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<blockquote data-quote="IceBear" data-source="post: 514048" data-attributes="member: 1118">The only time I've used this was when a character, whose background had him burned severely as a child and thus he had a fear of fire, was caught on fire.I wouldn't use that rule with Acid Arrow or such spells.&nbsp; I wasn't saying it was the pain that was distracting you so much as the fear of being caught on fire.&nbsp; It's just I *believe* that we have a deep rooted fear of fire (maybe it's just me) and thus I can see people acting less rational when they are on fire.&nbsp; That's all.&nbsp; I've also been blinded by Hollywood that tends to have people caught on fire running around screaming instead of doing anything else (most of the time <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />).Also, for some reason whenever someone says &quot;caught on fire&quot; I am picturing someone who is completely ablaze as opposed to someone with just a small patch of fire - so that tempered my responses.Again, this is a house rule that I've used when characters are exposed to something that they are frightened of, it's not one that's applied to all circumstances.But, in response to metagame actions, I'd still not hold back.IceBear</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IceBear, post: 514048, member: 1118"] The only time I've used this was when a character, whose background had him burned severely as a child and thus he had a fear of fire, was caught on fire. I wouldn't use that rule with Acid Arrow or such spells. I wasn't saying it was the pain that was distracting you so much as the fear of being caught on fire. It's just I *believe* that we have a deep rooted fear of fire (maybe it's just me) and thus I can see people acting less rational when they are on fire. That's all. I've also been blinded by Hollywood that tends to have people caught on fire running around screaming instead of doing anything else (most of the time :p). Also, for some reason whenever someone says "caught on fire" I am picturing someone who is completely ablaze as opposed to someone with just a small patch of fire - so that tempered my responses. Again, this is a house rule that I've used when characters are exposed to something that they are frightened of, it's not one that's applied to all circumstances. But, in response to metagame actions, I'd still not hold back. IceBear [/QUOTE]

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