[Ultimate Psionics] Soulbolt & Dissolving Weapon

[Askanipsion]

I have a question regarding the 2nd lvl Psychic Warrior power, Dissolving Weapon that I acquired with Expanded Knowledge for my Soulbolt/Psion.

1) Will Dissolving Weapon work on arrows from a Soulbolt longbow?

2) Lets say I manifest Dissolving Weapon on the previous round with a Standard Action & I get 2 attacks per round with a Full Attack (+6/+1) with my soulbolt longbow.

If I miss with my +6 first arrow but hit with my 2nd arrow (+1), will the Dissolving Weapon activate on my 2nd arrow?

Or is Dissolving Weapon only good on my 1st arrow which is now wasted because it missed?

Thank you to anyone who can help answer this :)

[Justin Sane]

Form Mind Bolt (Su) wrote:

Regardless of form, the mind bolt [snip] is treated as a projectile.

Based on that, I'd say it only applies to the 1st attack. If you miss, it's wasted.

[DragoDorn]

Askanipsion wrote:

I have a question regarding the 2nd lvl Psychic Warrior power, Dissolving Weapon that I acquired with Expanded Knowledge for my Soulbolt/Psion.

1) Will Dissolving Weapon work on arrows from a Soulbolt longbow?

2) Lets say I manifest Dissolving Weapon on the previous round with a Standard Action & I get 2 attacks per round with a Full Attack (+6/+1) with my soulbolt longbow.

If I miss with my +6 first arrow but hit with my 2nd arrow (+1), will the Dissolving Weapon activate on my 2nd arrow?

Or is Dissolving Weapon only good on my 1st arrow which is now wasted because it missed?

Thank you to anyone who can help answer this :)

Text from dissolving weapon.

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"As dissolving touch, except your weapon is charged with acid until you make a successful attack."

[Askanipsion]

DragoDorn wrote:

Text from dissolving weapon.

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"As dissolving touch, except your weapon is charged with acid until you make a successful attack."

From a melee weapon I understand that or if you threw a spear or dagger.

But the Dreamscarred designers said that "officially" a Soulbolt who uses Emulate Ranged Weapon doesn't get ammunition - only the longbow, is the acid transferring to every arrow until it hits?

Logically it would make sense going on 1 arrow but that would contradict the "successful attack" part of the power.

[Thedmstrikes]

Considering the limitations of game mechanics as interpreted by story telling, I can see how this can sound funny, but the ranged weapon does transfer the psychic energy to each shot until one finally hits and the psycic energy is spent. Consider that when the first shot misses, the energy returns to the bow just in time for the next shot to be released since it was not yet consumed in the attack.

A more indepth question would be how to handle this same question if the Manyshot feat were to be added as a component. Is the damage considered precision based or other damage? The answer determines if the damage is per arrow or once for the entire attack. What if the DM allowed a modification to the feat where the two shots can have two targets? Which one gets the psychic attack? Woulf the energy split into both shots evenly or would the player have to determine which shot is the first (successful attack), or would the nergy apply to both shots on both enemies becuase an answer earlier determined that the two shots are the "same attack"? Of course, I would recommend if the player chooses which, that the choice be made before rolling the damage results, you know, so there is no omniscient cheating going on...