankthedm]

Which is it? It seems like a standard action is pretty difficult when getting an item out of a scabbard or Bag of holding is only a move action.

Activating a magic item is a standard action unless the item description indicates otherwise. However, the casting time of a spell is the time required to activate the same power in an item, regardless of the type of magic item, unless the item description specifically states otherwise.

Only thing the Robe has is "One patch can be detached each round." So that sure sounds like it goes back to the default standard action.

Robe of Useful Items
This appears to be an unremarkable robe, but a character who dons it notes that it is adorned with small cloth patches of various shapes. Only the wearer of the robe can see these patches, recognize them for what items they become, and detach them. One patch can be detached each round. Detaching a patch causes it to become an actual item, as indicated below. A newly created robe of useful items always has two each of the following patches:

• Dagger
• Bullseye lantern (filled and lit)
• Mirror (a highly polished 2-foot-by-4-foot steel mirror)
• Pole (10-foot length)
• Hempen rope (50-foot coil)
• Sack

In addition, the robe has several other patches. Roll 4d4 for the number of other patches and then roll for each patch on the table below to determine its nature.



d% Result
01-08 Bag of 100 gold pieces
09-15 Coffer, silver (6 in. by 6 in. by 1 ft.), 500 gp value
16-22 Door, iron (up to 10 ft. wide and 10 ft. high and barred on one side—must be placed upright, attaches and hinges itself)
23-30 Gems, 10 (100 gp value each)
31-44 Ladder, wooden (24 ft. long)
45-51 Mule (with saddle bags)
52-59 Pit, open (10 ft. by 10 ft. by 10 ft.)
60-68 Potion of cure serious wounds
69-75 Rowboat (12 ft. long)
76-83 Minor scroll of one randomly determined spell
84-90 War dogs, pair (treat as riding dogs)
91-96 Window (2 ft. by 4 ft., up to 2 ft. deep)
97-100 Portable ram
Multiple items of the same kind are permissible. Once removed, a patch cannot be replaced.
Moderate transmutation; CL 9th; Craft Wondrous Item, fabricate; Price 7,000 gp; Weight 1 lb.

 

[Starbuck_II]

Which is it? It seems like a standard action is pretty difficult when getting an item out of a scabbard or Bag of holding is only a move action.

Bag of Holding is sometimes a move action: it can be a full round action.
Only Heward's Handy Haversack is always a Move action (that is what makes it better than Bag).

Retrieving a specific item from a bag of holding is a move action—unless the bag contains more than an ordinary backpack would hold, in which case retrieving a specific item is a full-round action.