When using a magic arrow as melee weapons, do the arrows lose their magic ability after hitting an enemy with the arrow? or do they just keep working?
This came up in our carrion crown game using bane arrows to stab undead in t he head in melee.
So I was considering ruling that every time its used in melee there is a 50 percent chance the arrow breaks
What are the official rules for this? is there any?
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Magic is gone, and the Arrow breaks, unless you use a Durable Arrow.
The Durable Arrow description provides more evidence for this:
Ammunition (Bow): Arrow(s), DurableThese arrows are tightly wrapped in strands of some kind of alchemical glue.
Benefit: Durable arrows don’t break due to normal use, whether or not they hit their target; unless the arrow goes missing, an archer can retrieve and reuse a durable arrow again and again. Durable arrows can be broken in other ways (such as deliberate snapping, hitting a fire elemental, and so on).
Drawback: If crafted with magic (such as bane), the magic only lasts for one use of the arrow, but the nonmagical arrow can still be reused or imbued with magic again.
BBT, if that drawback is specific to the durable arrow, wouldn't that imply that magical arrows normally last for multiple uses?
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Normal Arrows break.
Normal Magic Arrows Break.
Magic Ammunition and Breakage: When a magic arrow, crossbow bolt, or sling bullet misses its target, there is a 50% chance it breaks or is otherwise rendered useless. A magic arrow, bolt, or bullet that successfully hits a target is automatically destroyed after it delivers its damage.
Elves of Golarion was 3.5 not pathfinder
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Elves of Golarion was 3.5 not pathfinder
I have quoted the updated text.
The Durable Arrows are also legal for PFS.
See here.