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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MarauderX" data-source="post: 991873" data-attributes="member: 9990">Um, this is not true.  The reason the paper cup does not ignite has nothing to do with heat transfer and everything to do with the amount of water the cup has absorbed.  I'm not trying to contradict just to be an @$$, it's just physics.  If you hold the flame to the cup long enough it will ignite once enough of the water has evaporated from paper, and depends on the cup permiability, thickness, etc.  I'm not saying that this experiment is not possible, but the reasoning behind it is absolutely false.  There is a huge difference between flammability and heat transfer.I could find and quote the amount and rate of heat absorbtion for whatever materials, but I think it's unneccessary.  Also, another fun fact is that you can put out a match in gasoline.  I wouldn't recommend it at home, but the flammability is much higher for the fumes (usually rising from the gasoline as it evaporates) than for the gasoline, and should the match hit the gasoline without igniting the fumes, the gasoline will snuff the match before it starts to burn.  Back to the thread:I wouldn't judge grease to be flammable in my game as I like to mimic reality as much as possible, but then again it's only a game.  If I can tag a critter with the spell then start a grease fire, I would expect the same could happen to the party sometime in the future.</blockquote>