Quote:
Originally Posted by Kromm
Hot oil is there. The author worked in a restaurant kitchen where old, congealed oil was removed by heating it up to make it liquid again and then draining it. He was in front of the drain when the machine experienced failure, and had both knees and his left shoulder deep-fat fried. He believes that 1d+1 burn is about right, because each hit averages 4.5 damage, which isn't quite enough to cripple an arm or a leg (though the potential is there), but three hits are enough to put you in the hospital with shock and have you off work for two weeks to heal.
I don't recommend reality-checking this to anyone.
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Ouch.
A related piece of data - having a burst of petroleum flame flare across one's face
really hurts, and even fairly shallow second degree burns take weeks to heal. Also, burned hair smells
really bad.