Leomund's Secret Chest

This spell enables a specially constructed chest to be hidden deep within the Ethereal plane, to be summoned using a small model of the chest. The large chest must be exceptionally well-crafted and expensive, constructed for the caster by master craftsmen. If made principally of wood, it must be ebony, rosewood, teak, or the like, and all of its corner fittings, nails, and hardware must be platinum. If constructed of ivory, the metal fittings of the chest must be gold. If the chest is fashioned from bronze, copper, or silver, its fittings must be electrum or silver. The cost of such a chest is never less than 5,000 gp. Once it is constructed, the wizard 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 wizard can have but one pair of these chests any given time — even Wish spells do not allow exceptions! The chests themselves are non-magical, and can be fitted with locks, wards, and on just as any normal chest.

While touching the chest and holding tiny replica, the caster chants the spell. This causes the large chest to vanish into the Ethereal plane. The chest can contain one cubic foot of material per level of the no matter what its apparent size. Living matter makes it 75% likely that the spell fails, so the chest is typically for securing valuable spell books, magical items, gems, etc. As long as the spellcaster has the small duplicate of the magical chest, he can recall the large one from the Ethereal plane whenever the chest is desired. If the miniature of the chest is lost or destroyed, there is no way, not even a wish spell, that the large chest can return, although an expedition might be mounted to find it.

While the chest is in the Ethereal plane, there is a 1% cumulative chance per week that some being finds it. This chance is reset to 1% whenever the chest is recalled and the spell recast to return it to the Ethereal plane. If the chest is found, the DM must work out the encounter and decide how the being reacts to the chest (for example, it might ignore the chest, fully or partially empty it, or even exchange or add to the items present!).

p]Whenever the secret chest is brought back to the Prime Material plane, an ethereal window is opened and for a variable amount of time, usually about one turn, and slowly diminishes in size. When this hole opens between the planes, check for an ethereal encounter to see if a monster is drawn through.

If the large chest is not retrieved before the spell duration lapses. there is a cumulative chance of 5% per day that the chest is lost.

[Player's Handbook]

School: Alteration, Conjuration/Summoning
Level: 5
Rarity: Uncommon

Range: Special
Components: V, S, M
Duration: 60 days
Casting Time: 1 turn
Area of Effect: 1 chest of about 2' x 2' x 3' size
Saving Throw: None

Material Components: a chest made by a master craftsman costing no less than 5000 gp, plus a small replica that is an exact copy of the large chest in every detail (see description) (not consumed)