Icewalker
2008-02-10, 08:13 PM
In Sandstorm statistics are given for a temperature band over 'Unearthly Heat.' Burning Heat is a pretty vicious temperature. I want to do the same for cold, as I feel that it wouldn't be too extreme actually to have a temperature band below -50 (Just because the coldest places on Earth have an average temperature of about -50, doesn't mean we can't run into lower. I mean, the lowest recorded temperature on earth was -121.)
Freezing Cold: Eventually, temperatures go below Unearthly Cold and actually reach low enough that unprotected things can spontaneously freeze. At around -100 degrees one's blood freezes in their veins, causing death almost immediately without extreme measures of protection.
In a region of this temperature band, (also known as a cold dominant area), characters take 3d10 cold damage per round. In addition, those wearing metal armor or coming into contact with metal are afflicted as if by a Chill Metal spell (which lasts as long as the character remains in the area of Freezing Cold). Generally, non-supernatural methods of protection against cold offer no protection in areas of freezing cold.
Out of flavor-tastic curiosity, does anybody know or care to guess at what temperature blood freezes? According to Wikipedia, they freeze the plasma in people's blood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_frozen_plasma) to use for medicine, but it is apparently only frozen at about 0 degrees F. So at what temperature do you think it would freeze in someone's veins?
Freezing Cold: Eventually, temperatures go below Unearthly Cold and actually reach low enough that unprotected things can spontaneously freeze. At around -100 degrees one's blood freezes in their veins, causing death almost immediately without extreme measures of protection.
In a region of this temperature band, (also known as a cold dominant area), characters take 3d10 cold damage per round. In addition, those wearing metal armor or coming into contact with metal are afflicted as if by a Chill Metal spell (which lasts as long as the character remains in the area of Freezing Cold). Generally, non-supernatural methods of protection against cold offer no protection in areas of freezing cold.
Out of flavor-tastic curiosity, does anybody know or care to guess at what temperature blood freezes? According to Wikipedia, they freeze the plasma in people's blood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_frozen_plasma) to use for medicine, but it is apparently only frozen at about 0 degrees F. So at what temperature do you think it would freeze in someone's veins?