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<blockquote data-quote="MeMeMeMe" data-source="post: 4310156" data-attributes="member: 68069"><a href="http://www.lavarules.com/" target="_blank">Here</a>It's a comedic site that got posted a lot, and now a lot of people seem to think it came from the DMG. It's not an official rule.It also fails the reality test: in the real world, people (normal 0-level commoners, or maybe 3rd-level scientists) have fallen into lava, and survived. There was one instance of a geologist who fell into the path of a lave flow, was completely submerged, and then rescued - and survived with actually only fairly light burns, though he did need hospital treatment.This isn't actually too surprising. Lava cools very very rapidly in contact with anything other than lava - even human skin. When it cools it is rock, and rock is a pretty good insulator.So if you should happen to be covered by lava, the lava closest to your body will quickly cool, and form an insulating layer whioch will protect you from the lava further away. Breathing could be a problem, though, not to mention the possible crushing damage, too.As was mentioned earlier, if you do actually fall into (onto) lava, you won't sink - you'll float on the top and should be able to be rescued before it kills you (or, if you are conscious, just walk/stagger/stumble off it yourself).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MeMeMeMe, post: 4310156, member: 68069"] [b][url=http://www.lavarules.com/]Here[/url][/b] It's a comedic site that got posted a lot, and now a lot of people seem to think it came from the DMG. It's not an official rule. It also fails the reality test: in the real world, people (normal 0-level commoners, or maybe 3rd-level scientists) have fallen into lava, and survived. There was one instance of a geologist who fell into the path of a lave flow, was completely submerged, and then rescued - and survived with actually only fairly light burns, though he did need hospital treatment. This isn't actually too surprising. Lava cools very very rapidly in contact with anything other than lava - even human skin. When it cools it is rock, and rock is a pretty good insulator. So if you should happen to be covered by lava, the lava closest to your body will quickly cool, and form an insulating layer whioch will protect you from the lava further away. Breathing could be a problem, though, not to mention the possible crushing damage, too. As was mentioned earlier, if you do actually fall into (onto) lava, you won't sink - you'll float on the top and should be able to be rescued before it kills you (or, if you are conscious, just walk/stagger/stumble off it yourself). [/QUOTE]

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