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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psifon" data-source="post: 339531" data-attributes="member: 3171">Actually, I have used this item in play, and it really wasn't that "game breaking"  What I found was that I only resorted to using this ammo when I was all out of spells.  I generally didn't distribute them through the party because the limited duration of the spell made that problematical, and by the time I could afford these arrowheads, all the other PCs had better tricks to use anyway.I have used them it two adventures so far.  The first one was at 6th level-the bolts were only 1 gallon, which did 2d8 damage.  I used one, to see it used in combat, and then put it away in favor of my spell arsinal.The second time I used it I was 9th level. we were fighting a swarm of spiders, ranging in size from small to colossal.  They came in waves, and the last spider was the colossal one.  By that time, I had used all my area of effect spells, and all my magic missiles.  Our barbarian was down 6 points of STR, and our monk was down to 6 HP.  I shot three bolts (still the 1 gallon version), and gave one to the monk so that he could get a shot off as well.  We downed the spider, and the bolts actually did make a big difference in that combat.  On the other hand, I ended up losing money on the attack, because my bolts cost more than the scant treasure my DM gave out (dessicated merchant carcasses actually).  I don't exactly use these things with impunity.  They are more my weapon of last resort.  I expect that when I reach 13th level, they will become completely obsolete, since I will have more spells to last me through an adventure, and attack modes that are SO much better and cheeper that I don't need to use the bolts much.On the other hand, if a party member had the leadership feat and a bunch of money, I could make several for a small army.  The problem here is that for me to do this would dedicate ALL my spells of 3rd level+ so it would only be good for once in a while and even then, only when we knew combat was comming.Darn toot'n! <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    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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