| From: | Zixx t_berghoff@*********.netsurf.de |
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| Subject: | Manipulation Spells and Game Mechanics |
| Date: | Wed, 8 Sep 1999 23:01:05 +0200 |
> > Flamethrower? The magic spell merely excites the molecules in the air
> > until they combust, then spreads that effect.
>
> It's been quite some time since I was last actively involved with
> chemistry, but it seems to me that a _lot_ of energy is needed to do that,
> at least with the molecules that make up the air you're affecting with the
> spell.
Hmmm...well, the problem is that you would have to reduce (translation
correct?), say, carbon-dioxide into it's components and then let it react
again. That *would* be physically correct (if we forget about the magic for
a second ;)). I don't have the numbers here, but I don't think you have
enough material to cause a serious-wound flamethrower.
All IMO, of course...
Tobias Berghoff a.k.a Zixx
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