Surfaces

A Fire surface.

A Surface is a type of area. It is a flat layer of some type of substance that covers the ground, and has a unique effect when a creature steps on it. Many abilities and magical effects can create a surface, and they can sometimes be removed or converted into different surfaces with other elements or substances. The effects of surfaces can be avoided with abilities such as Fly.

The player can Dip their weapon into Fire and Hellfire surfaces to receive Dipped in Fire, and Simple Toxin surfaces to receive Dipped in Poison.

Ice, Lava and Web surfaces also impose Difficult Terrain, which doubles the cost of moving while on the surface.

Types of surfaces

Surface	Effects
Ash
Acid	Acid
Alcohol	Turns into a Fire surface if exposed to Fire damage, or Ice surface if exposed to Cold
Blood	Turns into Ice surface if exposed to Cold damage
Caustic Brine	Deals 1d4 Acid damage
Electrified Surface	Electrocuted
Fire	Burning  Dippable: 1d4 Fire
Hellfire	Roiling Hellfire  Dippable: 1d4 Fire
Ice	Prone  Difficult Terrain
Lava	Melting  Difficult Terrain
Mud	Difficult Terrain
Mysterious Liquid	Explodes when lit by Fire damage, creating a Fire surface
Oil	Explodes when lit by Fire damage, creating a Fire surface
Simple toxin	Deals 1d4 Poison damage each round.  Dippable: 1d4 Poison
Smokepowder	Explodes when lit by Fire damage, creating a Fire surface and dealing 2d6 Fire + 2d6 Force damage
Water	Wet
Web	Enwebbed  Difficult Terrain