Touch Spells and Arrows

[doktorstick]

How do you handle touch spells placed on arrows, like light for example. Can the archer shoot the affected arrow at a point? Is there a 50% chance that the arrow breaks and the spell is "lost". I write this because arrows have a 50% recovery chance.

Thanks.
/ds

 

[kreynolds]

How do you handle touch spells placed on arrows, like light for example. Can the archer shoot the affected arrow at a point?

Yup. Target a wall, a door, a chair, a square on the floor, etc.

Is there a 50% chance that the arrow breaks and the spell is "lost".

Not if it hits its intended target, and the target isn't unreasonably dense. The ground would be fine, as would a padded chair, or even a wooden door. A stone wall, however, would break it.

 

[kreynolds]

*Double Post - Delete at will*

 

[kreynolds]

*Triple Post - Delete at will*

 

[Clumsy Bob]

OK OK! I think we got it the first time

Bob

 

[kreynolds]

That was odd.

 

[dkilgo]

Unless the arrow has a magical enhancement that makes it much more dense than the stone wall. Than again would the arrow even fly very far? I think not.

And, what is with the triple posting?

 

[AuraSeer]

When firing at an inanimate object, I say the arrow sticks if it does any damage to the structure. If you're shooting at a wooden wall, the hardness is 5, so you need to do 6 points. You could even stick it into a stone wall, but you'd need either a mighty bow or some kind of magic. (Stone has hardness 8; a base longbow does 1d8 damage; without a +1 from somewhere, even a max roll won't hurt the wall.)

If you fail to do at least 1 point past the hardness, the arrow bounces off or breaks. On the other hand, if you do too much damage-- if you reduce the hit points to 0 in that area-- the arrow penetrates and keeps going.

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[kreynolds]

And, what is with the triple posting?

Twice yestereday, when I submitted those posts, I got a "page not found" error. Then on the 3rd try, it worked. When I check the thread, there were three posts.

Like I said....odd.

 

[dkilgo]

One of the few times I actually have agreed with Auraseer.