Pedantic question about lamp oil


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Grand Lodge

So in a PFS scenario yesterday, I used a waterproof hooded lantern since I think those are a better long term investment than sunrods. I told my GM and he said oil can't be conserved, so if I used the lantern for 5 minutes, it might as well be 6 hours for purposes of how much oil was used. I searched online and couldn't find any hard-set rules on lanterns and oil incrementation and its been bugging me since (yeah oil is 1 sp, but OCD wins out). Is there any kind of rule for this, or did the GM hit the nail on the head?


I don't know about any special rules for PFS, but as far as I know, lamp oil isn't used in increments. We've always just "eye-balled" it.

Grand Lodge

Yeah, I guess tracking time would be a hassle at that point.

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