Not a huge fan. The only practical downside is the timesink and the extra clicks, but I still don't like the feel. I'd rather the flaming sword be something out of legend like Surtr or an archangel type motif, since its a pretty high magic universe and flamming weapons are for sure fantastical.
If you cover a bladed weapon in oil or naphtha or whatever, light it on fire, and then start banging it against stuff, it will lose its temper and its edge and is more likely to break. If its a weapon with wooden components its likely to ruin the weapon. Dipping it in acid, also seems like probably not the best call for keeping things keen hehe.
I suppose with normal equipment, dipping might have a chance of breaking the weapon or reducing it to a damaged status that's less effective over time? That at least would be some kind of offset, even if it only happened occasionally.
Poisoned weapons feel a little bit different to me, because it seems to make a bit more practical sense from an efficacy or weapons maintenance or overall believability standpoint.
Dipping a weapon in Dragon's blood I can definitely get behind though. That should do something for sure, if we ever to get to the killing dragons stage.
Last edited by Black_Elk; 23/02/21 12:09 PM.
