Re: enchanted missile weapons

[Steve Ames <steve@ns1.cioe.com>]

I love giving my opinions. An enchanted bow is only plus to hit. It
does not enchant the arrows but, rather, is enchanted itself allowing
a more precise hit.

An enchanted arrow would add to hit and to damage but is more prone
to being lost and broken.

If, by some fluke of a freaky GM, you have a bow that has an effect
weapon chant on it that _enchants arrows_ then you'd get a plus to
hit and to damage. The arrows would only be enchanted for the duration
of the "weapon charm" spell.

						-Steve

> I was under the impression that enchanted missile weapons (bows and
> slings, not thrown stuff) only give a bonus to hit.  Some people have told
> me this past weekend with some rather opinionated reasoning that the
> damage bonus is also added to the arrows.  I tend to disagree with this,
> due to the fact that the way they explained it was that the weapon
> instilled the missile itself with it's magic.  This gets gross, especially
> if the bow is effect because then there'd be a shload of +whatever arrows
> lying around.  The way the spell is written, it directly enchants the
> weapon you cast the spell upon, and would not affect the arrows any way
> you twist it.  I need some facts or opinions here.
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> Joel
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