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<blockquote data-quote="Jaelommiss" data-source="post: 6890019" data-attributes="member: 6775925"><p>A bag of holding stores a maximum of 500 lbs or 64 cu. ft. Rations weigh 2 lbs. A maximum of 500/2 = 250 rations can be stored, assuming rations have a density greater than 0.125g/cm3*. </p><p></p><p>An egg is roughly 1.045g/cm3, an apple 0.743g/cm3, and oats are around 0.410g/cm3. All of those are above the required density. Additionally, rations will be specifically packaged to take as little volume as possible. I see no way that rations could fall below the 0.125g/cm3 threshold. The Bag of Holding's absolute maximum weight will be the limiting factor rather than space, so the previously stated 250 rations is the maximum.</p><p></p><p></p><p>*64 cu. ft = 1812.28 L</p><p>500 lb / 2.2 = 227.27 kg</p><p>227.27 kg / 1812.28 L = 0.1254 kg/L = 0.1254 g/cm3</p><p></p><p>Edit: The least dense of all foods I found was cooked bread at 0.2g/cm3, which is still denser than the limit of 0.125g/cm3. Even rations were below that, the difference could be filled with heavier supplies such as tents while the remaining rations are stored in packs.</p><p></p><p>Edit 2: The DMG (page 111) says that a small or medium creature only need 1 lb of food daily, despite rations in the PHB weighing 2 lbs. 500 lbs of bulk foods (grains, nuts, dried fruits) would give you 500 days of food. Flour has a density of ~0.60 g/cm3 (well above minimum density), and costs 2cp/lb (PHB 157). For 10gp you could get 500 days of food if you had access to water to make dough and some way to cook it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaelommiss, post: 6890019, member: 6775925"] A bag of holding stores a maximum of 500 lbs or 64 cu. ft. Rations weigh 2 lbs. A maximum of 500/2 = 250 rations can be stored, assuming rations have a density greater than 0.125g/cm3*. An egg is roughly 1.045g/cm3, an apple 0.743g/cm3, and oats are around 0.410g/cm3. All of those are above the required density. Additionally, rations will be specifically packaged to take as little volume as possible. I see no way that rations could fall below the 0.125g/cm3 threshold. The Bag of Holding's absolute maximum weight will be the limiting factor rather than space, so the previously stated 250 rations is the maximum. *64 cu. ft = 1812.28 L 500 lb / 2.2 = 227.27 kg 227.27 kg / 1812.28 L = 0.1254 kg/L = 0.1254 g/cm3 Edit: The least dense of all foods I found was cooked bread at 0.2g/cm3, which is still denser than the limit of 0.125g/cm3. Even rations were below that, the difference could be filled with heavier supplies such as tents while the remaining rations are stored in packs. Edit 2: The DMG (page 111) says that a small or medium creature only need 1 lb of food daily, despite rations in the PHB weighing 2 lbs. 500 lbs of bulk foods (grains, nuts, dried fruits) would give you 500 days of food. Flour has a density of ~0.60 g/cm3 (well above minimum density), and costs 2cp/lb (PHB 157). For 10gp you could get 500 days of food if you had access to water to make dough and some way to cook it. [/QUOTE]
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