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The Pack Itself

The priest’s bag is a large backpack made of simple leather, uncoloured and relatively unadorned. The backpack has thick, cushioned shoulder straps and a padded belt that sits on the hips and fastens at the front of the waist to aid in weight distribution – a must-have for a travelling priest set on spreading the good word. Straps on the bottom of the backpack give external space to carry a rolled up tent and bedroll.

Inside The Pack

Alongside the day-to-day items of a travelling priest – a blanket, candles, a tinderbox, an alms box, incense, and vestements – the pack also contains the following:

1. A leatherbound Book of Common Prayer, containing prayers and rituals common to all of the major faiths in the region.
2. A small vial of water from a revered place of pilgrimage. It is not magical Holy Water, but still sacred to you.
3. A set of prayer beads carved from dark wood and painted in swirls of red, green, and purple. They are strung on a simple cotton thread with a silver clasp so that they can be worn as a necklace.
4. A small journal or diary containing your reflections on bits of scripture, the nature of your faith, and your quest for truth. This may be written in a code known only to you. Reading it would reveal facts about you that you may not wish known.
5. A plain wooden box that contains the contents of a simple shrine or altar – a silk sheet, small candles, a statue or idol, and herbs and incense for burning.
6. A glass jar containing a thick, clear substance with the consistency of wax or jelly. It smells faintly of incense and spiced oils and is used to anoint the skin during certain rituals and sacraments.

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Image Credit: A priest pronouncing a benediction on a dead child. Lithograph. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

The Pouch Itself

The component pouch is a small bag made of worn, faded red leather, lined on the inside with blue felt. Supple leather drawstrings pull the mouth shut and are long enough to loop around a belt to ease carrying.

The inside of the pouch is divided into one large compartment and two smaller ones. There are three slim pockets in the lining of the larger compartment to hold longer items like sprigs of wood or sticks of graphite.

The pouch always has a vague smell of must and patchouli, along with the combined smells of whatever is currently being stored inside it.

Inside The Pouch

Alongside more common spell components like guano, chalk, iron filings, charcoal, and the like, the pouch contains the following:

1. Seven dead beetles, preserved and painted in a variety of shimmering colours – cerulean, umber, dragon’s blood, cadmium yellow, emerald, violet, ultramarine.
2. An ivory sculpture of a rotund humanoid with short, stubby limbs. The bloated stomach is painted with a single red eye.
3. A set of 23 brass buttons of various sizes, looped together with purple thread and wrapped in a silk pocket square.
4. A slender glass cylinder, 4 inches long and the width of a pinky fingernail, encasing a single strand of gold thread. It shimmers in light like oil on water.
5. A handful of smooth stone pebbles, each about the size of a silver piece, wrapped together in strong made from dried and wound seaweed. 
6. A stoppered wooden vial containing pink glass that has been ground into fine dust.

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Image Credit: Police raid a lodging house at night and arrest a convicted thief. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

The Pack Itself

The burglar’s pack is a slim, low-profile backpack made of green canvas so dark that it is almost black, designed to sit tight against the wearer’s back. Several hooks and slim sleeves attached to the outside of the pack allow quick access to essential items, while multiple external pockets allow other necessary tools to be kept close to hand wiithout needing to access the deep main pocket.

Inside The Pack

As well as the staples – a bag of ball bearings, string, candles, a crowbar and hammer, pitons, a hooded lantern with oil, and the like – the burglar’s pack contains the following:

1. A set of common keys, along with picks and a rake.
2. A small hand mirror mounted on an extendable rod.
3. Cubes of cheese wrapped in cheesecloth, used for calming aggressive dogs.
4. A grappling hook that folds down to the size of a small baton that can easily be slipped into a side sleeve of the burglar’s pack.
5. A long roll of tape or ribbon with adhesive on one side that can be stuck to panes of glass, allowing you to break them without causing them to shatter.
6. A small wax-coated canvas pouch with a narrow mouth that attaches to a tiny bellows. This can be slipped under sash windows and inflated, forcing the window up enough for you to slip a hand beneath it.

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Image Credit: Police raid a lodging house at night and arrest a convicted thief. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)