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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 4839390" data-attributes="member: 35909">The only arrow the arcane archer fires that is subject to SR is an imbued arrow.&quot;Imbue Arrow (Sp)At 2nd level, an arcane archer gains the ability to place an area spell upon an arrow. When the arrow is fired, the spell’s area is centered on where the arrow lands, even if the spell could normally be centered only on the caster. This ability allows the archer to use the bow’s range rather than the spell’s range. It takes a standard action to cast the spell and fire the arrow. The arrow must be fired in the round the spell is cast, or the spell is wasted. &quot;The regular attacks she makes with enhanced arrows are just like attacks with arrows that had been magically enhanced with a bonus.&nbsp; Heck, just to overkill, the point, if you click on the little Su in parentheses next to the class feature name, you arrive at the rules for <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialAbilities.htm#supernaturalAbilities" target="_blank">Supernatural Abilities</a>: &quot;Supernatural abilities are magical and go away in an antimagic field but are not subject to spell resistance, counterspells, or to being dispelled by dispel magic.&quot;And the <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/prestigeClasses/arcaneArcher.htm" target="_blank">Arcane Archer</a> says every arrow she nocks and lets fly gains this benefit, so no, it does not take a standard action to so improve each arrow if you would next try to argue that...Heck, even if it WERE a spell-like ability, let's look at the baseline spell for enhancing weapons, <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/magicWeapon.htm" target="_blank">Magic Weapon</a>.&nbsp; Note it has an entry of SR: Yes (harmless, object).&nbsp; The spell is affecting the weapon, not the creature you use the weapon to strike with.&nbsp; So even then, SR would not apply.EDIT: And even for Imbued Arrow, it's only subject to SR if the spell used is subject to it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 4839390, member: 35909"] The only arrow the arcane archer fires that is subject to SR is an imbued arrow. "Imbue Arrow (Sp) At 2nd level, an arcane archer gains the ability to place an area spell upon an arrow. When the arrow is fired, the spell’s area is centered on where the arrow lands, even if the spell could normally be centered only on the caster. This ability allows the archer to use the bow’s range rather than the spell’s range. It takes a standard action to cast the spell and fire the arrow. The arrow must be fired in the round the spell is cast, or the spell is wasted. " The regular attacks she makes with enhanced arrows are just like attacks with arrows that had been magically enhanced with a bonus. Heck, just to overkill, the point, if you click on the little Su in parentheses next to the class feature name, you arrive at the rules for [url=http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialAbilities.htm#supernaturalAbilities]Supernatural Abilities[/url]: "Supernatural abilities are magical and go away in an antimagic field but [b]are not subject to spell resistance[/b], counterspells, or to being dispelled by dispel magic." And the [url=http://www.d20srd.org/srd/prestigeClasses/arcaneArcher.htm]Arcane Archer[/url] says every arrow she nocks and lets fly gains this benefit, so no, it does not take a standard action to so improve each arrow if you would next try to argue that... Heck, even if it WERE a spell-like ability, let's look at the baseline spell for enhancing weapons, [url=http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/magicWeapon.htm]Magic Weapon[/url]. Note it has an entry of SR: Yes (harmless, object). The spell is affecting the weapon, not the creature you use the weapon to strike with. So even then, [b]SR would not apply[/b]. EDIT: And even for Imbued Arrow, it's only subject to SR if the spell used is subject to it. [/QUOTE]

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