After catching wind of the upcoming character dlc and refreshes, I've been getting pulled back into the wonderful world of Don't Starve. And while my experience with the game is still very noob level, thinking of possible character tweaks in games has always been one of my favorite things to do, so forgive me if this all sounds like a bunch of hogwash.
Basically I came up with the idea that any fires started by a Willow don't actually spread on their own. Instead, any objects within spreadable distance while the fire is still burning would give a "spread" prompt when you hover the cursor over them, causing that object to immediately combust as well and would follow the same burning rules. I was thinking that this way Willow can take advantage of all kinds of fire related shenanigans without the massive risk of collateral damage, like making the fire darts and fire staff safer to use. As for exactly how she's able to do this, well the best explanation that I can come up with is that she has so much experience starting fires that she knows how to light them in such a way that she can predict how and where it spreads. That or pyrokinesis, that one's a popular theory right?
Like I said, no idea if this would be a good idea or not, I just wanted to share it and see what some other people might think. Have a good one!