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<blockquote data-quote="Oryan77" data-source="post: 3369721" data-attributes="member: 18701"><p>Honestly, I even told her when we discussed it that she probably has nothing to worry about. Seeing as how it holds 60 arrows, and arrows are a common item for a party to loot while adventuring, she'll probably never even need to make any. But they want to be on the safe side (that's understanding). I'd say, she uses 2-3 arrows per round, fights last on average about 3 or 4 rounds, and I have about 1-3 encounters per day. So 60 arrows could last her about 2 days on average. And that's not counting looted arrows, or recovering her missed arrows with the 50% chance.</p><p></p><p>I think she's just tripping now that she's keeping track of her arrow usage. They've encountered tons of dead enemies with arrows. I didn't realize the reason she never looted arrows was because she wasn't keeping up with hers. So she's just unaware of her chances of restocking spent arrows. It's just that it would be nice if she had it in the back of her mind that, "I chose a build that uses a crapload more arrows than normal, so I might need to be selective with what I attack with my bow to conserve my arrow usage just in case" rather than "I'll fix this problem to become even better", like the powergamer does with his PC.</p><p></p><p>Learn to play? Haha, ok, but what game...yours or mine? Maybe he needs to learn to play. Maybe he should hone his roleplaying skills to my level so he doesn't get himself killed? Last session we played he wanted to storm a Sahuagin city because he doesn't roleplay well, so he doesn't think about the fact it's a <strong>Sahuagin City</strong>. Luckily, the other players do roleplay well and told him if they follow his plan, they'll all die....and they would have. D&D may be exactly like playing chess at your table...but please don't try coming off all snooty as if that's how I'm supposed to play.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oryan77, post: 3369721, member: 18701"] Honestly, I even told her when we discussed it that she probably has nothing to worry about. Seeing as how it holds 60 arrows, and arrows are a common item for a party to loot while adventuring, she'll probably never even need to make any. But they want to be on the safe side (that's understanding). I'd say, she uses 2-3 arrows per round, fights last on average about 3 or 4 rounds, and I have about 1-3 encounters per day. So 60 arrows could last her about 2 days on average. And that's not counting looted arrows, or recovering her missed arrows with the 50% chance. I think she's just tripping now that she's keeping track of her arrow usage. They've encountered tons of dead enemies with arrows. I didn't realize the reason she never looted arrows was because she wasn't keeping up with hers. So she's just unaware of her chances of restocking spent arrows. It's just that it would be nice if she had it in the back of her mind that, "I chose a build that uses a crapload more arrows than normal, so I might need to be selective with what I attack with my bow to conserve my arrow usage just in case" rather than "I'll fix this problem to become even better", like the powergamer does with his PC. Learn to play? Haha, ok, but what game...yours or mine? Maybe he needs to learn to play. Maybe he should hone his roleplaying skills to my level so he doesn't get himself killed? Last session we played he wanted to storm a Sahuagin city because he doesn't roleplay well, so he doesn't think about the fact it's a [b]Sahuagin City[/b]. Luckily, the other players do roleplay well and told him if they follow his plan, they'll all die....and they would have. D&D may be exactly like playing chess at your table...but please don't try coming off all snooty as if that's how I'm supposed to play. [/QUOTE]
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