So, a few sessions ago, a merchant in an traveling extraplanar bazaar (currently in the Shadowfell) sold the party a magic bag. He explained, to them, that each day they could put some amount of money in the bag, and it would duplicate it. It only worked once a day, and how much it could duplicate depended on how powerful was the individual who owned it.
So, they all figured this was a scam, even when he demonstrated that it worked by duplicating an astral diamond. But they had cash to spare, and picked it up anyway. They used it another one or two times over the next few days, figuring they would just duplicate whatever they got the previous time - so they started with two astral diamonds, then went with four the next time, etc. So never risking any more than their initial wager.
Only a few days later, the group is approaching the end of the campaign and preparing to invade the Abyss. They realize they likely won't have another chance for any actual shopping - so they dump all remaining physical wealth into the bag. Shake it around and... it's all gone. They finally are able to figure out exactly how it works - it is a Bag of Shared Acquisition, and the merchant just kept watch on what they put in, and doubled it (if he felt it was low enough), while waiting for a big pay-off.
So, no big laughs yet - they are mostly entertained by this, mainly because they knew something was up, but couldn't quite figure it out in time. (Even the player who, a day ago, was looking over the entry for the bag in the book and thinking about buying one...)
So then they head to the Abyss. And while exploring across the many terrible layers of it... the dragonborn sorcerer in the party, who was carrying the bag, declares he is looking for nasty abyssal bugs. And starts tossig them into the bag. Along with clumps of rotting flesh. And sticking it into pools of boiling digestive juices, or hurling in poisonous slugs or carnivorous vegetation or enraged minor demons...
And the entire group (of characters) stares at him in horror while the entire group (of players) start laughing like crazy at the image of some shopkeeper somewhere (along with his poor, innocent customers) suddenly having a bag in his shop explode with the most vile and terrifying refuse from across the layers of the Abyss...
So, they all figured this was a scam, even when he demonstrated that it worked by duplicating an astral diamond. But they had cash to spare, and picked it up anyway. They used it another one or two times over the next few days, figuring they would just duplicate whatever they got the previous time - so they started with two astral diamonds, then went with four the next time, etc. So never risking any more than their initial wager.
Only a few days later, the group is approaching the end of the campaign and preparing to invade the Abyss. They realize they likely won't have another chance for any actual shopping - so they dump all remaining physical wealth into the bag. Shake it around and... it's all gone. They finally are able to figure out exactly how it works - it is a Bag of Shared Acquisition, and the merchant just kept watch on what they put in, and doubled it (if he felt it was low enough), while waiting for a big pay-off.
So, no big laughs yet - they are mostly entertained by this, mainly because they knew something was up, but couldn't quite figure it out in time. (Even the player who, a day ago, was looking over the entry for the bag in the book and thinking about buying one...)
So then they head to the Abyss. And while exploring across the many terrible layers of it... the dragonborn sorcerer in the party, who was carrying the bag, declares he is looking for nasty abyssal bugs. And starts tossig them into the bag. Along with clumps of rotting flesh. And sticking it into pools of boiling digestive juices, or hurling in poisonous slugs or carnivorous vegetation or enraged minor demons...
And the entire group (of characters) stares at him in horror while the entire group (of players) start laughing like crazy at the image of some shopkeeper somewhere (along with his poor, innocent customers) suddenly having a bag in his shop explode with the most vile and terrifying refuse from across the layers of the Abyss...
