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Originally Posted by awesomenessofme1
You'd think, but the exact phrasing is "Human skin starts to burn at 160°; see Flame (p. 433) for damage." That seems to imply that it's the equivalent of being on fire. I might be misreading it, but I don't see how.
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"Burn" in English has more than one meaning. Applied to fuel, it means "catch fire." But I can say that food in a pan burned without its catching fire, if it dries and chars. And I can say that flesh burns if it reddens, or blisters. This last can happen even with no prospect of combustion, as when a light-skinned person spends a day at the beach without sunblock.