AA enhancement boni?

Sagil · Post by **Sagil** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:06 am

Does the bonus Arcane Archers get with their Enchanted Arrow feat count as enhancement bonus for beating damage reduction? And if so, does it stack with a bow's enhancement bonus, i.e. would an AA with +15 enchant arrows and a +5 bow be able to ignore the 50/+20 damage reduction of epic warding?

LoZen · Post by **LoZen** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:58 pm

I don't know this for sure, but I would think the answer is yes. If a sword with a +5 enhancement bonus can get past +5 DR, then an arrow with +15 should be able to pass +15 DR, and with an extra +5 from the bow should make it past +20. (Although no +5 bows in NS4?)

Actually, is Epic Warding even going to be allowed in NS4? How would anyone BUT an AA be able to get past it? Well, other than by doing more than 50 pts of damage per hit...

DrakhanValane · Post by **DrakhanValane** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 10:08 pm

It's quite possible to change it to be +10/20 DR instead. Or whatever balances out well.

Pettsson · Post by **Pettsson** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 8:46 am

I'm fairly certain that enhancement bonuses on bow and ammo don't stack.

ATI · Post by **ATI** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:16 pm

Actually it is supposed to work like that.....or at least in 3.0 and 3.5 thats the way it is. If your arrow has +5 and your bow is +5, then you get +10 ab, +10 damage, and i think penetration of damage up to +10/-

I think that might be the way it works in Aurora as well, however, it is entirely possible that you only get the highest bonus in NWN

Billiard · Post by **Billiard** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:25 pm

Hmm do they stack in NS3 for damage reduction purposes? It sure didn't seem like my AA was getting through G1's DR.

DrakhanValane · Post by **DrakhanValane** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:27 pm

As far as I know GO only has a +5 DR rating. I don't think it's possible to go higher in a vanilla NWN mod.

Billiard · Post by **Billiard** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:34 pm

Hmm I was hitting her with arrows of death with a char that had like 15 or 20 levels of AA and it sure seemed wimpy. Maybe it was because a lot of that damage was elemental though. Hmm what arrows do really good phyiscal damage?

LoZen · Post by **LoZen** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 6:00 pm

Hmm I was hitting her with arrows of death with a char that had like 15 or 20 levels of AA and it sure seemed wimpy.

Arrow of Death has a fixed DC 20 Fortitude save, so its pretty useless at higher levels, except maybe vs. mages, rogues or other things with really low Fort saves. The only real advantage to a high level AA in my opinion is the insane AB.

And back to the DR issue, does anyone know if Epic Warding will be allowed in NS4?

DrakhanValane · Post by **DrakhanValane** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 9:52 pm

Arrows of Death (arrows) are for the 2d6 of every damage type, not the Arcane Archer ability.

LoZen · Post by **LoZen** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 6:39 am

Ah, Ok. Haven't played an archer in NS (yet), so I didn't know about those....

Naz · Post by **Naz** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 7:11 am

The enchanted bonus for AA works same as on a melee weapon. When against soak, whichever is highest, Attack bonus or enchanted bonus should be the one that will count. But they will not stack.