Well, what she's getting at is that electricity will follow the path of least resistance to ground. If there's a metal pathway that allows electricity to pass through rather than your body, it will do that.shau wrote:Are sure about this? It sounds like you are saying I want to be wearing metal boots in a high voltage area, not rubber ones. It is my understanding the opposite is true.Crissa wrote: Hence wearing conductors vs magic lightning is bad, but wearing wood is good, but the opposite is true iRL.
-Crissa
If you're encased in metal, the electricity will follow the metal. If your boots are metal and nothing else, the power will go through your body to get to the boots. If you are not connected to ground at all though, electricity won't go through you at all.