Truly. I just remembered that I tried it once, I wrote an emote and sit down, then it almost vanished immediatly. I know that I'm not too fast writer, but still. That fire lasts a very short time.

yes

It lasts a random amount of time, so you probably just got a bad roll. Regardless, I'll look into making it last a bit longer.

It definitely is too short. Ideally you should be able to put it out.

Now I've barely seen it last past a single person's rest.

Yes, if you do not rest within a few seconds of the person that lit it, then you are out of luck. Even the longest time I have seen has not been long enough for a party of three or four.

It should probably last between 12 and 24 hours, with the option of putting it out through a dialogue or bash.

Personally Id like them to last for ages. Its just a fun RP prop. Either singing songs around it (er.... maybe not on this server) or lighting a few, and then putting your backs to them for the last stand against the horrors of the encroaching darkness (much better).

All duration effects (spells or otherwise)

I think benefit balance wise from the X+ (y * competence level) from what i've seen.

Where y is a value a good deal less than X, it allows a usable minimum but then may vary beyond that,

For fires.. the competence level above could very well just be a randomly rolled thing or it could be some simple formulae based on stats and/or skills. (dexterity comes to mind, with bonuses for rangers/druids/barbarians (anyone that might have wilderness survival skills) )

All I can really say is that a fire lasts as long as you feed it. Creating an option to just douse it (or if nothing else works, make it bashable with low hp) would really be the best.

Feeding fires isn't so simple in the underdark. Fire is bad down here.

chaosprism All duration effects (spells or otherwise)

I think benefit balance wise from the X+ (y * competence level) from what i've seen.

Where y is a value a good deal less than X, it allows a usable minimum but then may vary beyond that,

For fires.. the competence level above could very well just be a randomly rolled thing or it could be some simple formulae based on stats and/or skills.

Dolorous Edd All I can really say is that a fire lasts as long as you feed it. Creating an option to just douse it (or if nothing else works, make it bashable with low hp) would really be the best.

Thrawn Feeding fires isn't so simple in the underdark. Fire is bad down here.

Coldburn Didn't 'feeding' it oil made it last longer?

Campfires should now last longer.