[IC] New Crobuzon & the World Beyond

[GM Marvel]

[OoC did the explosion from the potion Tomeal drank at least clear more of the vegitation?]

Good question.  Does Chaotic Energy do actual physical damage?

The effect just says it damages "Friend or Foe."  If this were a planar chaos effect then I would say no but I think this is different.  Chaos weapons only affect Lawful creatures but this affects everyone.  So I think I may rule that this Torque damage will inflict damage on living things such as plants too, as the damage breaks down molecular bonds of life no matter what form it comes in.  

So when the Chaos explosion happened, a ripple of energy expanded away from Tomeal and every living thing it touched was disrupted.  So at this point, you don't need to make spot checks in the area where chaos damaged the plants because some of the foliage is obliterated and flies away.  The area that already had fire damage can now be moved through at normal movement.