Timeline for Can a lake of eternal fire be created with the spell blast of flame?
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| Feb 3, 2015 at 19:12 | comment | added | KRyan | @IlmariKaronen Hmm... if I am reading this right, it seems out orb of acid’s acid has considerably higher surface tension than water, then. Well, that and/or flying at less than terminal velocity, which it probably is either way. Not unreasonable, all things considered. | |
| Feb 3, 2015 at 17:52 | comment | added | Ilmari Karonen | @KRyan: Physics nitpick: falling (or flying) drops of liquid are not actually "teardrop-shaped"; they're really shaped more like flattened spheres. (The exact shape depends on details like size and velocity; smaller drops are more spherical, while drops that are too large will just spread out until they break up into smaller drops.) | |
| Feb 3, 2015 at 6:02 | comment | added | gatherer818 | I used the word "corporeal" in that answer. I've been using it since I started playing 2e when I was twelve. I finally learned last year how to pronounce it when I watched the early parts of Supernatural. Random tidbit. | |
| Feb 3, 2015 at 6:01 | history | edited | gatherer818 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 23, 2014 at 17:51 | comment | added | gatherer818 | I had a player use a warmage as the party's rogue once upon a time. Lesser orb of acid got used as a lockpick, a trap-disabler, a trap-triggerer, a distraction, an improvised alchemy tool, a +2 circumstance bonus to Intimidate, and a logging saw. | |
| Sep 23, 2014 at 15:16 | comment | added | KRyan | That said, I do assume that the acid doesn't cease to exist after hitting: it splashes all over whatever it hits. You could probably even shoot it into a bucket (or, well, a large-ish acid-resistant container, anyway) and collect the acid. | |
| Sep 23, 2014 at 15:15 | comment | added | KRyan | @HeyICanChan I assume the spell creates a mass of liquid acid with an initial velocity in a particular direction. A mass of liquid moving through air with a static initial velocity will undergo deceleration due to air resistance, and also be forced into an aerodynamically-advantageous shape, specifically a teardrop, tail away from the direction of motion. This is exactly what happens to raindrops (once they hit terminal velocity, which is pretty quickly), it's just oriented in a different direction. The liquid won't spread apart/fill a container until after it hits something. | |
| Sep 23, 2014 at 15:09 | comment | added | Hey I Can Chan | @G0BLiN That spell creates "an orb of acid about 3 inches across." The spell really doesn't indicate that it creates an acid snowball that spatters on impact. I'm just putting this out there to compare it with the spell blast of flame, which likewise creates a cone of fire. | |
| Sep 23, 2014 at 15:00 | comment | added | G0BLiN | Acid is a liquid - so an orb of liquid without a container is not something you can "pick up" - you can trap it in an acid proof container, though... | |
| Sep 23, 2014 at 15:00 | comment | added | gatherer818 | Most acids - especially in a fantasy setting - are liquids. Also, acids do their damage through contact, typically prolonged contact, with the things they're melting. If the orb were solid and just bounced off, it would do bludgeoning damage, and likely MUCH less damage. But I like the way you're making us think about magic here ^_^ | |
| Sep 23, 2014 at 14:53 | comment | added | Hey I Can Chan | Why do you think the created orb--for lack of a better term--pops? | |
| Sep 23, 2014 at 14:51 | comment | added | gatherer818 | one would presume not, since it's not got anything holding it together as an orb anymore. Whatever didn't get on the target you splashed with it should now be soaking into the earth / leaving tiny grooves in the rock / falling to earth from your climactic sky battle ^_^ | |
| Sep 23, 2014 at 14:48 | comment | added | Hey I Can Chan | Can one pick up the orb of acid created by the spell orb of acid and throw it again? | |
| Sep 23, 2014 at 14:19 | comment | added | gatherer818 | Fixed. Don't have a link handy for that spell, but Google should work. | |
| Sep 23, 2014 at 14:18 | history | edited | gatherer818 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 23, 2014 at 14:11 | history | answered | gatherer818 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |