Dust of Dryness + Holy Water

[Orco42]

I'm pretty sure a player would argue otherwise when a DM devises a nasty lava pit trap that deals 200d6 points of damage...and the PC is the victim.

I think I will give the player the option to have the damage capped or not.

Thank you for such a fun idea!

 

[AuraSeer]

If this bothers you, you could borrow a ruling from an old DM of mine. In his world, holy water only remained holy as long as it was in its special flask or font. Once you did anything with it-- dumped it on a vampire, poured it into a barrel, absorbed it with Dust of Dryness-- it had its instantaneous effect (if applicable at that moment) and then immediately turned nonmagical.

This was the DM's way of shooting down a very annoying PC plan. Long story short: they wanted to flood an entire cavern complex with holy water, to a depth of several feet. They thought that'd be easier than going in and hunting the vampires by hand.

 

[kreynolds]

I think I will give the player the option to have the damage capped or not.

Sounds like the same option I'd give.

 

[Deset Gled]

I'll play devil's advocate on this one for a bit:
To those who say that damage should be capped at the point of submersion, I bring up this point. Consider something like the equivalent of a fire hose. It pushes the holy water at the target at an extrememly fast rate. Would this cause more damage to the vampire than simple submersion would?

 

[AuraSeer]

Consider something like the equivalent of a fire hose. It pushes the holy water at the target at an extrememly fast rate. Would this cause more damage to the vampire than simple submersion would?

Wow. I want a Decanter of Endless Holy Water for my birthday.

 

[kreynolds]

I'll play devil's advocate on this one for a bit:
To those who say that damage should be capped at the point of submersion, I bring up this point. Consider something like the equivalent of a fire hose. It pushes the holy water at the target at an extrememly fast rate. Would this cause more damage to the vampire than simple submersion would?

So instead of total immersion, and maximum surface coverage, we're talking about a high-power blast concentrated on half the maximum surface area, at the most, right? I think you see where this is going.

 

[jlhorner1974]

This reminds me of a 2E campaign I played in. We were fighting an extremely stubborn vampire.

My fighter/mage told the party illusionist to get out his decanter of endless water and crank it up full blast while the fighter/mage cast metamorphose liquids (acid) and touched the stream of water with the tip of his finger....