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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9364384" data-attributes="member: 6801228">I would disagreeConsider this. True Lava remains &quot;molten&quot; for multiple months of time. One study I saw says 130 days, which is about 4.5 months. Dragon breath turns stone to slag... for a few minutes? And the dissipation of heat is directly related to how hot the material was. The hotter something is, the longer it takes to cool down. And even if Dragon Breath briefly reaches the same heat, it dissipates much much faster. Additionally, Dragon Breath being something that expands into the air, can realistically create pockets of more or less hot material, it is pushing the air ahead of it, and move around obstacles, spreading the heat. Meanwhile, lava is immensely dense, concentrating the heat much more efficiently.Now, you can disagree, that is fine. I'm merely pushing back against the idea that there is only one logical path here, and that if I consider lava instant death, I must by default except that Dragon Breath is just as bad if not worse.Me in my non-heroic human body that could die to a sharp whack with a thick stick? Sure. But Acid is far less deadly than lava. Acid melting a material is making a chemical reaction that reduces the potency of the acid over time. That's why more concentrated acids &quot;eat&quot; more material, it takes longer to dilute them. I could imagine an acid that is near instant death for anything touching it, but it would be far stronger than most acids I can think of. And actually, I would say that such an acid would be nearly impossible to store, and the fumes would damage the party long before anyone got to the point of getting waist deep in it.It is just a different tier of threat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 9364384, member: 6801228"] I would disagree Consider this. True Lava remains "molten" for [B]multiple months[/B] of time. One study I saw says 130 days, which is about 4.5 months. Dragon breath turns stone to slag... for a few minutes? And the dissipation of heat is directly related to how hot the material was. The hotter something is, the longer it takes to cool down. And even if Dragon Breath briefly reaches the same heat, it dissipates much much faster. Additionally, Dragon Breath being something that expands into the air, can realistically create pockets of more or less hot material, it is pushing the air ahead of it, and move around obstacles, spreading the heat. Meanwhile, lava is immensely dense, concentrating the heat much more efficiently. Now, you can disagree, that is fine. I'm merely pushing back against the idea that there is only one logical path here, and that if I consider lava instant death, I must by default except that Dragon Breath is just as bad if not worse. Me in my non-heroic human body that could die to a sharp whack with a thick stick? Sure. But Acid is far less deadly than lava. Acid melting a material is making a chemical reaction that reduces the potency of the acid over time. That's why more concentrated acids "eat" more material, it takes longer to dilute them. I could imagine an acid that is near instant death for anything touching it, but it would be far stronger than most acids I can think of. And actually, I would say that such an acid would be nearly impossible to store, and the fumes would damage the party long before anyone got to the point of getting waist deep in it. It is just a different tier of threat. [/QUOTE]

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