D20: Pathfinder, 3.5...oh my Ammunition with spells.

[Light Knight]

Is it possible...is it to powerful...what would you charge? Or are there rules already.

Let's say a player wants to make a hawkeye style character....

He wants ammunition with different type spells on it.

Say one that does web, another with a fireball, another with guided shot..etc.

What would the cost be?

And how would it work. Say I put disintegrate on an arrow. I fire the arrow and have to hit with the arrow..will there then be another ranged touch? Or is the original hit sufficient?

 

[Quartz]

Take 2 levels in Arcane Archer to get the Imbue Arrow ability.

 

[GX.Sigma]

I'm not an expert on 3.x rules, but aren't there rules on making magic items with one-shot spell effects?

 

[Light Knight]

Yes like potions...but putting on ammo can be tricky I think, and possible knocking out game balance..but I'd like to hear what others say.

 

[Quartz]

Take 2 levels in Arcane Archer to get the Imbue Arrow ability.

I suppose I should expand on this. For 3.5E you probably want a build like Ftr 2 / Wiz 5 or Sor 6 / Eldritch Knight 1 or 2 / AA 2 / EK thereafter.

More to the point, isn't placing ranged spells with arrows just a special effect? So it could all be handwaved as a special effect of something like the Eldritch Knight PrC.

 

[Light Knight]

I supposed, but I don't know if there is any RAW rules that I can point to in a book to use.

 

[athos]

no RAW, that I know of any way, allows you to put spells on bullets

that said, it has been thought of and there is at least one web class for doing that :

http://www.pathfinderdb.com/charact...ss-options-list/1350-magus-archetype-gun-mage

and there is this :

http://privateerpressforums.com/showthread.php?58030-Pathfinder-Conversion-The-Gun-Mage

 

[delericho]

In theory, it's just a single-use, use-activated spell effect: per the DMG, the cost should be (spell level) x (caster level) x 50gp.

And, now that I've said that, some advice to your DM: do not, under any circumstances, allow this! The magic item creation rules from the DMG are pretty screwy, to say the least, and this, in particular, is a quick way to run into trouble.