Talk:Arcane Buster (3.5e Equipment)

This graft makes mention of ammunition, special ammo and an unlimited form of regular ammo. I get the impression that the ammo is something like a sling bullet, is that right? If so, does it reload like a sling/light crossbow? Or as a free action like a bow? Does it take a move action to reload with special ammo, but free action with the unlimited regular stuff? Or is it clip fed? (move action to replace the clip)

Does the damage of the buster scale with the size category of the graftee, as a sling/bow does? If so, 2d6 would be the damage of a shot from a grafted arcane buster on a medium sized wielder?

I'm not clear on the pricing of the special ammo, do you have to enchant the masterwork bullets, you priced, like arrows/bolts/bullets (e.g. +2000gp for 50 +1 bullets) to get the buster to fire in an antimagic field? Or will the masterwork bullets work in an antimagic field?

One other question, does a charged shot use ammo also, as the damage would suggest? If so, does that mean you could fire this buster as a charged shot into/within an antimagic field? Tunganation (talk) 08:55, 17 February 2014 (UTC)


 * I'll work on the wording, but the gun is threefold. It has generic energy shots.  It also has unlimited mundane shots akin to sling bullets.  Alternatively instead of using the mundane shots you can put in your +5 potato bane holy bullet and fire that instead.  That's the intent anyway, but I don't think it came across well.


 * This is old, one moment, cleaning up. -- Eiji-kun (talk) 01:27, 18 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Aaaaaand done. -- Eiji-kun (talk) 01:35, 18 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Thank you Eiji-kun. That answered all my previous questions. The edit did raise one new one, the clause allowing the graft to be upgraded magically as a manufactured weapon has been removed; is that intentional or just accidentally done while removing the attached obsolete clause about masterwork bullets?  Tunganation (talk) 09:54, 18 February 2014 (UTC)


 * And that would be a mistake caused by taking an axe to it. Fixing. -- Eiji-kun (talk) 10:06, 18 February 2014 (UTC)