arc light not igniting naptha? on 09/24/2015 01:05 PM CDT
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i tried lightin up the dean in a way deserving of a war mage, arc light didn't seem to do the trick. is arc light igniting applied naptha for anyone else?
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Re: arc light not igniting naptha? on 09/24/2015 01:51 PM CDT
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It being a debilitation spell now and the fact that it's in the Electric spellbook, I doubt that it's intended to ignite naphtha anymore. I'm guessing it did it back in 1.0 or 2.0. You need a source of fire to ignite naphtha now, and it generally has to be offensive in nature like a TM spell, a thrown item, or a weapon with fire damage (I think).

There may be some other ways for WMs to ignite naphtha that I'm not aware of since I don't have a high level WM.
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Re: arc light not igniting naptha? on 09/24/2015 01:57 PM CDT
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>discern al

The Arc Light spell uses small amounts of raw electrical energy to produce a blinding flash of light which may stun the target and cause minor head damage. Though non-lethal, use caution since it's possible to ignite naphtha with the flashes.

that descrip made it to current day.
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Re: arc light not igniting naptha? on 09/24/2015 01:57 PM CDT
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>>It being a debilitation spell now and the fact that it's in the Electric spellbook, I doubt that it's intended to ignite naphtha anymore. I'm guessing it did it back in 1.0 or 2.0. You need a source of fire to ignite naphtha now, and it generally has to be offensive in nature like a TM spell, a thrown item, or a weapon with fire damage (I think).<<

Back in the day it would ignite naptha, and it was glorious. Now you need a source of fire damage and you have to hit (iirc) the specific area that was doused in naptha.

Mazrian
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Re: arc light not igniting naptha? on 09/24/2015 01:58 PM CDT
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>>that descrip made it to current day.

Maybe it ignites naptha if the naptha is on the target's head?

We should test this. For science.

Mazrian
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Re: arc light not igniting naptha? on 09/24/2015 02:06 PM CDT
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>>that descrip made it to current day.

It's possible that it is an old spell description that didn't get updated or...

>>Maybe it ignites naptha if the naptha is on the target's head?

...this, since that's how every other ignition source works.
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Re: arc light not igniting naptha? on 09/24/2015 02:27 PM CDT
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it might be that the dean is an old monster. more than willing to test it on people, since who is gonna spend 7 silver to burn a mob anyways
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Re: arc light not igniting naptha? on 09/24/2015 02:39 PM CDT
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naptha on the abdomen, successful stun, but no fire.
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Re: arc light not igniting naptha? on 09/24/2015 03:35 PM CDT
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>>naptha on the abdomen, successful stun, but no fire.

As stated earlier the ignition source has to hit the body part that has naphtha on it. Arc Light targets the eyes/head so if the naphtha isn't on those parts it will never ignite (if it even will).
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Re: arc light not igniting naptha? on 09/24/2015 03:59 PM CDT
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need testing, not pro enough to PW to the head yet
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Re: arc light not igniting naptha? on 09/24/2015 07:51 PM CDT
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success, you are correct nin sir. get naptha onto the head and arc light will ignite it
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