Arcane Shot: Piercing Arrow

Arcane Shot: Piercing Arrow is a special arcane arrow attack available to Arcane Archers which hits all targets within a line and deals 1d6⁠⁠Piercing extra damage.

This attack does not require an attack roll and always hits.

Description

Use Transmutation magic to attack all those within the line of your shot. Each target must succeed a  Saving Throw or be dealt an additional 1d6⁠⁠Piercing damage.

Properties

Cost

 Action +  Arcane Arrow

Damage: 1~6

Normal weapon damage

+ 1d6⁠Weapon

Details

 DEX Save (Spell save DC) (On Save: Targets still take half damage.)

 Range: Self

 AoE: 10 m (33 ft) Line

Technical details

UID

Zone_ArcaneShot_PiercingArrow

Spell flags

HasHighGroundRangeExtension, IsAttack, IsHarmful, RangeIgnoreVerticalThreshold

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 3: Arcane Archer

Notes

• This attack is one of the small handful of abilities without attack rolls that work with  Extra Attack.
• Though it does not state it on the tooltip, overall damage from this ability is reduced by half on a successful saving throw.
• Despite what the in-game tooltip indicates, the damage from this attack is not necessarily ⁠Piercing. It inherits the damage type from the weapon so it deals ⁠Force damage with the  Ne'er Misser.
• The AoE can include targets at different height levels. Including characters at the players height and the ground below.

Bugs

• Since this attack does not involve an attack roll, it does not benefit from certain bonus damage sources which check the attack roll type despite listing the additional damage on the tooltip. These include:
  •  Arcane Synergy
  •  Gloves of Archery
  •  Hunter's Mark
  •  Sharpshooter: All In
  •  Titanstring Bow