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<blockquote data-quote="ConcreteBuddha" data-source="post: 199281" data-attributes="member: 3139">Okay I'll whip out my rules lawyer to counter the above argument: 1) Arrows do not deal 1d8 or 1d6 damage. The chart on pg. 99 of the PHB shows arrows as doing no damage. Therefore, adamantine arrows do not gain an enhancement bonus from adamantine when projected from a bow. 2) In the DMG, pg. 183, arrows are treated as ammunition for purposes of ranged combat, not as ranged weapons, and therefore would not gain a benefit from adamantine, as it only affects weapons and armor. 3) If used as a melee weapon (pg. 97 PHB), arrows are tiny weapons and deal 1d4 damage, which would give them a +1 enhancement bonus only if the whole arrow was made out of adamantine. The descriptions of both the adamantine dagger and battleaxe say that the weapons are made out of adamantine, not adamantine and another material (such as wood or steel). 4) Since the entire weapon has to be made out of adamantine, (which has the same weight as steel) if your DM allows steel arrows to fly, then your DM is a dolt. That is the same DM that will allow adamantine clubs and whips. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="ConcreteBuddha, post: 199281, member: 3139"] Okay I'll whip out my rules lawyer to counter the above argument: [B] 1) [/B] Arrows do not deal 1d8 or 1d6 damage. The chart on pg. 99 of the PHB shows arrows as doing no damage. Therefore, adamantine arrows do not gain an enhancement bonus from adamantine when projected from a bow. [B] 2) [/B] In the DMG, pg. 183, arrows are treated as ammunition for purposes of ranged combat, not as ranged weapons, and therefore would not gain a benefit from adamantine, as it only affects weapons and armor. [B] 3) [/B] If used as a melee weapon (pg. 97 PHB), arrows are tiny weapons and deal 1d4 damage, which would give them a +1 enhancement bonus only if the whole arrow was made out of adamantine. The descriptions of both the adamantine dagger and battleaxe say that the weapons are made out of adamantine, not adamantine and another material (such as wood or steel). [B] 4) [/B] Since the entire weapon has to be made out of adamantine, (which has the same weight as steel) if your DM allows steel arrows to fly, then your DM is a dolt. That is the same DM that will allow adamantine clubs and whips. ;) [/QUOTE]

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