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phiwum · 10-26-2021, 02:59 PM

Yeah, I think we're in agreement.

I think our apparent disagreement was because I mentioned the 12 turn duration of garden-variety Fire in order to suggest that it could be used to start a fire on items slower to light than a torch, cigar or beard, but that mention suggested we could cast fire on a sword and it would burn for 12 turns. That would be a very good spell in that case.

So, there's some wiggle room about just how flammable an item should be to use the controlled version of Fire. I'd allow a wooden staff. I might allow a door, but the garden-variety Fire would probably be more useful there. I wouldn't allow one to start a cat on fire -- unless it was one of those too-precious longhairs, but that's more about just desert than principled rule interpretation.

10-26-2021, 02:59 PM	#20
phiwum Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Boston area	Re: Staff Countermeasures Yeah, I think we're in agreement. I think our apparent disagreement was because I mentioned the 12 turn duration of garden-variety Fire in order to suggest that it could be used to start a fire on items slower to light than a torch, cigar or beard, but that mention suggested we could cast fire on a sword and it would burn for 12 turns. That would be a very good spell in that case. So, there's some wiggle room about just how flammable an item should be to use the controlled version of Fire. I'd allow a wooden staff. I might allow a door, but the garden-variety Fire would probably be more useful there. I wouldn't allow one to start a cat on fire -- unless it was one of those too-precious longhairs, but that's more about just desert than principled rule interpretation.