Wow, getting a letter from the Egyptian goddess of magic herself. (Better known by her greek name, which has since been ruined by the acronym for an English version for a group of Arabic-speakers.)
Setting a water Elemental on fire bothers me not in the slightest, but what really keeps me up at night is trying to figure out how an earth elemental and an air elemental do literally anything to hurt each other, ostensibly being just as opposed. (And don’t bring up lightning bolts, as I’ve never bought those being Air element, they’re far more appropriate to Fire since lightning is basically just superheated plasma.)
I actually have a pretty good explanation for one half of this conflict…in my vision of D&D “science”, an air elemental can take physical damage because it has a sort of membrane defining its exterior boundary (between the air which is the elemental’s body and the air surrounding it… the membrane is also made of air but stays compressed and/or constantly moving so it generates a sort of surface tension). Colliding with a physical object disrupts this perimeter, and the elemental experiences pain as a result.
But for the other direction, a living cloud using a puff of wind to harm a creature made of rock and compacted soil…. sorry, I got nothing. Given time the wind could friction-sculpt the stone like the mesas of Arizona, but at a combat timescale, no way.
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Wow. He speaks elemental…
Aquan specifically, in this case.
Nah, that speech bubble’s not coming from him.
I feel like I am reading a tabloid, getting info on the gang from another source who stalks them.
Definitely. It’s kind of interesting.
I don’t mind Calamitus getting to answer fan mail, but I sure hope Plaidbeard gets a turn.
He might be a little too exploded to manage that….
What happened to Tales from the Inbox #24?
WordPress hiccup. It’s fixed now.
Actually with the right feats, you can burn a fire elemental. He also goes “OH GOD I AM ON FIRE… MORE!”
I love the elemental’s confused expression.
Anyone else see the water elemental’s pose as a “come at me bro” type?
I feel kinda bad for the waitress there.
For those of you who still think that gold can’t rust, I give you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold(III)_oxide
It’s chemically unstable, mind you, and gives off heat as it decomposes, but that’s where Rusty gets his calories from.
Technically if the fire is hot or large enough hurting a water elemental with isn’t that strange. Steam, anyone?
Wow, getting a letter from the Egyptian goddess of magic herself. (Better known by her greek name, which has since been ruined by the acronym for an English version for a group of Arabic-speakers.)
Setting a water Elemental on fire bothers me not in the slightest, but what really keeps me up at night is trying to figure out how an earth elemental and an air elemental do literally anything to hurt each other, ostensibly being just as opposed. (And don’t bring up lightning bolts, as I’ve never bought those being Air element, they’re far more appropriate to Fire since lightning is basically just superheated plasma.)
I actually have a pretty good explanation for one half of this conflict…in my vision of D&D “science”, an air elemental can take physical damage because it has a sort of membrane defining its exterior boundary (between the air which is the elemental’s body and the air surrounding it… the membrane is also made of air but stays compressed and/or constantly moving so it generates a sort of surface tension). Colliding with a physical object disrupts this perimeter, and the elemental experiences pain as a result.
But for the other direction, a living cloud using a puff of wind to harm a creature made of rock and compacted soil…. sorry, I got nothing. Given time the wind could friction-sculpt the stone like the mesas of Arizona, but at a combat timescale, no way.