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===Fire Bombs=== Burning brands are an effective means of burning objects but people are fairly fire-resistant. Humans are roughly 60% water by mass which means just being hit with a burning stick will hurt but not set you on fire. Even a blow torch would not be enough. Oh ya, it hurt like hell but it alone will likely not be enough to set you on fire like a log. As such if you want to use incendiary weapons against infantry you have to get a bit creative. Hence the fire bomb, or rather the "Firepot", fire bomb is more a modern term. At its most simple, you have something like a ceramic jug full of lamp oil with a burning wick. In the middle ages, these were often used against enemy buildings and camps but were relatively rarely used by hand. In medieval battles, they were less effective as they are environmentally sensitive, pricey, had limited range and were generally unreliable at the best of times. However, as we said ''Handheld Versions are relatively rare'', Siege versions are a whole different story. Often called "''carcasses''", siege weapons hurling firepots, pitch, tar, or even woven projectiles of straw set alight would be a nightmare against a wooden city or in defending a city from a naval attack. Castles are made of stone but they have enough wooden timbers in that that if you hurl enough fire at them even they will burn since you only need to get lucky once to end them.
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