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<blockquote data-quote="happyhermit" data-source="post: 6882265" data-attributes="member: 6834463">I made my post before reading the other thread where pretty much everything I said was said in more depth already. Suffice it to say, melting ice is not easy compared to lighting flammable objects on fire or damaging a creature, and so we can't say that a fireball that would do one thing would necessarily melt any ice (what temperature is the ice, absolute zero? Is there an absolute zero in that world, or is &quot;cold&quot; actually as real as &quot;heat&quot;) but we can assume that if it does melt it would not melt very much.That's if it was actual flame though, not magic flames that don't burn clothes or held items (as per the rules).The reality is, whether or not it melts ice in any particular game is up to the GM of that game. If it &quot;makes sense&quot; or is cool, then go for it, otherwise magical fire doesn't affect ice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="happyhermit, post: 6882265, member: 6834463"] I made my post before reading the other thread where pretty much everything I said was said in more depth already. Suffice it to say, melting ice is not easy compared to lighting flammable objects on fire or damaging a creature, and so we can't say that a fireball that would do one thing would [U]necessarily[/U] melt any ice (what temperature is the ice, absolute zero? Is there an absolute zero in that world, or is "cold" actually as real as "heat") but we can assume that if it does melt it would not melt very much. That's if it was actual flame though, not magic flames that don't burn clothes or held items (as per the rules). The reality is, whether or not it melts ice in any particular game is up to the GM of that game. If it "makes sense" or is cool, then go for it, otherwise magical fire doesn't affect ice. [/QUOTE]

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