Bolts of Arcane Penetration Question


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Okay, maybe it's the absinthe I've been drinking, but I'm a little fuzzy on this.

The description for these arrows in 'Bazaar of the Bizarre' says these phasing babies ignore deflection bonuses. But over on the other page, in the 'New Weapons Special Abilities' box, it reads that dodge bonuses 'remain unaffected.'

So, should I lay off the hooch or am I missing something?


Kid Dork wrote:


The description for these arrows in 'Bazaar of the Bizarre' says these phasing babies ignore deflection bonuses. But over on the other page, in the 'New Weapons Special Abilities' box, it reads that dodge bonuses 'remain unaffected.'

Deflection bonuses and Dodge bonuses are different. The arrows would ignore a +1 ring of protection, but not the bonus from a Haste spell.

Check out pg. 21 of the DMG for more details.


Thanks, Chris. I went back to the article, and it still reads that deflection bonuses are unaffected by phasing ammunition. (I meant to write that before, not dodge bonuses, because I'm an idiot.)

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