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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 884250" data-attributes="member: 177">Assuming the DC for creating an arrow is 10, and assuming a 1st level character with a total skill mod of +4 in Craft (bowmaking), and assuming the character has materials on hand, doing progress by the day, you can assemble something on the order of 30 arrows a day, on average.  Call it a 10-hour working day, that's about 3 arrows an hour, if that hour is uninterrupted, and you can just sit and work on that and nothing else (like sleeping, or keeping watch).So, for each typical combat, you're probably talking one or two hours of preparation.  Now, if you have to start scavanging the shafts and fletching from the wilderness, that time goes up.  When you start trying to pry used arrowheads out of bodies and trees, that time goes up more.  If you're only getting into a couple of encounters every couple of days, on average, this might be workable, though you end up spending much of your time keeping stocked up.  If you get into a "target rich environment", like a dungeon, you're still limited to whatever number of arrows you actually have on hand.</blockquote>