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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aelryinth" data-source="post: 8096015" data-attributes="member: 10515">Tucker's Kobolds are great theory crafting, but there's so many ways to get rid of them with magic the players had to be idiots. You simply set out to get rid of them, and they die easy.On controlling tech items: Rule 1 of Combustible Materials: The more combustible a material is, the more likely it is to spontaneously combust.Alchemical fire is carefully sealed for a reason. Black powder is doled out in small lots. If you put a bunch of black/smoke powder together, especially in a highly combustible format, it's entirely likely it will blow apart right on the spot as it starts attracting random fire spirits hungry for some fun.So, if you make alchemical bombs, right about when you put it together is about when it explodes in your face, and you realize why nobody makes alchemical or technological bombs in a high magic world. The more they try to 'time' the thing so it can explode, the more unstable it starts getting and the earlier it explodes. Soon, they become aware there's fire spirits around them all the time, attracted by their attempts, and things start exploding at random, or the different components start flying together by themselves, before you can mix them, for a boom!"You've been feeding the fire spirits, and they aren't stupid. They're just making dinner!"</blockquote>