Lava

Lava is an area. Characters passing through lava are slowed and receive massive fire damage per turn.

Description

Deals 10d6⁠⁠Fire damage per turn.

Properties

Type: Surface

Condition: Melting

 Melting

Duration: Whilst on surface

• Takes 10d6⁠⁠Fire damage per turn.

Condition: Difficult Terrain: Lava

 Difficult Terrain: Lava

Duration: Whilst on surface

• Movement speed halved.

Creation

This area can be created by the following:

Spells and actions:

• Create Lava

Notes

• NPCs that die from  Melting burn to ash and:
  • can no longer be targeted by  Speak with Dead
  • gain a charred appearance offset with patches of glowing orange when inspected
  • may lose certain items
    • Most notably  Nere's Head becomes unavailable if he burns to ash by melting, failing ⁠Deliver Nere's Head
• Characters do not burn to ash if they:
  • are a party member
  • die from damage other than ⁠fire while standing in lava
  • are displaced into lava through certain mechanisms and die immediately from the damage taken (i.e. on the displacer's turn). The key factor appears to be that "killed while downed" overrides burning to ash. A non-exhaustive list includes:
    • being  Thrown does not trigger burning to ash. Neither does  Telekinesis.
    • being  Shoved does trigger burning to ash, as do  Boot of the Giants and  Mobile Flourish (Ranged)
    • displacement methods that would otherwise trigger burning to ash do not do so if the target is already  Prone