Greenfield
Adventurer
I was reading through the DMG while researching another topic when I came across something unexpected.
According to the DMG, page 221 under Ranged Weapons and Ammunition.. well read it yourself.
If I'm reading that right (the highlighted part) then a +whatever bow, sling etc. gets its enhancement bonus to the attack roll, but not to the damage. Damage enhancements have to come from the ammunition.
I'd often wondered why anyone would make magic arrows, since adding magic to a bow costs the same as adding magic to 50 arrows, but now it makes sense.
If someone can find where the rules say I'm wrong, please share. This kind of turns archery on its head.
According to the DMG, page 221 under Ranged Weapons and Ammunition.. well read it yourself.
3.5DMG pp221 said:Ranged Weapons and Ammunition: The enhancement bonus from a ranged weapon does not stack with the enhancement bonus from ammunition. Only the higher of the two enhancement bonuses applies.
Ammunition fired from a projectile weapon with an enhancement bonus of +1 or higher is treated as a magic weapon for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction. For example, a sling stone hurled from a +1 sling is treated as a magic weapon. Similarly, ammunition fired from a projectile weapon with an alignment (such as a +1 holy longbow or a masterwork crossbow under the effect of the align weapon spell) gains the alignment of that projectile weapon (in addition to any alignment it may already have). For example, a +1 unholy arrow fired from a +2 anarchic shortbow would be both evil-aligned and chaos-aligned (the former from its own unholy special ability, the latter from the shortbow).
If I'm reading that right (the highlighted part) then a +whatever bow, sling etc. gets its enhancement bonus to the attack roll, but not to the damage. Damage enhancements have to come from the ammunition.
I'd often wondered why anyone would make magic arrows, since adding magic to a bow costs the same as adding magic to 50 arrows, but now it makes sense.
If someone can find where the rules say I'm wrong, please share. This kind of turns archery on its head.