Is the backstory to the game that the iron shortage got so out of hand that everybody started making weapons entirely out of wood?
Because that's the only way the games "Dip" fire mechanic makes any fracking sense.
I can only assume somebody on the design team was just way too big a fan of the scorpion king. And was "that's so awesome, we got to have that in our game in spite of how stupid it actually is." Because spoiler alert: Dip swords in flaming oil, and when you pull them out, all you have are slightly warmer swords with residue on them. Not enough oil will stick to the sword for the flame to last any amount of time. Won't even hurt the blades temper.
And a candle? SERIOUSLY?
And don't "It's a fantasy game" me. This isn't (supposedly) a magical aspect.
Dipping was a feature in DOS and as BG3 is just a modified DOS2 they just did not remove this mechanic, probably because Larian still thinks its "cool".
