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{{tool
|name=bag of devouring
|appearance=bag
|cost=100
|weight=15
|color=brown
|material=cloth
}}
A '''bag of devouring''' is a type of [[tool]] that appears in [[EvilHack]]. It is a [[Magical item|magical]] [[container]] that is made of [[cloth]] and appears as a [[bag]] when [[unidentified]].

==Generation==
The bag of devouring is extremely rare, and makes up {{frac|1000}} (0.1%) of all tools that are randomly generated on the ground, in general [[shop]]s or as [[death drop]]s. A bag of devouring cannot be [[wished]] for, will not occur as any [[Object materials (EvilHack)|material]] other than cloth, and will not appear on fake "bones" piles accompanying [[trap]]s that are placed when creating early [[dungeon level]]s, but it can be found in an actual [[bones]] file. A normally-created bag of devouring is always uncursed and empty.

[[Croesus (EvilHack)|Croesus]] has a roughly {{frac|2}} chance of [[generating with]] a bag of devouring.

==Description==
A bag of devouring can be [[applied]] like other bags, but cannot be used to properly store items. Instead, the bag will permanently destroy anything placed inside it, with the exception of normally-indestructible items: the real [[Amulet of Yendor]], the [[invocation items]], the [[Scroll of consecration (EvilHack)|scroll of consecration]], the [[Sword of Annihilation]], the [[Armor of Retribution]], [[the Idol of Moloch]] in the hands of an [[Infidel]] player character, or the [[corpse]] of any of the [[Riders]].

A cursed bag of devouring will try to devour part of the [[hero]]'s open [[inventory]], destroying up to three items that the hero is carrying each time it is applied or [[looted]]—the bag will not target any item that cannot be placed inside it normally, and will additionally not target the following items:

* other containers
* a [[heavy iron ball]] that is chained to the hero
* the [[iron chain]] connecting a chained iron ball to the hero
* armor embedded in the hero's skin, e.g. [[dragon scales]] from [[polymorph]] into a [[Dragon (EvilHack)|dragon]], or armor merged by a [[Druid]]'s [[wildshape]] ability
* [[The Hand of Vecna (EvilHack)|The Hand of Vecna]] bound to the hero's arm
* the [[quest artifact]] of the hero's role, if it has been retrieved from their [[Quest]] but not presented to their [[quest leader]]

If no eligible items are available when a cursed bag of devouring would eat any of the hero's inventory, there is a {{frac|3}} chance that the bag will devour the hero whole instead and [[Instant death|kill them instantly]], with an [[amulet of life saving]] resurrecting the hero as normal.

Placing another bag of devouring, a [[bag of treasure]], a bag of holding, a charged [[bag of tricks]], a charged [[wand of cancellation]], or any container that has one of these items inside a bag of devouring will cause that bag of treasure to explode—the same will occur if a bag of devouring is placed inside a bag of holding. This destroys both the inserted item and the bag itself along with {{frac|13}} of the latter bag's contents (if applicable), and scatters the rest through the surrounding area in a process that can destroy [[fragile]] items.

==History==
The bag of devouring is added in EvilHack version 0.9.3 alongside the bag of treasure via [https://github.com/k21971/EvilHack/commit/417f2c9721d86b57d0aab1cd850a8f8f6a3c80dd commit 417f2c97].

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 ==Description==
-A bag of devouring can be [[applied]] like other bags, but cannot be used to properly store items. Instead, the bag will permanently destroy anything placed inside it, with the exception of normally-indestructible items: the real [[Amulet of Yendor]], the [[invocation items]], the [[Scroll of consecration (EvilHack)|scroll of consecration]], the [[Sword of Annihilation]], the [[Armor of Retribution]], [[the Idol of Moloch]] in the hands of an [[Infidel]] player character, or the [[corpse]] of any of the [[Riders]].
+A bag of devouring can be [[applied]] like other bags, but cannot be used to properly store items. Instead, the bag will permanently destroy anything that the [[hero]] places inside it, with the exception of normally-indestructible items: the real [[Amulet of Yendor]], the [[invocation items]], the [[Scroll of consecration (EvilHack)|scroll of consecration]], the [[Sword of Annihilation]], the [[Armor of Retribution]], [[the Idol of Moloch]] in the hands of an [[Infidel]] player character, or the [[corpse]] of any of the [[Riders]]. The bag of devouring [[auto-identifies]] if it successfully consumes anything when used ({{sa|Devouring the hero|including the hero themselves}}), and will also auto-identify if it refuses to consume an item or the hero {{sa|Exploding bags|causes the unidentified bag to explode}}.
-A cursed bag of devouring will try to devour part of the [[hero]]'s open [[inventory]] if they apply or [[loot]] it, destroying up to three stacks of items that the hero is carrying each time&mdash;the bag will not target any item that it cannot destroy normally ''or'' any of the following items:
+A cursed bag of devouring will try to devour part of the hero's open [[inventory]] if they apply or [[loot]] it, destroying up to three stacks of items that they are carrying each time&mdash;the bag will not target any item that it cannot destroy normally ''or'' any of the following items:
 * other containers
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 * the [[quest artifact]] of the hero's role, if it has been retrieved from their [[Quest]] but not presented to their [[quest leader]]
 If no eligible items are available when a cursed bag of devouring would eat any of the hero's inventory, there is a {{frac|3}} chance that the bag will devour the hero whole instead and [[Instant death|kill them instantly]], with an [[amulet of life saving]] resurrecting the hero as normal.
 Placing another bag of devouring, a [[bag of treasure]], a bag of holding, a charged [[bag of tricks]], a charged [[wand of cancellation]], or any container that has one of these items inside a bag of devouring will cause that bag of treasure to explode&mdash;the same will occur if a bag of devouring is placed inside a bag of holding. This destroys both the inserted item and the bag itself along with {{frac|13}} of the latter bag's contents (if applicable), and scatters the rest through the surrounding area in a process that can destroy [[fragile]] items.

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 A bag of devouring can be [[applied]] like other bags, but cannot be used to properly store items. Instead, the bag will permanently destroy anything placed inside it, with the exception of normally-indestructible items: the real [[Amulet of Yendor]], the [[invocation items]], the [[Scroll of consecration (EvilHack)|scroll of consecration]], the [[Sword of Annihilation]], the [[Armor of Retribution]], [[the Idol of Moloch]] in the hands of an [[Infidel]] player character, or the [[corpse]] of any of the [[Riders]].
-A cursed bag of devouring will try to devour part of the [[hero]]'s open [[inventory]], destroying up to three items that the hero is carrying each time it is applied or [[looted]]&mdash;the bag will not target any item that cannot be placed inside it normally, and will additionally not target the following items:
+A cursed bag of devouring will try to devour part of the [[hero]]'s open [[inventory]] if they apply or [[loot]] it, destroying up to three stacks of items that the hero is carrying each time&mdash;the bag will not target any item that it cannot destroy normally ''or'' any of the following items:
 * other containers