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Originally Posted by Anthony
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I'm not impressed by the Oxygen Combustion limitation on doesn't breathe; all it gives you is immunity to choking and strangulation (moot for diffuse creatures) and inhaled toxins (moot with immunity to metabolic hazards.
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Originally Posted by Anthony
No it doesn't. It in fact it's a quirk-level disadvantage. There aren't any atmospheres where oxygen-based fire can burn and a person with immunity to poisons cannot breathe (there are some where fire cannot burn but a person can breath).
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Checking Doesn't Breathe and Oxygen Combustion (both p. B49), there are two differences with the limitation vs. without. First, you require oxygen. You can suffocate without it, though the oxygen could be dissolved in something else and, but you can absorb it through the surface of your body, [that information via the references to Oxygen Absorption and Gills]. Essentially, it implies you do breathe, just not in the conventional way. Second, unlike the Gills limitation, you can't do it underwater or anywhere else fire can't burn.
I wouldn't call it a disadvantage, not even at the quirk level. You sort of need to breathe oxygen, but no one can cut off your oxygen supply just by strangling you, which is an advantage. OTOH, if you were in a room and it were suddenly flooded with water, you would suffocate, essentially putting your Body of Fire out if you can't escape. Which isn't much worse than death by drowning if you didn't have the advantage. It's a point whether your diffuse body could be revived by artificial respiration afterward. Maybe if your rescuer had asbestos protection? Or maybe it would be more like blowing on an ember to get it back into flame.