Robe of Useful Items: pit & window?

[The Blow Leprechaun]

Something I didn't see addressed yet:
Lets say a magic item or holy relic is buried 5' below the surface that you put the pit over?

I would rule that the dirt around it is removed (similar to how a fabricate spell might do so), but magic item or holy relic would be untouched (and would fall to the bottom of the pit)... so the pit could theoretically be used as an excavation tool.

Per the fabrication spell, magic items cannot be transmuted, so I think I'd agree with you in this case. Were it just a suit of nonmagical armor or somesuch, I think I'd lean towards it getting transmuted along with the dirt/wood/whatever it's buried in.

 

[Pielorinho]

IMC, I'd say (in response to any player questions) that they are unable to find any reliable research on how the item works, but they're welcome to be the pioneers in such research. I'd then make rulings on the fly, based on how cool I thought it was. I'd remind players that magic like this is tricky and weird, and something that works in one circumstance may not work in another for reasons difficult to detect.

In other words, I'd jealously guard my right to approve stuff that's fun and veto stuff that's dreary.

Daniel