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<blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 2088516" data-attributes="member: 13966">I use flight arrows and sheaf arrows (aka war arrows, bodkins, whatever).&nbsp; Flight arrows are the normal sort, sheaf arrows are extra-heavy with extra-sharp arrowheads.&nbsp; My houserule:Sheaf Arrows (quiver of 20): Cost 3 gp, Weight 4 lbs., AC 7, Hardness 5, HP 1, Break DC 8*Designed for use as ammunition with Medium-sized shortbows and composite shortbows, as well as Large-sized longbows and composite longbows. (in 3.5, just say Medium-sized bows)*Shortbows and composite shortbows which fire a sheaf arrow deal 1d10 damage instead of their usual 1d6, while longbows and composite longbows firing a sheaf arrow deal 1d12 damage instead of their usual 1d8.&nbsp; Sheaf arrows are heavier and have superior arrowheads.&nbsp; However, this also results in such attacks having a range increment that is only half that of a normal attack with the bow, rounded down to the nearest 5 feet.*If used on its own as a melee weapon, counts as a Tiny weapon that deals 1d4 piercing damage, with a threat range of 20 and a critical multiplier of x2.&nbsp; As it is not designed for melee combat, no character is considered proficient with an arrow used in melee, so they suffer a -4 non-proficiency penalty on the melee attack roll.&nbsp; An arrow used in melee does not threaten an area.*A launched arrow has a 50% chance of being lost or broken if it misses the target.&nbsp; An arrow used in melee breaks automatically if it misses because of the target's armor or natural armor.&nbsp; Any arrow that successfully hits a target is damaged to the point of being unusable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arkhandus, post: 2088516, member: 13966"] I use flight arrows and sheaf arrows (aka war arrows, bodkins, whatever). Flight arrows are the normal sort, sheaf arrows are extra-heavy with extra-sharp arrowheads. My houserule: Sheaf Arrows (quiver of 20): Cost 3 gp, Weight 4 lbs., AC 7, Hardness 5, HP 1, Break DC 8 *Designed for use as ammunition with Medium-sized shortbows and composite shortbows, as well as Large-sized longbows and composite longbows. (in 3.5, just say Medium-sized bows) *Shortbows and composite shortbows which fire a sheaf arrow deal 1d10 damage instead of their usual 1d6, while longbows and composite longbows firing a sheaf arrow deal 1d12 damage instead of their usual 1d8. Sheaf arrows are heavier and have superior arrowheads. However, this also results in such attacks having a range increment that is only half that of a normal attack with the bow, rounded down to the nearest 5 feet. *If used on its own as a melee weapon, counts as a Tiny weapon that deals 1d4 piercing damage, with a threat range of 20 and a critical multiplier of x2. As it is not designed for melee combat, no character is considered proficient with an arrow used in melee, so they suffer a -4 non-proficiency penalty on the melee attack roll. An arrow used in melee does not threaten an area. *A launched arrow has a 50% chance of being lost or broken if it misses the target. An arrow used in melee breaks automatically if it misses because of the target's armor or natural armor. Any arrow that successfully hits a target is damaged to the point of being unusable. [/QUOTE]

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