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Message: <blockquote data-quote="System Ufera" data-source="post: 6227460" data-attributes="member: 6671268">And that's another good point... I'm a rather "inside the box" thinker, in case you couldn't tell. I was thinking more along the lines of, you know, perhaps a nobleman is doing some winter hunting, and would normally survive due to adequate preparation, but then you, having different plans, sneak up near him, give him hypothermia, and leave his dead or dying body there. If he had bodyguards, and if you were sneaky enough, they'll likely assume the cold got to him, and that he died before they could save him. If the nobleman was one of those young brash types who felt no need for bodyguards, whoever recovers the body will see no cuts or any other signs of fighting, and likely say he died of hypothermia.While I realize that my system is inevitably and intentionally going to violate RW physics, I'm curious as to why you specifically mentioned thermodynamics.Granted, I'm no expert, but I would assume that the amount of heat required to make you instantly sick would be beyond the amount of heat required to cause combustion. That's most of why I had argued that, in battle, one might as well just burn someone instead of making them sick, because (and correct me if I'm wrong) making someone sick with hyperthermia, without making enough heat to cause combustion, would take more time than simply burning them.</blockquote>