Meteoric Iron Arrows

[sir_pudding]

My final answer (I think):
+70 CF x5 wt -1 Acc +2/die x1/3 range.

Thank you, everyone.

Originally Posted by roguebfl

Compare it to the cost of Meteoric Iron Sling Bullet.

So? Sling bullets are cheaper. Last I checked there's not a whole archetype built around "Heroic Slinger" either.

[Grouchy Chris]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Last I checked there's not a whole archetype built around "Heroic Slinger" either.

There could be.

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by Grouchy Chris

There could be.

Sure could. Doesn't mean the Scout doesn't want meteoric ammo too!

[jeff_wilson]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

He also said that it doesn't do anything about defenses that don't specifically target the weapon.

I can't find where he said that. DF1, p.27 gives the direct counterexamples of Steelwraith and Reverse Missiles being unable to stop meteoric weapons, and both of them are usually cast on people rather than the weapons attacking them.

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by jeff_wilson

I can't find where he said that. DF1, p.27 gives the direct counterexamples of Steelwraith and Reverse Missiles being unable to stop meteoric weapons, and both of them are usually cast on people rather than the weapons attacking them.

Yes, I know I already covered that. I think that the effects on Shield and Armor are still unclear, though.

[Peter Knutsen]

Originally Posted by Anthony

In any case, the recommended solution is to just use meteoric iron sling bullets.

Weren't crossbow bolts sometimes made out of solid metal?

[jeff_wilson]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Yes, I know I already covered that. I think that the effects on Shield and Armor are still unclear, though.

TECHNOMANCER p.47's description of depleted necronium weapons says they ignore Armor, Deflect, Fortify, Missile Shield, Reverse Missiles, and Shield, so meteroric iron ought to do the same modulo edition changes.

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by jeff_wilson

TECHNOMANCER p.47's description of depleted necronium weapons says they ignore Armor, Deflect, Fortify, Missile Shield, Reverse Missiles, and Shield, so meteroric iron ought to do the same modulo edition changes.

Except it apparently doesn't ignore Fortify or (probably) Deflect.

[jeff_wilson]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Except it apparently doesn't ignore Fortify or (probably) Deflect.

Reference, please?

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by DouglasCole

No, it wasn't; I can easily make the design a hollow cylinder, though, which would leave all the stats unchanged.

Are hollow cylinders so much stronger/stiffer than solid ones that you can ignore the greatly increased density of iron over optimal arrow wood per unit of weight?

I am very dubious of this TL3 hollow cylinder thing. You can beat the iron thin but not so thin that it dents when you grasp it and you'd have to solder it closed and it is the strength of that solder that's the limiting factor on the arrow's stiffness.

You actually gaisned a little areodynamic effiiency whith the thinner shaft anyway.