Question about "Grease" spell.

[Nightfall29]

I was just watching a youtube video where someone was going over their top/favorite spells.

In BG3 is "grease" a spell that is subject to being set on fire for extra AoE damage? This is NOT the case in fifth edition which BG3 is supposed to use. I don't think that has been true of the grease spell in ANY edition of D&D, though I could be wrong.

Larian sure likes their barrels of oil and stuff everywhere for extra AoE damage, but that is DoS, not D&D 5E. I feel more and more like this is just Divinity Original Sin 3 with the name "Baulder's Gate" tacked on like a sloppily applied sticker covering up the DoS3 title.

[LinkToReality.ttv]

It makes sense though and any good DM would likely agree. Just agrue that the grease is really oily and flammable.

[Dragon。♥♥♥♥。]

It's a very common homebrew, but not RAW. There is various other changes in the game that is not 5e by the book. Most people do not play by pure RAW, unless you're in Adventurer's League or something.

[Nate]

Grease is still mainly useful for knocking people down and slowing them, the fire damage is just a small bonus, it's not even really that significant.

[zero]

by raw it is non flammable grease, you are correct.

but rules can be changed to add fun/choice if it comes down to it.

larian is good with their arena effects, makes sense they'd want to use them.

[sirkibbz]

Originally posted by Nate:

Grease is still mainly useful for knocking people down and slowing them, the fire damage is just a small bonus, it's not even really that significant.

Idk man, my significantly underleveled wizard was able to take on a bunch of flammable kobolds with proper positioning and using grease+firebolt. That being said I think it's a good thing to give the spell such utility.

[teksuo]

is grease known to easily catch on fire? it sounds like the kind of thing that wouldnt catch on fire even if i threw a lit match into it. im no grease expert though.

[onealone]

Originally posted by Nightfall29:

I don't think that has been true of the grease spell in ANY edition of D&D, though I could be wrong.

I'm pretty sure we used it in 1e and maybe even 3.5. If not as a DM I would allow it if the fire were hot enough. After all grease fires are a real danger in professional kitchens.

Keep in mind that almost every table has it's own house rules. That's all Larian has done here is add house rules.

[Sentient_Toaster]

Larian seems to generally have a thing about using or manipulating the environment -- surfaces and physics.

e.g. factoring in weight beyond just encumberance. 5E tabletop doesn't even provide any guidance for the weight of various monsters, but Larian chose to set weights and use them for such things as shoving distance and fall damage.


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Druid wildshaping into an owlbear, becoming enlarged, landing from 31m up for over 800 bludgeoning damage to an enemy. Definitely not 5E RAW, heh.

[Secret Squirrel]

I usually follow up grease with a fireball spell from the next character. -- if there is no barrel. It ignites the grease, and they burn for a few turns.

I never really stop to think about how realistic this is or how true it is to D&D.

In terms of realism, they don't say what kind of grease it is. Some greases are quite flammable.

[Strez]

It's a homebrew based on 5e. None of the BG games have been perfect adaptations of the current DnD editions.

It's also not particularly game breaking. A little extra fire/burn damage over time, and maybe you spread a fire to something flammable/explosive that you could've just hit with a fire bolt anyways.

[Poop King]

Loads of DnD games feature ignitable grease, this is not the first.