In another thread, the following question has arisen: Is it houseruling to allow a PC to use a burning torch to set fire to a flammable object?
Especially: Is it houseruling to allow a PC to use a burning torch to set fire to another torch?
Page 68 of the SRD, in the entry for tinderboxes, describes torches as having "abundant, exposed fuel" (which permits them to be lit with an action rather than taking a minute). Page 68 also tells us that a hit with a burning torch deals 1 hp of fire damage. And p 97 tells us that "Red dragons breathe fire, and many spells conjure flames to deal fire damage."
So the rules suggest there is a close connection of some sort between being a flame or a fire source and dealing fire damage.
But they don't actually say that a lit torch can set fire to another torch.
So, would that be houseruling, or otherwise changing RAW?
Especially: Is it houseruling to allow a PC to use a burning torch to set fire to another torch?
Page 68 of the SRD, in the entry for tinderboxes, describes torches as having "abundant, exposed fuel" (which permits them to be lit with an action rather than taking a minute). Page 68 also tells us that a hit with a burning torch deals 1 hp of fire damage. And p 97 tells us that "Red dragons breathe fire, and many spells conjure flames to deal fire damage."
So the rules suggest there is a close connection of some sort between being a flame or a fire source and dealing fire damage.
But they don't actually say that a lit torch can set fire to another torch.
So, would that be houseruling, or otherwise changing RAW?
You shouldn't have a problem with it. A houserule is something that changes a clear game rule.
