Leomund's Secret Chest
(Alteration, Conjuration/Summoning)
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A^: One chest of about
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Effect: While touching
the chest and holding the tiny replica, the caster chants
the spell.
This will cause the large
chest to vanish into the ethereal plane.
The chest can contain one
cubic foot of material per level of the magic-user no matter what its apparent
size.
Living matter makes it 75%
likely that the spell will fail,
so the chest is typically
used for securing valuable spell books, magic items, gems, etc.
As long as the spell caster
has the small duplicate of the magic chest,
he or she can recall the
large one from the ethereal plane to the locale he or she is in when the
chest is desired.
If the miniature of the
chest is lost or destroyed, there is no way, including a wish, that the
large chest will return.
While on the ethereal plane,
there is a 1% cumulative chance per week that some creature/being will
find the chest.
If this occurs there is
10% likelihood that the chest will be ignored,
10% possibility that something
will be added to the contents,
30% possibility that the
contents will be exchanged for something else,
30% chance that something
will be stolen from it,
and 20% probability that
it will be emptied.
In addition, when the secret
chest is brought back to the Prime Material Plane,
an ethereal window is opened
and remains open for 5 hours, slowly diminishing in size.
As this hole opens between
the planes there is a 5% chance that some ethereal monster will be drawn
through,
with a 1% cumulative reduction
in probability each hour thereafter until the window is gone.
However, no creature on
the Prime Material Plane can locate the chest, even with a gem of seeing,
true seeing, etc.
Duration:
If Leomund's Secret Chest is not retrieved before spell duration lapses,
there is a cumulative chance
of 5% per day that the chest will be lost forever,
i.e. 5% chance for loss
at 61 days, 10% at 62 days, and so forth.
DMG: For a list of
random creatures which might come from the Ethereal
Plane,
see APPENDIX C: RANDOM
MONSTER ENCOUNTERS. <revise>
MC:
In order to cast this spell the magic-user must have an exceptionally well-crafted
and expensive chest
constructed for him by master
craftsmen.
If made principally of wood,
it must be of ebony, rosewood, sandalwood, teak or the like,
and all
of its corner fittings, nails, and hardware must be of platinum.
If constructed of ivory,
the metal fittings of the chest may be of gold;
and if the chest is fashioned
from bronze, copper, or silver, its fittings may be of electrum or silver.
The cost of such a chest
will never be less than 5,000 g.p.
Once Constructed, the magic-user
must have a tiny replica
(of the same materials and
perfect in every detail) made,
so that the miniature of
the chest appears to be a perfect copy.
One magic-user can have but
one pair of these chests at any given time, and even wish spells will not
allow exception!