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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 8675765" data-attributes="member: 15700">Can't find a potion of Fire Breath, but that's not really the point.  Just because a magic item exists in an adventure is no reason to assume the PCs will have it.  Many magic items are never discovered for a number of reasons.  For alchemist's fire, assuming the town even has it, it's costly, requires an improvised attack roll, and only does 1d4 damage.  So that's not exactly a way to quickly free a PC who is frozen.  Assuming the other PCs carry them and forgo the other options they have and know that only fire can damage the small crystal.  Which all of those things aligning is unlikely and improbable.You're confusing what is in the written description, and what is described to the PCs.  The players do not see the written description.  It's a gem-sized ice crystal in the book, but to the players, it could be a diamond, quartz, or any other crystal-like object.  An object that is gem-sized, and easily not even noticed when it's created in the heat of battle.  If it is noticed, and if it is put together by the PCs that it's the cause of their friend being frozen, then the most probable action is to attack it with the most effective attack the PC has.  That's not going to be a 1d4 alchemist's fire.  Not until they realize it's immune to everything else first.  For example, if you have an ice cube and need to destroy it, are you going to smash it with a hammer, or use a lighter first to melt it?</blockquote>

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