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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Flamestrike" data-source="post: 6620299" data-attributes="member: 6788736">Yes, it is. Has there been a historical example you can cite for a person intentionally jumping into a river of lava and surviving? If you (as a player) knew that immesrion in lava was instant death, would you still have done it?If the answer to that question is 'No of course not' then its an example of you using player metagame rules knowlege badly.When Gollum fell in the lava doing just this, what (in your view) happened to him? Did it occur to you that he survived?It kills you. Thats how much damage it does. If the character tried to use this tactic agains the Tarrasque it deals 18d10 damage. The Tarrasque is lucky enough and has a massive will to live to avoid the worst of the lavas effects. The lava never actually directly get it; maybe splashing the gargantuan creatures thick hide... well - until the Tarrasque is reduced to 0 Hp anyways.  In my games I dont need to do this. It's assumed that (barring magical protection) it kills you. Same as getting an axe swung at your neck by the headsman, having a sword rammed though your heart and so forth.The critical hit from the frost giant didnt actually 'hit' you. It was an awesome blow that you only just managed to step out of the way from, using your experience, luck and vitality to avoid a blow that would have cut a lesser man in two.The reason you are still at 100 percent effectiveness is because you are lucky, skilled and experienced enough to avoid getting hit by the meteors. When the artillery rains down dealing 100 points of damage, the 5 HP Redshirts around you get cut down by the explosions, while you (with your 200 hit points of plot immunity) emerge physcially (miraculously) unscathed.If you stood there, covered your eyes and allowed a giant the size of a train carriage hit you with an axe weighing 100 kilos, you get cleaved in half and die.</blockquote>

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