Interesting Arcane Archer question...

[Kai Lord]

You're an Arcane Archer, you imbue an arrow with a Fireball spell, then shoot it at someone and drill him with the arrow. Does he get a Reflex save against the Fireball? If so, how the heck do you explain that?

I think I just discovered a badass way for AA's to tag pesky high-level rogues and monks with area effect spells for guaranteed full damage....

HIGH LEVEL ROGUE: "Mwahahaha! With Improved Evasion, at *best* you can only do half damage with an area effect spell!"

ARCANE ARCHER (fires an arrow Imbued with Fireball up the Rogue's ass): "Evade that."

Boom.

 

[Thanee]

Yes, you still get a Reflex save.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Kai Lord]

Yes, you still get a Reflex save.

To dodge the blast emanating from the arrow in your chest?

 

[Palax Seyr]

Yes. There isn't any functional difference between the point of emanation and the area it affects.

 

[Kai Lord]

REFLEX SAVES ARE BROKEN

 

[Mark Chance]

Hmm...

To dodge the blast emanating from the arrow in your chest?

So, what you're saying is that it is unrealistic to dodge a fireball blast emanating from an arrow in your chest.

Unrealistic. Fireball blast emanating from an arrow.

Actually, you sort of have a point, but incorrectly assume that just because an arrow damages its target, the arrow is embedded in the target. D&D combat and hit points do not work that way.

 

[Rashak Mani]

At the last microsecond he plucks the arrows from his arse and jumps behind a pebble !

and screams: "EVASION RuL3Z !!"

 

[Negative Zero]

in our game we play that in cases like that, there is no save for the target, but others caught in the blast radius get to roll.

~NegZ

 

[orbitalfreak]

But...
where does it say that the point of emenation of the Fireball is centered on the arrowhead? Imbue Arroe says you "place an area spell upon an arrow." It could very well be emenating from the fletching, or the shaft.

 

[James McMurray]

The Fireball spell itself involves a small bead which bursts when it reaches its target point or when it hits an obstacle. Do you allow a wizard to make a ranged touch attack to hit someone with the bead, thus negating the reflex save?