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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 6932074" data-attributes="member: 4937">So lets talk about that one.&nbsp; The organizers of that event blew 6000lbs of dyed corn starch into the air using compressed air canisters and large fans to keep it suspended in the air, eventually creating a dense ball of suspended powder 6 stories tall over an area the size of a football field.&nbsp; Additionally, the ground by this point was described as being ankle deep in corn starch.&nbsp; Eventually, a spark in the electrical equipment on stage (or possibly someone lighting a cigarette) ignited the powder cloud, which blew yet more dust into the air to fed the explosion.&nbsp; Nineteen people died and hundreds were injured.&nbsp; If you want to walk around with three tons of cornstarch and conjure air elementals to churn it in to something explosive, then sure, I'll arrange for an impressive fireball with true sustained concussion waves.&nbsp;&nbsp; But pulling off that trick is not in the slightest easy or convenient.I don't know what a game is.&nbsp; I'm not the game's DM.&nbsp; Only the DM can determine the tropes of a particular game.&nbsp; Mine tend to be heavily informed by realism.&nbsp; Other DMs will, quite rightly, rule completely differently to maintain the sort of themes and standards they prefer for their own version of fantasy.&nbsp;&nbsp; Their version of fantasy might not even be your version of fantasy.Yes, and that's why I'm no longer helping you.&nbsp; That's exactly what I was afraid you were going to do when it suddenly dawned on me that you were talking like a player and not a DM.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 6932074, member: 4937"] So lets talk about that one. The organizers of that event blew 6000lbs of dyed corn starch into the air using compressed air canisters and large fans to keep it suspended in the air, eventually creating a dense ball of suspended powder 6 stories tall over an area the size of a football field. Additionally, the ground by this point was described as being ankle deep in corn starch. Eventually, a spark in the electrical equipment on stage (or possibly someone lighting a cigarette) ignited the powder cloud, which blew yet more dust into the air to fed the explosion. Nineteen people died and hundreds were injured. If you want to walk around with three tons of cornstarch and conjure air elementals to churn it in to something explosive, then sure, I'll arrange for an impressive fireball with true sustained concussion waves. But pulling off that trick is not in the slightest easy or convenient. I don't know what a game is. I'm not the game's DM. Only the DM can determine the tropes of a particular game. Mine tend to be heavily informed by realism. Other DMs will, quite rightly, rule completely differently to maintain the sort of themes and standards they prefer for their own version of fantasy. Their version of fantasy might not even be your version of fantasy. Yes, and that's why I'm no longer helping you. That's exactly what I was afraid you were going to do when it suddenly dawned on me that you were talking like a player and not a DM. [/QUOTE]

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