Energy or physical damage??

[garhkal]

Would a flame thrower be considered physical damage for armor purposes or energy? Would Jedi be able to absorb/dissipate it??

What about Engine wash?
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[Kehlin Yew]

Flamethrowers i could see being based upon regular damage, but at maybe one scale up.

You actually sprayed someone with engine wash, spaceships engine wash.... >_>...

[garhkal]

No, but it did happen in game.... character being chased by 30 or so stormies, got in their ship, lifted it on repulsors and waited until they came in the door, and kicked in the main engines (open top bay)...
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[KageRyu]

Flamethrowers, as well as any fire or flame damage, should be counted as energy. Fire is an exothermic chemical reaction (produces more heat and energy than it uses) but still requires heat and/or energy to start or perpetuate. This also means that a Jedi could absorb/dissipate it, but it would work just as for absorbing/dissipating blaster bolts, lightsabers, and supernovas (damage affects difficulty).
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[Argamoth]

Flamethrowers = energy attack
Agreed

Engine wash: I'd say both. Energy for burns, but a chance of getting blasted across the room with some physical damage.

[netjedi]

Ditto for me on Argamoth's response

That would be a funny site wouldn't it? 30 BBQ'd stormies all over the docking back all broken and thrown about. it would be like something out of an old Road Runner cartoon.
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[garhkal]

We have had quite a few new folks on the site since this thread was put up.

So for all you new folk, what do you say?
Is a flame thrower (or napalm) energy damage or physical damage?
If energy, is it treated like say a blaster bolt for absorb/disapate?
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[Dromdarr_Alark]

Energy.
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[DougRed4]

Yeah, to me I'd view it as energy, and would allow a Jedi to Absorb/Dissipate it.
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[nuclearwookiee]

I agree, both flames and engine wash should be energy, generally speaking.

But here's another thought I had. I assume when you ask whether flames should be physical or energy, you are really asking "if I'm wearing armor, do I apply the physical damage protection value or the energy protection value?" From that perspective, here's something else to think about.

A blaster bolt produces a tiny explosion on impact, and therefore its damage is a combination of extreme heat and kinetic force.

With that in mind, you could quite justifiably conclude that the addition of the extreme heat (non-kinetic energy) is what makes it do more damage than a projectile alone. On this basis, you should only get the armor's energy protection amount.

On the other hand, you could also conclude that the blaster is more effective than a projectile because of the combination of heat and kinetic force. Because the blaster does two forms of damage, and the projectile only does one, the blaster is more effective. From this perspective, you could likewise conclude that a blaster is also more effective than a purely non-kinetic energy weapon like a flamethrower. Therefore, even though the flamethrower does energy damage, you might still use the physical protection value of the armor on the basis that a weapon without a kinetic energy component is less effective than a blaster (and therefore easier to resist).

To simplify, I'm suggesting that, alternatively, you could interpret what is listed as the "physical" protection value on the armor as being the protection against an attack that does a single type of damage (energy or kinetic), and treat the "energy" protection value on the armor as being the protection against an attack that does both types of damage (energy AND kinetic).

[Naaman]

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[garhkal]

[CRMcNeill]

He couldn't do Absorb/Dissipate because of MAPs. He was using his lightsaber to parry multiple blaster shots from an oncoming battle droids, then had to contend with the flamethrower attack from Mango Fett. Just because Absorb/Dissipate can be used doesn't mean it is easy.
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[Naaman]

Or perhaps because it generally takes time and concentration to use the power, which would have been impractical at the time (?)