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Goonthegoof
2010-01-29, 06:25 AM
I was using ammunition and I'm a little confused by the rules. If I have say a +5 bow and I shoot +3 arrows, does that mean it's effectively a +3 bow?

Tengu_temp
2010-01-29, 06:30 AM
Magical ammunition doesn't exist in 4e. The enhancement comes from the bow alone.

Goonthegoof
2010-01-29, 06:33 AM
Adventurer's Vault 2 would like to disagree with you on that point.

Nameless Ghost
2010-01-29, 06:37 AM
Magical ammunition has been released and can be found in the Adventurer's Vault 2.

Page 26 of the AV2 says this: "If the projectile weapon is magical, use the ammunition's enhancement bonus in place of the weapon's enhancement bonus."
So in your example, yes, you'd be effectively using a +3 bow when firing +3 ammunition.

Goonthegoof
2010-01-29, 06:39 AM
Which leads to this question: How does firing a magically empowered arrow make it less accurate than a normal bow?

Kurald Galain
2010-01-29, 06:45 AM
Which leads to this question: How does firing a magically empowered arrow make it less accurate than a normal bow?

Because of balance.

There is a major issue with item pricing in 4E: once you're level 12 or so, you can afford any item of level 5 or below from spare change. Therefore the development team is taking steps to ensure that items of a much lower level than yourself simply aren't useful for you. These steps aren't perfect or all-inclusive, the biggest offender being the Potion of Clarity.

Goonthegoof
2010-01-29, 06:50 AM
Hmm, I guess so. A level 30 character would basically have an unlimited supply of +3d6 arrows, way strong.