[RPG] Rules about invisibility, bag of holding, an imp and an undead’s head scenario

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Okay….to make an extremely long story short.
A PC put an imp inside his bag of holding. Running out of oxygen I made the imp transform into a spider to survive a much longer time than 10 minutes. (Looking online this imp/spider can now survive weeks with little oxygen)

At some point my PC also added a head of an immortal being inside the bag of holding. (The imp is assumed to be long dead to due to the lack of knowledge of its transformation ability)

So some bullet fire questions to help me as a DM to know if it's allowed (and have some back up that this is not "too bs" for the players)

  1. He will take that head out at some point
  2. That head will have a spider in its mouth/ear/neck-hole whatever
  3. The spider will crawl out of it's hiding spot and transform back into an imp.
  4. The Imp will take the head and go invisible while holding the head and escape.

The stuff I listed, do any of these break the rules that's currently in place for the game? imp's invisibility, transformation, bag of holding functions and etc.

Best Answer

The imp can't survive for long even transformed

The imp inside the bag of holding has 10 minutes of air as usual, according to the bag of holding description:

Breathing creatures inside the bag can survive up to a number of minutes equal to 10 divided by the number of creatures (minimum 1 minute), after which time they begin to suffocate.

Note how it doesn't matter how much or how little oxygen a creature requires. The rules do not make such a distinction or go into this much detail. 10 minutes are assumed regardless of whether the creature is a tiny spider or a large bear.

Transforming into a spider also does not help the imp in this situation. The imp's transformation does not really change much:

Its statistics are the same in each form, except for the speed changes noted.

This means that it always keeps its Constitution of 13 which does not allow it to go without oxygen for weeks unless you are making a specific exception in this case.

Even if it can survive, you probably want to reverse the action order

Note that both Shapechanger and the Imp's invisibility require an action. It is probably advantageous for the Imp to turn invisible first, possibly even while still being inside the bag of holding, before transforming back into its normal shape and trying to get away with the head.