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<blockquote data-quote="buzzard" data-source="post: 1400874" data-attributes="member: 3003"><p>So let me get this clear- you are saying that arrows in D&D magically disintegrate on impact. Boy, you're doing wonders for the verisimilitude. </p><p></p><p>The ramifications are not clear unless you imply that an arrow which finds its target is destroyed utterly. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>OK, how many people are hit by arrows, and actually hurt by those that aren't imbedded. "Ooh, that's a nasty scratch!" </p><p></p><p>We all know that HPs is an abstraction. Fine. So does the arrow ever really hit? Do they all just nick people, or sorta bounce off? Do we get to invent rules about when the arrow finally does stick ("yep Merlin, yer under 10 HP, so that one finaly gotcha")? Otherwise I'm stuck believeing that a pilum hits someone, and it falls right out in spite of the barbed tip. You want to believe that your D&D world works that way, fine. I have trouble with it. It's the same sort of trouble as believing that arrows disintegrate and shuriken magically vanish when they hit a soft target rather than only disappearing 50% of the time when they miss. Since when is a shuriken a whole lot more insubtsancial that the throwing knife which somehow does hold together. </p><p></p><p>Come on people offer a real argument based on 3rd Ed. findamentals. </p><p>Why won't the arrow work? Simple enough for you rules lawyer types- the magic balance aspect of the game. A silenced arrow is a freebie. Normally an item carried by someone would get a save against silence. In this case we are adding an item that won't get a save. Can't have that- verisimilitude be damned. </p><p></p><p>Boo hiss. </p><p></p><p>Oh great God of Balance smite these unbelievers who had a neat idea. </p><p></p><p>You know I'm usually on the side of balance, but here it just gets silly. </p><p></p><p>buzzard</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buzzard, post: 1400874, member: 3003"] So let me get this clear- you are saying that arrows in D&D magically disintegrate on impact. Boy, you're doing wonders for the verisimilitude. The ramifications are not clear unless you imply that an arrow which finds its target is destroyed utterly. OK, how many people are hit by arrows, and actually hurt by those that aren't imbedded. "Ooh, that's a nasty scratch!" We all know that HPs is an abstraction. Fine. So does the arrow ever really hit? Do they all just nick people, or sorta bounce off? Do we get to invent rules about when the arrow finally does stick ("yep Merlin, yer under 10 HP, so that one finaly gotcha")? Otherwise I'm stuck believeing that a pilum hits someone, and it falls right out in spite of the barbed tip. You want to believe that your D&D world works that way, fine. I have trouble with it. It's the same sort of trouble as believing that arrows disintegrate and shuriken magically vanish when they hit a soft target rather than only disappearing 50% of the time when they miss. Since when is a shuriken a whole lot more insubtsancial that the throwing knife which somehow does hold together. Come on people offer a real argument based on 3rd Ed. findamentals. Why won't the arrow work? Simple enough for you rules lawyer types- the magic balance aspect of the game. A silenced arrow is a freebie. Normally an item carried by someone would get a save against silence. In this case we are adding an item that won't get a save. Can't have that- verisimilitude be damned. Boo hiss. Oh great God of Balance smite these unbelievers who had a neat idea. You know I'm usually on the side of balance, but here it just gets silly. buzzard [/QUOTE]
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