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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 8688809" data-attributes="member: 4937"><p>Basically, about as long as they would in a dungeon or dry basement. Assuming the non-existence of 'bag world' which is a very good idea, the atmosphere in a bag of holding is the same as the atmosphere in the real world when the bag was last opened. Assuming nothing internal to the bag happens, the temperature and humidity and oxygen content won't change, and the bag will not be sterile unless the bag was opened in a sterile environment and the things but into the bag were sterile. If you are putting body parts into the bag, the interior is definitely not sterile even if it ever was. Most of what decomposes a body is the bacteria and fungus already on or in a body at the time it dies. Gut bacteria in particular are ferocious decomposers, but you'll still have plenty of bacteria on even a carefully washed body.</p><p> </p><p>Because this is a sealed environment, the whole bag will putrefy. Moisture and decay results will not be carried away, but will accumulate in the bag, turning the environment moist even if it wasn't. Decay is likely to spread to other organic things in the bag - paper, cloth, etc. I'd guess 3-6 days would be enough for serious putrification. Normally, after 11 days or so the body wind and the like would remove enough humidity from the body that putrification stops, but in the sealed environment of the bag this is basically a compost heap and you'll end up with muck and bones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 8688809, member: 4937"] Basically, about as long as they would in a dungeon or dry basement. Assuming the non-existence of 'bag world' which is a very good idea, the atmosphere in a bag of holding is the same as the atmosphere in the real world when the bag was last opened. Assuming nothing internal to the bag happens, the temperature and humidity and oxygen content won't change, and the bag will not be sterile unless the bag was opened in a sterile environment and the things but into the bag were sterile. If you are putting body parts into the bag, the interior is definitely not sterile even if it ever was. Most of what decomposes a body is the bacteria and fungus already on or in a body at the time it dies. Gut bacteria in particular are ferocious decomposers, but you'll still have plenty of bacteria on even a carefully washed body. Because this is a sealed environment, the whole bag will putrefy. Moisture and decay results will not be carried away, but will accumulate in the bag, turning the environment moist even if it wasn't. Decay is likely to spread to other organic things in the bag - paper, cloth, etc. I'd guess 3-6 days would be enough for serious putrification. Normally, after 11 days or so the body wind and the like would remove enough humidity from the body that putrification stops, but in the sealed environment of the bag this is basically a compost heap and you'll end up with muck and bones. [/QUOTE]
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