tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842087556081043371.post301890168814996082..comments2022-04-01T16:46:42.462-05:00Comments on Board Enterprises: The Science of MagicBoardEnthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15462361536278304286noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842087556081043371.post-33734641511035869492016-11-21T20:45:41.004-06:002016-11-21T20:45:41.004-06:00Acid and poison gas - I agree - lots of options.
I...Acid and poison gas - I agree - lots of options.<br />I'm going to do some research on acetylene - I had done some previously when trying to create fantasy era spotlights (without massive magics) and felt they required alchemy to work in a fantasy era (limelight, etc.). Natural gas? hmmm. gotta think that through too, because of what I think would be the "storage" requirement. Maybe I'm thinking about it wrong, or it can be condensed easier than I think.<br />LOTS to think through!!BoardEnthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15462361536278304286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842087556081043371.post-46871562666449147752016-11-21T20:42:13.600-06:002016-11-21T20:42:13.600-06:00I like the gif! The two distinct jets of flame ar...I like the gif! The two distinct jets of flame are a cool touch and to me seem reminiscent of fangs - fangs of flame!BoardEnthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15462361536278304286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842087556081043371.post-44704205375491567372016-11-21T09:14:21.283-06:002016-11-21T09:14:21.283-06:00Yeah, Fire, Ice, Poison breath weapons.
About ligh...Yeah, Fire, Ice, Poison breath weapons.<br />About lightning... maybe little metallic particles are spit during the breath and a strong chain lightning effect involves those.<br />I think sulfuric acid seems more like those necrotic damage from black dragons, eating up flesh.<br />Radiant breath from white/platinum dragons would works just like a flash grenade, pyrotechnic metal-oxidant mix like magnesium or aluminium, and a oxidizer such as ammonium perchlorate or potassium nitrate.<br />Maybe Sonic breath (idk if there are dragons with this one) is actually a infra/ultrawave potent cry.<br /><br />About Fire Breathing by fuel:<br />https://67.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzfktsDmny1qjj0j1o1_250.gifAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03527769716138087632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842087556081043371.post-60228546234209318152016-11-21T06:59:23.896-06:002016-11-21T06:59:23.896-06:00sulfuric acid (battery acid H2SO4 for acid, though...sulfuric acid (battery acid H2SO4 for acid, though their are many alternatives here, including magnesium and hydrochloric acid. Many compounds will eat those plate mails right off!Nova Scotia Dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00442827914256027088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842087556081043371.post-12168085000408939332016-11-21T06:53:24.875-06:002016-11-21T06:53:24.875-06:00oh yeah, liquid nitrogen for your cold breath weap...oh yeah, liquid nitrogen for your cold breath weapons!Nova Scotia Dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00442827914256027088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842087556081043371.post-22209671344713223822016-11-21T06:51:28.931-06:002016-11-21T06:51:28.931-06:00When I worked the rigs out west, many pumpjacks ra...When I worked the rigs out west, many pumpjacks ran on their own natural gas that brewed up from the light sweet crude. Very flammable, very deadly. Think of it like propane. A blow torch (is that what they're called in America?) or Bhutane gas. <br />Also, up here in forestry country, we have a lot of big woods equipment. That requires pickup trucks to have these huge cylinders of acetylene, another tank of oxygen. Now, Acetylene / oxygen is used most often as a welder's aid. You want to cut 1/4 steel plate, you fire up an acetylene torch. More modern are the plasma cutting torches.<br />Compounds such as these could make breath weapons like fire very deadly. Oxygen, Acetylene and an electrical spark is a recipe for small scale devastation.<br />Okay, that's fire. Now, stinking poison gas. H2S, or hydrogen sulfide. It's common in fracking of shale gas, or water injected light sweet wells. Sometimes a frack with cause it to seep up into the water table, or worse, the surface. It smells like rotten eggs, and is deadly. I got hit with an air pocket of sour gas once, unconscious in seconds, had to e dragged away and masked with oxygen. That is what's required. And it's still somewhat flammable when released, too, but it'll kill your brain before it needs to be sparked.Nova Scotia Dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00442827914256027088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842087556081043371.post-62163760252685161772016-11-21T06:29:14.808-06:002016-11-21T06:29:14.808-06:00I like that - the stomach can only hold so much fu...I like that - the stomach can only hold so much fuel/alcohol. Not trying to argue, but I wonder if an alcohol fire could cause the kind of devastation we think of from a dragon breath attack? But you may be on the right track - alcohol is natural enough to believe it could actually happen - could actually form in a stomach or second stomach. That's good! but more of a natural answer than I expected.BoardEnthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15462361536278304286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842087556081043371.post-29945287518622818462016-11-20T20:44:15.719-06:002016-11-20T20:44:15.719-06:00Well, maybe fire dragons spit some kind of alcohol...Well, maybe fire dragons spit some kind of alcohol/solvent which catches fire when in contact with air (because their stomachs are in a vaccuum).<br />And maybe a Ice Dragon spits that refrigerant fluids, like CFC or even ammonia, which freezes the air and creates ice/Snow. <br />You know, that sort of stuff.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03527769716138087632noreply@blogger.com