Arcane Shot: Bursting Arrow

Arcane Shot: Bursting Arrow is a special arcane arrow attack available to Arcane Archers which deals 2d6⁠⁠Force damage in a small radius around the target in addition to normal weapon damage.

Description

Use Evocation magic to make your arrow explode on impact and deal an additional 2d6⁠⁠Force damage to targets within 5 m / 17 ft.

Properties

Cost

 Action +  Arcane Arrow

Damage: 2~12

Normal weapon damage

+ 2d6⁠Force

Details

⁠Ranged weapon attack roll (On Miss: Arrow does not explode and Arcane Arrow cost is refunded)

 Range: Normal weapon range

AoE: 5 m / 17 ft (Radius)

Technical details

UID

Projectile_ArcaneShot_BurstingArrow

Spell flags

HasHighGroundRangeExtension, IsAttack, IsHarmful, RangeIgnoreVerticalThreshold

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 3: Arcane Archer

Notes

• There is no saving throw to reduce or avoid the explosion damage so this Arcane Arrow option does not benefit from Intelligence.

Bugs

• Unlike most other Arcane Shot options, this action consumes the  Arcane Arrow immediately rather than on hit. Instead, this resource cost is refunded on a miss which is almost equivalent behaviour. This results in some unusual behaviour with  Curving Shot. If Bursting Shot misses its initial target, the  Arcane Arrow cost is refunded and then the attack is redirected to a new target. If this target is hit, the Bursting Arrow will apply for effectively free. If the redirected hit also misses, it will refund yet another Arcane Arrow netting +1  Arcane Arrow in total.