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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kershek" data-source="post: 514481" data-attributes="member: 2900">Please rate the balance/utility/demand for such an item.Hawkborne's Magical Missile LauncherThis is a tube, not unlike a small bazooka.  You can load a Fine item, such as a flask, into the tube as a ME action, point it at your target, and use a command word to launch it as a ranged touch attack.  Any ranged attack-based feats, such as point blank shot, apply.  Its range is 440 feet and has no range increments (like a ray).Caster Level: 3rd; Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, launch item; Market Price: 1,800 gp; Weight: 1 lb.This spell works like Launch Item from Magic of Faerun, but allows non-spellcasters to use it.  Note that Launch Item does not allow items like daggers or bolts to be launched.I think it could be underpriced.  Do you?  I was thinking of doing one of three things:1) Doubling the price by requiring caster level 2.  This would increase the range to 480 feet and make it 3,600 gp.2) Restricting it to 5 uses per day.  This won't affect the price but reduces the utility and therefore makes the current price more viable.3) Making it a spell trigger item so that only spellcasters could use it.  However, I don't know of any other item that uses spell trigger and isn't a wand or staff and not charged.One thing I noticed - if a bandoleer takes a ME to grab an alchemist's fire, then you could only fire this weapon once every two rounds.  ME to grab the flask, ME to load, and then a standard action for the command word.  This suddenly seems underpowered.  However, removing the ME to load the flask seems overpowered for this reason:You could have a row of 5th level archers 440 feet away shoot alchemist fire flasks at the oncoming enemy in an open field with a probable +9 to hit with a ranged touch attack that would most likely hit at least 80% of the time.  That's assuming the opponents have 16 dex.  If the enemy was double-moving, it would take 7 rounds to reach the archers.  If they were running in at least medium armor, it would take 5 rounds.  With light armor, 4 rounds.  Seven rounds of alchemist's fire is 14d6 damage not including the splash damage.  That same archer shooting at someone 440 feet away with a composite longbow will be 4 range increments away (-8 to hit) and probably only hit 25% of the time at best.</blockquote>

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