Rules for setting things on fire?

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pollochicken

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• Jul 10, 2008

• #1

Are there rules for setting stuff on fire? My group fights in the forest a lot, and the wizard asked if his fire spells would cause any of trees and whatnot to catch on fire and I wasn't sure. I didn't spot any specific rules in the rulebooks, so I was wondering if anyone knew for sure.

 

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Mort_Q

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• Jul 10, 2008

• #2

I'd say that anything that can do ongoing fire damage could catch mundane trees and whatnot on fire. Miss three saves? More if it's wet, less if it's dry.

 

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Danceofmasks

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• Jul 10, 2008

• #3

Well, I had this issue in 3e where people would do stuff like destroy one support of a bridge or one column holding up a ceiling ...
Then it gets down to guessing if a collapse happens.
It got to the point when I would break out statics equations and calculate forces ...

Umm ..

There are hardly any rules for item/collateral damage in 4e, 'cos those were source of headaches ..
Might be more rules later, but at present, just wing it.

 

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pollochicken

First Post

• Jul 10, 2008

• #4

Thanks for the responses. If it comes up again I'll do something similar to what Mort suggested. I like that a lot more than what I was doing.