Killing a troll with non-magical fire

[Patlin]

The most popular methods in my experience are Coup de Grace with a torch, drowning, or strangulation. Last night I used the Summon Elemental [reserve] feat to gain the services of a fire elemental, who was able to perform a coup de grace.

 

[Cameron]

As a resident of Colorado Springs, I'm used to abnormal conditions... as the main abnormal condition in the equation is the amount of pressure the system is under. Water boils at a lower temperature up here in the heights. Hyp's observation is of course correct... we did an experiment to confirm it in high school chemistry.

Purity of water has a large impact on this. In South-East Asia, the purity of tap (and drinking) water is such that water boils at 104C, not 100.

 

[Pagan priest]

Purity of water has a large impact on this. In South-East Asia, the purity of tap (and drinking) water is such that water boils at 104C, not 100.

 

[Lurks-no-More]

The most popular methods in my experience are Coup de Grace with a torch, drowning, or strangulation. Last night I used the Summon Elemental [reserve] feat to gain the services of a fire elemental, who was able to perform a coup de grace.

Yup. Beat the troll into negative hit points, then drop a bottle of alchemical fire onto the remains, or club it with a burning torch. It should do the trick just fine.

 

[Nail]

Purity of water has a large impact on this. In South-East Asia, the purity of tap (and drinking) water is such that water boils at 104C, not 100.

Typiclly, dissolving anything in the water raises its boiling point. Kool-aid, for instance.

 

[chitzk0i]

Trolls have such thick, tough necks that you can't just use a big axe to completely sever its head? So long as the PCs have the troll unconscious, I'm inclined to let it work.

 

[Nail]

Trolls have such thick, tough necks that you can't just use a big axe to completely sever its head? So long as the PCs have the troll unconscious, I'm inclined to let it work.

Uhm...why? Are you assuming they can't regenerate if beheaded? FWIW, that's incorrect.

 

[Goolpsy]

water boiling temperatur is based on the pressure too... with normal pressure and usual drinking purity it would be around the 100 yes.. but if you are high on a mountain.. like in the Himalayas.. u would have a problem cooking your food as water would boil at about 40 C.. dunno the world in english but there exist some pressure devises for cooking that will make you able to cook things at 140 C.. but lets not get too much into the physics..

Easy way to kill a troll... --> stuf a bag over the head etc.. should be enought. Depending on the DM the task can be more challenging.. etc. some would let you Sever the Head and just drown it.. its all about where the "Main" part of the troll is located.. Or maybe make a heal check dc 20, cut the throat, stick in a straw and Flood the lungs?

 

[Hussar]

Why would a regenerating creature die of suffocation?

YOu can whack off its head and it just regrows a new one. That implies to me that there is something keeping it alive while it cannot breathe.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Why would a regenerating creature die of suffocation?

"Regeneration does not restore hit points lost from starvation, thirst, or suffocation."

-Hyp.