Adding to slaying arrows? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Adding to slaying arrows? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
TrackStar
08-08-05, 03:08 AM Can I add +5 to "greater slaying" arrows?

Anything else?
Epic Commoner
08-08-05, 03:21 AM I think so.

Ammunition is made magic in bundles of 50.

It's a +1 weapon as is, which costs +2000 gp.

10 MW arrows cost 70 gp. So, 10x5 = 50, 50x 70= 3500

3500+2000 = 5500 gp for 50 +1 arrows.

5500/50 to get the cost of a single arrow = 110 gp

A slaying arrow costs 2282.

2282 - 110 = 2172 gp for the Slaying ability. So add 2172 to the cost of +5 arrows (each arrow mind you).

If you wanted 50 +5 Slaying arrows, the cost would be 312,200.

For one +5 Slaying Arrow, the cost is 6,172.

Buying a +5 Bow would be cheaper than making the ammo +5.
TrackStar
08-08-05, 03:26 AM yes, but the attack bonus would stack right? bow + arrow? Im certain it does... which will help my low BAB wizard kill this Big Bad Undead thing quickly!
Epic Commoner
08-08-05, 03:35 AM Bows and ammo no longer stack in 3.5. They did in 3.o, but it has since changed. Page 221 of the DMG, under Ranged Weapons and Ammunition, it states that "The Enhancement bonus from a ranged weapon does not stack with the enhancement bonus from ammunition. Only the higher of the two enhancement bonuses applies."
Epic Commoner
08-08-05, 03:38 AM If you do manage to hit the undead BBEG, the arrow requires a Fort save, which being undead, he will probably fail. So you're on the right track.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
TrackStar 08-08-05, 03:08 AM	Can I add +5 to "greater slaying" arrows? Anything else?
Epic Commoner 08-08-05, 03:21 AM	I think so. Ammunition is made magic in bundles of 50. It's a +1 weapon as is, which costs +2000 gp. 10 MW arrows cost 70 gp. So, 10x5 = 50, 50x 70= 3500 3500+2000 = 5500 gp for 50 +1 arrows. 5500/50 to get the cost of a single arrow = 110 gp A slaying arrow costs 2282. 2282 - 110 = 2172 gp for the Slaying ability. So add 2172 to the cost of +5 arrows (each arrow mind you). If you wanted 50 +5 Slaying arrows, the cost would be 312,200. For one +5 Slaying Arrow, the cost is 6,172. Buying a +5 Bow would be cheaper than making the ammo +5.
TrackStar 08-08-05, 03:26 AM	yes, but the attack bonus would stack right? bow + arrow? Im certain it does... which will help my low BAB wizard kill this Big Bad Undead thing quickly!
Epic Commoner 08-08-05, 03:35 AM	Bows and ammo no longer stack in 3.5. They did in 3.o, but it has since changed. Page 221 of the DMG, under Ranged Weapons and Ammunition, it states that "The Enhancement bonus from a ranged weapon does not stack with the enhancement bonus from ammunition. Only the higher of the two enhancement bonuses applies."
Epic Commoner 08-08-05, 03:38 AM	If you do manage to hit the undead BBEG, the arrow requires a Fort save, which being undead, he will probably fail. So you're on the right track.