Dohojar
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Post by Dohojar on Sept 30, 2015 23:58:35 GMT -6
One of the players in the game I am running has a +2 bow but only regular arrow. How would this affect creatures that can only be damaged by magical weapons? Would the bows bonus allow the character to damage the creature or would the arrow have to be magical as well in order to cause damage?
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Post by waysoftheearth on Oct 1, 2015 5:54:42 GMT -6
M&M p26.
This spell will not protect the recipient from a normal missile projected by an "above normal" Man or weapon. Thus, a normal missile fired from a magical bow considered "above normal".
Bear in mind there are some monsters that are unaffected by normal missiles (e.g., "Wights cannot be affected by normal missile fire") and there are other monsters that are only affected by magical attacks (e.g., "Only magical weapons/attacks affect Gargoyles.").
The two need not be synonymous. E.g., Zombies and Skeletons are unaffected by normal missiles (CM p 38 + M&T p5) but are subject to normal melee, and all super-normal and magical attacks.
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Post by ravenheart87 on Oct 5, 2015 4:14:11 GMT -6
Why are you quoting ODnD rules for a 5e question?
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Post by waysoftheearth on Oct 5, 2015 6:09:25 GMT -6
My bad. When looking at a list of "latest posts" it's easy to miss which sub-forum a post is in.
Carry on...
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Post by Vile Traveller on Oct 5, 2015 7:00:43 GMT -6
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Post by Finarvyn on Oct 6, 2015 6:06:56 GMT -6
We had this discussion in my gaming group and the consensus was that the rules imply that the magic bow makes the arrows magical. I haven't looked it up, but this is what my players have told me. They say that there aren't any magic arrows in the DMG's magic tables and the assumption is that the bow's enchantment extends to the arrows.
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Post by Vile Traveller on Oct 6, 2015 8:33:34 GMT -6
There's an entry for "Ammunition" in the magic items, that covers arrows as well. But if Crawford says magic bows work, they work. 5E is not a game for over-thinking, I find everything pretty much works like you'd think it would if it isn't stated explicitly.
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Dohojar
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Post by Dohojar on Oct 10, 2015 11:39:00 GMT -6
Thanks for the replies guys.
After re-reading the damage resistance for vampires, it states they are resistant to nonmagical weapons so that would include bows as they are a weapon and arrows are the ammuition. I am finding that with 5th edition you have to read things carefully and the answer is usually there right in front of you.
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Post by Vile Traveller on Oct 10, 2015 20:43:58 GMT -6
I am finding that with 5th edition you have to read things carefully and the answer is usually there right in front of you. Yep, same here - they were very careful with that wording.
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Dohojar
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Post by Dohojar on Oct 11, 2015 14:12:48 GMT -6
My gaming group consists of kids in the 13 - 16 age range so every time thier characters go up a level and gain a new ability I have to make sure I read what they can do because they tend to miss the drawbacks of the ability. Basically I tell them that if something seems really, really good and cool, re-read it because its probably too good to be true.
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Post by kingofelfland on Oct 11, 2015 19:09:35 GMT -6
They probably should've just made magic bows like Hank's in the D&D cartoon.
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