Talk:Stormwind Army Field Manual: Survival in the Field/@comment-74.242.209.66-20140815214350

Grayloth here, my account is barring me from logging on.

Being a former ranger-lord ICly, Gray went to Claire to talk about most of the survivability in the field and her failed fire-making class. I'm not here to be an asshole, or sound like a dick, even, and I know that 95% of you despise me for some unknown reason. However, if you're going to roleplay as woodsmen, I suggest you do it right, as there's a lot of flaws with living in the wilderness here.

"Kindling" should not be 'high flammability'. Rather, Tinder is the spark that starts the fire in the first place. Leaves, dead plants, twigs, are what tinder consists of. Tinder covers Kindling, but in no way is Kindling the man piece of a fire pit. After the initial spark engulfs the tinder, it spreads to the kindling and lowers the heat and flame to a suitable level to match it's fuel. After the kindling is dried and the tinder is spent, the logs are put in and that's where the heat comes from. Therefor, I'd replace 'Fuel' with 'Logs', and put it at high flammability instead.

Constructing the actual fire is the kciker. I know we're not looking for extremity and specifics, but you should be a littler clearer on how to build the fire as well. Factos like "How big should the hole be? What if the ground is wet? How deep does the hole need to be?" comes into play. A legitimate fire takes about 4 feet in diameter, (1.2m) and half a foot deep. If the ground is wet, you take GREEN LOGS (in-game logs that don't light on fire) and construct a platform for the fire, or, surround the pit in stones.

Then it's smooth sailing from there. You put down the kindling, then the tinder on top. Lighting the tinder to burn and heat the kindling, you place the logs in -- but not just in any old fashion. You construct a tepee, or a little triangular shape because flame is hottest at it's tip. (where oxygen and carbon dioxide combust).

Viola, a fire.

P.S. I know that some of this is a little too specific for your tastes, but I live in backwoods IRL, and I know how serious The First takes it's roleplay. Hopefully you won't take this the wrong way.