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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 4581128" data-attributes="member: 12731"><p>Any 4E ranger spams arrows much faster than a real archer ever would.</p><p></p><p>(Remember you need four arrows on average to down a standard monster. Not counting misses. To me, that seems a lot more than you'd need in real life. Not that you'd fight Ogres and Dragons in real life.)</p><p></p><p>So, yes, any competent Ranger would carry four Quivers instead of one. He'll also have a standing order to replenish all those arrows each and every time he's back in town. Arrows become trivially cheap very fast in D&D, if they aren't already at level 1.</p><p></p><p>Thus you'd end up with a meaningless counting that serves no real purpose. </p><p></p><p>- "34, 35, 36..."</p><p>- What is that?</p><p>- I'm counting the number of arrows I've used.</p><p>- How many did you start out with? </p><p>- 120.</p><p>- And what's the biggest number of spent arrows you've ever reached before getting back to town?</p><p>- 63. That was an unusually long haul.</p><p>- So why are you still counting them?</p><p></p><p>Just deduct 4 gp each time you get back to town, regardless of how many arrows you've actually used up. This way you can circumvent any zelous DM. Any time he asks you about your ammo usage, you simply say "less than 120". And he'll be hard pressed not to agree.</p><p></p><p>(Feel free to replace the numbers 120 and 4 gp with 300/10 gp or 3000/100 gp. Just some number that the DM can agree is larger than needed for even the longest adventure.)</p><p></p><p>The only time it makes sense to count ammunition is for special property ammunition, ammo with a significant cost. I'm aware of silvered ammo, which costs x500. Anything else?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 4581128, member: 12731"] Any 4E ranger spams arrows much faster than a real archer ever would. (Remember you need four arrows on average to down a standard monster. Not counting misses. To me, that seems a lot more than you'd need in real life. Not that you'd fight Ogres and Dragons in real life.) So, yes, any competent Ranger would carry four Quivers instead of one. He'll also have a standing order to replenish all those arrows each and every time he's back in town. Arrows become trivially cheap very fast in D&D, if they aren't already at level 1. Thus you'd end up with a meaningless counting that serves no real purpose. - "34, 35, 36..." - What is that? - I'm counting the number of arrows I've used. - How many did you start out with? - 120. - And what's the biggest number of spent arrows you've ever reached before getting back to town? - 63. That was an unusually long haul. - So why are you still counting them? Just deduct 4 gp each time you get back to town, regardless of how many arrows you've actually used up. This way you can circumvent any zelous DM. Any time he asks you about your ammo usage, you simply say "less than 120". And he'll be hard pressed not to agree. (Feel free to replace the numbers 120 and 4 gp with 300/10 gp or 3000/100 gp. Just some number that the DM can agree is larger than needed for even the longest adventure.) The only time it makes sense to count ammunition is for special property ammunition, ammo with a significant cost. I'm aware of silvered ammo, which costs x500. Anything else? [/QUOTE]
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