Yeah, the scrolls should definitely burn faster. I was able to get a scroll of repair on fire from booby trapped door (these booby traps are becoming quite larger threat, with them burning everything around
), run around a level for a while, then read it to repair a cloak. It would be nice to give the player a short time to extinguish or read the scroll, but not that long.
Also, you should be harmed by wearing burning stuff.
I managed to fight through most of UT 3 in burning armor, before I found out I can dip it into fountains.
On the plus side, my ring of searching burnt away! It's awsome how you can lose your equipment now! Maybe now I will actually SOCM my flammable rings!
Anyway, the fire subsystem is great. I'm really looking forward to the day wooden rooms with mines will become burning death traps!