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mikuel

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I could hold a torch to someone's clothing and it could take up to 15 seconds (3 turns) before it ignites?

Is that realistic?

Depending on the clothing and the torch, quite possibly. With heavy matted fibres and low temperature burning torches I'd be surprised if even fifteen seconds would be enough to ignite it. Light dry fibres and a high temperature burning torch on the other hand...

Bear in mind that most real world torches do NOT behave like the perfect portable incendiary devices they are portrayed as in TV and film; nor does most historically accurate clothing burn as easily as some modern fabrics, and certainly not as easily as modern media would suggest.

Like most RPG rules, it's a plausible compromise between excessive detail and playable abstraction.

Regards,

Nick

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Depending on the clothing and the torch, quite possibly. With heavy matted fibres and low temperature burning torches I'd be surprised if even fifteen seconds would be enough to ignite it. Light dry fibres and a high temperature burning torch on the other hand...

Bear in mind that most real world torches do NOT behave like the perfect portable incendiary devices they are portrayed as in TV and film; nor does most historically accurate clothing burn as easily as some modern fabrics, and certainly not as easily as modern media would suggest.

Thanks for the info. I had no idea. I feel better now that I don't have to try that experiment.

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