User blog comment:Tagurit/IDEAS FOR ANYTHING: Campaigns, Weapons, Survivors, Infected, Grenades, Health Stuff/@comment-1175363-20091116190925

I had this idea earlier. A brander. You know, for horses? It'd be abit of a unique melee weapon. As itself it'd be like the night stick, but it also has a special "reload" feature where you place it over a fire or stove for a set amount of time (a charge would appear like when you heal someone so you know when it's fully "loaded") Then you can not only do more damage, but for a minute after fully charged, it can set infected on fire. Though of course the damage will decrease over time as it cools. I also thought it'd be cool to add a special "kill" feature where if an Infected falls on its butt, and your weapon is still hot, you can "brand" it, resulting in an instant kill.