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[smjjames]

What is BFE?

[Mephisto]

What is BFE?

Bumfuck Egypt, rudespeak for "the middle of nowhere". Don't ask why Egypt; I don't know.

[Kagus]

Bumfuck is also located in Ohio, Idaho, Texas and Iowa. BFE is apparently military jargon, at least originally.

[Draignean]

Spoiler: Bedroll of Deep Slumber (click to show/hide)

Whenever a living creature falls asleep on this item, the bedroll's magic protects the sleeper from any and all harm. Until they would normally awaken (typically 8 hours) the sleeping creature is immune to damage, suffocation, extremes of temperature, or any magical effect that includes them as a target, be it beneficial or harmful. Ongoing effects, such as curses, poison or disease have their duration temporarily suspended for the duration of use. During this time, the wearer automatically fails any check to perceive their surroundings or wake up until their rest is complete, and their body, whilst immune to harm, can be physically moved to a location that might prove hazardous when they awake. This item may be used by the same creature no more than once every 24 hours.

So, can I take a bunch of snakes about to go into hibernation, get them comfy in this bag, wait for them to go to sleep, and then tie them together to have months of unbreakable snake twine?

[SOLDIER First]

*8 hours

[pikachu17]

Typically, but it specifically said "as long as they normally sleep", which is typically, but not always, 8 hours for people, but probably longer for hibernators.
Hey, does the bag work on trancing elves?

[smjjames]

Yeah, he said ‘as long as they usually sleep’ without giving a specific time limit. I suppose the first question one might ask is, can they be physically interacted with (in the context of the snakes, obviously) or if it’s like a typical cryosleep chamber where you’re completely enclosed.

[Draignean]

Yeah, he said ‘as long as they usually sleep’ without giving a specific time limit. I suppose the first question one might ask is, can they be physically interacted with (in the context of the snakes, obviously) or if it’s like a typical cryosleep chamber where you’re completely enclosed.

That would be a problem, except for the following clarification:

Bedroll of Deep Slumber: Nothing says you can’t pull them out of the bedroll and then stab them.

Sure it does. When they fall asleep on the bedroll, they're immune to harm for 8 hours. Getting moved off the bedroll, fired out of a cannon and falling into an active volcano doesn't change that. So long as you fall asleep on the bedroll, you gain its benefits. What happens after you're asleep is the !!FUN!! part.

Snakes have so many possibilities. Invincible ropes. Unbreakable woven armor. The Dungeons and Dragons Space Elevator could be constructed from knotted snakes- their unlimited tensile strength granted them by this wondrous artifact. There are probably some other hibernators that would work well, but the formfactor of snakes makes them incredibly versatile as a material.

[pikachu17]

They still will eventually wake up, so probably not a space elevator unless you are okay with it breaking apart eventually.

[smjjames]

Unless you somehow keep them under very long term hibernation? Like say, cryosleep?

Anyways, it’s up to the DM (jimmy in this case) to decide how far they’re willing to let the item be abused for its properties.

[Draignean]

Perform coma inducing brain surgery on the bedroll. Transform all manner of woodland creatures into eternally slumbering and invincible building materials.

Sure, the success rate isn't going to be great, but you need to spike snakes to make the great space snekavator.

[smjjames]

Perform coma inducing brain surgery on the bedroll. Transform all manner of woodland creatures into eternally slumbering and invincible building materials.

Sure, the success rate isn't going to be great, but you need to spike snakes to make the great space snekavator.

I think surgery is included in the ‘immune to physical damage’ part. While it wouldn’t likely involve hit points anyway, if you can’t stab the sleeping critter with a sword, it makes sense that a scalpel wouldn’t do anything either.

Anyways, I was thinking of the cryosleep type solution, not the ‘make them braindead’ solution.

Edit:making them comatose before you put them in could still be viable....

[Draignean]

Perform coma inducing brain surgery on the bedroll. Transform all manner of woodland creatures into eternally slumbering and invincible building materials.

Sure, the success rate isn't going to be great, but you need to spike snakes to make the great space snekavator.

I think surgery is included in the ‘immune to physical damage’ part. While it wouldn’t likely involve hit points anyway, if you can’t stab the sleeping critter with a sword, it makes sense that a scalpel wouldn’t do anything either.

You misunderstand my level of calculated cruelty. Immunity to physical damage is only while the enchant is active. There's nothing to keep you from spiking the creature quickly while it's awake on the bedroll, and letting the pain and brain damage send into unconsciousness. Aim well, and it shan't wake up.

[smjjames]

Or do it before putting them in the bedroll, as I realized in my edit.

I suppose it’d be up to jimmy as far as how it deals with something like that.

[MrRoboto75]

Just tie the snakes together with knots.