Robe of Stars

[Scion]

I've always thought magical shuriken should be priced as ammo (or else they shouldn't break like ammo - either would be fine by me), but table 7-12 in the DMG didn't seem to agree. It's not in the DMG errata, either. Did they finally clarify that somewhere (e.g., SRD, FAQ, Dragon...)?

Ammunition: Projectile weapons use ammunition: arrows (for bows), bolts (for crossbows), or sling bullets (for slings). When using a bow, a character can draw ammunition as a free action; crossbows and slings require an action for reloading. Generally speaking, ammunition that hits its target is destroyed or rendered useless, while normal ammunition that misses has a 50% chance of being destroyed or lost.
Although they are thrown weapons, shuriken are treated as ammunition for the purposes of drawing them, crafting masterwork or otherwise special versions of them (see Masterwork Weapons), and what happens to them after they are thrown.

emphasis mine

 

[Staffan]

I hadn't looked at the item tables in the DMG, but as Scion pointed out the PHB says shuriken are treated as ammo both regarding costs and expendability. I'm thinking that when they rewrote the DMG, they forgot that they had changed the way shuriken work.

 

[RichGreen]

Hi,

Thanks for all the responses. For the purposes of the robe of stars in my campaign, I'm going to allow them to return at the rate of one per day if not all are used.

Cheers


Richard

 

[Sledge]

The problem is still that given unlimited usage of the stars has to be the equivalent of a full 50 stars.