D&D 5E Does a nonmagic arrow from a magic bow pierce nonmagic weapon resistance?

Dausuul · Oct 23, 2020

JackOfAllTirades said:
But a mundane arrow fired from a magical bow is still a mundane arrow.

I mean, it normally takes a Wizard several weeks of work and thousands of gold pieces to enchant an item and make it magical, but I'm supposed to believe someone nocks an arrow in their bow and POOF it's enchanted!

This makes no sense whatsoever.

A druid can turn a rock or a stick into a magical weapon with a cantrip.

Dausuul · Oct 23, 2020

JackOfAllTirades said:
Well, yes. Some of us like games that make sense. Arrows are either magical, or they're not. And they get used up either way. Otherwise a "magic bow" might as well look like that silly thing "Hank the Ranger" used in that old Saturday morning D&D cartoon.

Oh look, I have a magic bow; it never runs out of magic arrows - I just draw the string and they go PEW PEW all day. <GAG!>

Temporarily imbuing the arrow with magic makes perfect sense. It is a trivial magical effect that can be replicated, in six seconds and at no cost, by at least two cantrips.

"Failing to meet your preconceived and arbitrary notions of How Everything Works" does not equal "not making sense."

MarkB · Oct 23, 2020

That feeling when you're reading through a thread, formulating a reply, and you see a username that you know left the boards some time ago - then notice that the date above their post is from five years ago.

Curse you, Necroooo!

Dausuul · Oct 23, 2020

MarkB said:
That feeling when you're reading through a thread, formulating a reply, and you see a username that you know left the boards some time ago - then notice that the date above their post is from five years ago.

Curse you, Necroooo!

Dangit, you are correct.

It would be really nice to have posts more than, say, 3 months old get a red alert bar across the top or something. "Warning: Zombie post. Protect your brain."

Charlaquin · Oct 23, 2020

MarkB said:
That feeling when you're reading through a thread, formulating a reply, and you see a username that you know left the boards some time ago - then notice that the date above their post is from five years ago.

Curse you, Necroooo!

I’m always suspicious of threads asking simple rules questions. Most of them end up being undead.

Ancalagon · Oct 23, 2020

LevelSix_SYSTEM said:
This sentence is so beautiful it makes Shakespeare seem like emojis in comparison

So your first post on this board was to dig up a 5 year old thread and comment on clever wording?

Welcome aboard oh necromancer!

Charlaquin · Oct 23, 2020

Ancalagon said:
So your first post on this board was to dig up a 5 year old thread and comment on clever wording?

Welcome aboard oh necromancer!

In my opinion, pointing out the age of a necromanced thread for the benefit of those who might otherwise assume it’s new is good netiquette. Making fun of a new user who probably came across the thread via search engine for not checking the date is not.

SkidAce · Oct 23, 2020

I am in the minority, I dont mind necroing.

Person searches and finds topic they like, adds to it, no problem.

Charlaquin · Oct 23, 2020

SkidAce said:
I am in the minority, I dont mind necroing.

Person searches and finds topic they like, adds to it, no problem.

I don’t think most folks have a problem with it, but it can be embarrassing to respond to a post and then realize it was years old and the person you’re responding to has long since forgotten the conversation. For that reason it can be polite to point out “hey folks, this thread is old.” As long as you’re not shaming folks for not realizing its age.

Ancalagon · Oct 24, 2020

Charlaquin said:
In my opinion, pointing out the age of a necromanced thread for the benefit of those who might otherwise assume it’s new is good netiquette. Making fun of a new user who probably came across the thread via search engine for not checking the date is not.

I made an effort to make sure that my post was cheerful and not mocking - the smiley, the "oh necromancer". But perhaps I failed - it is very hard to get tone right online.

@LevelSix_SYSTEM I meant no offense - we all make mistakes on forums, don't worry about it, welcome aboard!