I've seen mixed approaches to this in fiction- some characters light fires and then wait for someone to find them (usually after the fire has died for dramatic effect) and some characters would never light a fire unless their lives were dependent on it. And some light fires just because and get away with it, despite lurking threats.
If it is night, and not a full moon, and you don't use terribly smoky materials, AND you put something around your fire to help make the glow less visible- how likely are you to be seen? (in a grassland? in a forest?)
How conspicuous are small fires in broad daylight??? (I assume no more so than a horse and rider waltzing about)
This baffles me.
Christina, who would like her characters to be comfortable enough at first to light some fires... maybe.
If it is night, and not a full moon, and you don't use terribly smoky materials, AND you put something around your fire to help make the glow less visible- how likely are you to be seen? (in a grassland? in a forest?)
How conspicuous are small fires in broad daylight??? (I assume no more so than a horse and rider waltzing about)
This baffles me.
Christina, who would like her characters to be comfortable enough at first to light some fires... maybe.