does cheese go bad in a bag of holding?

[Ancalagon]

The bag critter is funny.

Anyway, I can tell you this: being airtight might not be a good thing. What will happen is that you'll have anaerobic bacterial decomposing the cheese instead of areobic bacteria. Don`t ask me why, but anaerobic bacteria often smelled a LOT worse. Spoiled milk that had gone that way is the worse smell I have ever encountered (and I'm a biologist). I suppose cheeze too would be incredibly stinky.

Ancalagon

 

[Number47]

The cheese is gone. There are some mouse turds, though.

What is this about cheese going bad, though? Cheese NEVER goes bad, everyone knows that. Just cut off the fuzzy bits. This is why people made cheese in the first place, it keeps well. If it gets a little, well, strong then you simply need less cheese to go with your bread. See, it's economical, too!

Personally, I'd have the cheese change into a totally different kind. That would really make them scratch their heads.

 

[Ma'varkith]

Maybe a little note: "We loved the Swiss. Got any Gouda?"

 

[Staldin*Freefall]

Cheese left in its original vacuum packaging won't go bad, it'll just get sharper. Just a lil factoid.

 

[Rel]

I just wanted to say that the idea of a mouse infesting the Bag of Holding is priceless. I will definately be stealing that in the future. Better yet, a whole family of mice that will continue to breed generation after generation in the bag.

I can already foresee the character's reaction. "We buy a cat and put it in the bag."

 

[Don21584]

"When they pull the hunk of cheese out it has a huge bite taken out of it."

It's not a bag of devouring

 

[Staldin*Freefall]

That cat would tear the bag in an instant. But who's to say a mouse wouldn't try to nibble at the 'fabric'?

 

[Boone]

Re: I would say no

Simply because creative players will come up with uses for this power that I could never forsee. They'll start putting corpses of their allies in there (to replace the Gentle Repose spell). They'll start sleeping in there (in the hopes that time simply doesn't pass). They'll put huge blocks of ice in there (for some bizarre, unknown reason).

If you do decide that it keeps cheese fresh, I would recommend you think hard about why it does this. What's the metaphysick behind it? Does it stop time? Does it keep all things from rotting/decomposing/disintegrating? Does it keep things cool and dry? Or is it specially enchanted to keep cheese fresh? What kind of crazy schemes can the players come up with to abuse this (seemingly minor) power?

If some DM were to let our group have this power.... it would be all over... essentially we would abuse it as a time stop type of bag and would keep all kinds of perishable stuff in there. Enspelled items with limited number of rounds, you name it....

 

[Roland Delacroix]

Re: Re: I would say no

If some DM were to let our group have this power.... it would be all over... essentially we would abuse it as a time stop type of bag and would keep all kinds of perishable stuff in there. Enspelled items with limited number of rounds, you name it....

The group assasins dead bodies?