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Kevingway
2016-02-06, 04:47 AM
It seems to be like Wizards went to great lengths never to interchange these two terms. It leads me to believe that they're mechanically different, as it seems only fog has the property of obscuring vision. Turning somebody into a "misty cloud" as with Gaseous Form doesn't necessarily obscure the vision of those peering from opposite sides of said misty player.

Is there a true mechanical difference that anyone can think of? Enough to say that mist couldn't be considered fog for any such reason?
Sitri
2016-02-06, 04:54 AM
Wood elf can hide in mist, no one can be seen in fog. If memory serves me correctly.
Tenmujiin
2016-02-06, 05:22 AM
Like Kevingway said, fog is opaque while mist is partially transparent
MaxWilson
2016-02-06, 05:22 PM
Is there a true mechanical difference that anyone can think of? Enough to say that mist couldn't be considered fog for any such reason?

Mist is of Preservation. Smog is of Ruin. Fog is of neither.

:)
Hikarizu
2016-02-06, 05:47 PM
Mist is of Preservation. Smog is of Ruin. Fog is of neither.

http://www.paperdroids.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/steve-rogers-i-understood-that-reference.jpg
Does that mean that a wood elf can hide when obscured by someone's Gaseous Form?
Addaran
2016-02-06, 06:44 PM
http://www.paperdroids.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/steve-rogers-i-understood-that-reference.jpg
Does that mean that a wood elf can hide when obscured by someone's Gaseous Form?

Only if it's a natural Gaseous Form. =P