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<blockquote data-quote="JustKim" data-source="post: 5157578" data-attributes="member: 5478">It is a liquid, but it becomes solid as it cools. On the surface, the only thing hot enough to keep magma a liquid is other liquid magma. No matter how hot it gets outside, the sun doesn't melt rock. Essentially lava moves through telescoping tubes where the outer layer cools and the magma filling is pushed forward. When you animate lava, you're going to take a chunk of it away from other lava, and increase its surface area by a lot (if it's amorphous) or by a whole heck of a lot (if it's humanoid). More surface area will make the lava cool faster, being split from the rest of the lava will make it cool faster, and making it move and shed its outer layer will make it cool faster as well. This is going to be pretty short-lived lava.If you want to make animating lava work, you can use these facts as justification for the animated lava to only last 1 round, after which the animated shape solidifies. What it would really depend on is what the lava is made of, its viscosity, its temperature, etc. But who cares about stuff like that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JustKim, post: 5157578, member: 5478"] It is a liquid, but it becomes solid as it cools. On the surface, the only thing hot enough to keep magma a liquid is other liquid magma. No matter how hot it gets outside, the sun doesn't melt rock. Essentially lava moves through telescoping tubes where the outer layer cools and the magma filling is pushed forward. When you animate lava, you're going to take a chunk of it away from other lava, and increase its surface area by a lot (if it's amorphous) or by a whole heck of a lot (if it's humanoid). More surface area will make the lava cool faster, being split from the rest of the lava will make it cool faster, and making it move and shed its outer layer will make it cool faster as well. This is going to be pretty short-lived lava. If you want to make animating lava work, you can use these facts as justification for the animated lava to only last 1 round, after which the animated shape solidifies. What it would really depend on is what the lava is made of, its viscosity, its temperature, etc. But who cares about stuff like that. [/QUOTE]

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