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Message: <blockquote data-quote="General Barron" data-source="post: 2728106" data-attributes="member: 32468">I think that 1d6 damage from some burning pitch is WAY too much. Would a few ounces of pitch on your skin be as damaging as a stab from a short sword? And what about the differences between a sword dipped in pitch vs a spear tip vs an arrow vs a club vs... Unless the PCs are spraying greek fire all over the troll, I think 1d6 is far, far too much.My idea: simply turn the weapon damage into fire damage. Nothing extra beyond that.Reasoning: when they sink the blade into the troll, the burning pitch goes with the blade into the same wound, cauterizing it and preventing it from regenerating. Any other little droplets splashing elsewhere are not enough to cause HP of damage.Make the pitch last for 4d6 rounds or so, and take 1 extra round off it's lifespan from every attack made with it (swinging the blade should shake more pitch off than holding it still).This also prevents them from using the pitch all the time, since it only benefits them against certain monsters.EDITRe-read your original post, and saw that you thought this would be too easy. One solution: pitch lasts for 1 hit only, or 1d6 rounds otherwise. Result should be that the players can only get a few hits in with flaming weapons until they are stuck in melee with the troll. A possible tactic they could use is to rotate out of the fight to re-apply their weapons, but that would take like 2+ rounds each rotation (withdraw, reapply/relight, reengage), making it a long process, with lots of room for the unforseen. If you really want to gimp the fire, make it only last for a certain number of attacks, regardless of whether it hits or misses.</blockquote>

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