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Old 05-08-2021, 09:27 PM   #1
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ITL 124 "Fire as a Weapon" ... "His armor will protect him for 1 turn"

The 14 hex dragon needs to get soaked three times for a kill (unless it goes swimming), and has a 55.63% chance of dodging the soak (Dragons are DX dumpers, yo.) so the halflings need to toss around 10 molotails.
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Old 05-08-2021, 09:41 PM   #2
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Pretty hard to imagine a fourteen hex critter dodging a molotail, honestly.
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Old 05-09-2021, 03:05 PM   #3
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You know, Henry, you got me thinking. What happens if someone holding a molotail gets hit with a fireball or (more relevantly) dragon breath? Would that be likely to cause a molotail to explode? It's not obvious to me.
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Old 05-09-2021, 04:14 PM   #4
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You know, Henry, you got me thinking. What happens if someone holding a molotail gets hit with a fireball or (more relevantly) dragon breath? Would that be likely to cause a molotail to explode? It's not obvious to me.
Up to the GM to assess damage to carried stuff of all kinds, and/or to figure out a system for it. Other than enchantments destroyed by lightning, which has rules in ITL.

I would say there is some chance of a molotail exploding from a fireball hit, but an even better chance that it lights the molotail (and/or other flammable things).
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Old 05-09-2021, 04:34 PM   #5
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Luckily, female dragons are completely immune to the molotail, as it's only "his" armor that fails to protect after one turn.
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Old 05-09-2021, 04:40 PM   #6
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I'll just be adding an innately fireproof note to my house rules for dragons.
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