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=== Types of Greatarrows ===

Greatarrows are as numerous as the dangers they are meant to eliminate.

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|+ style="text-align: right;" | <div style="float: left;">{{Anchor|Table: Special Greatarrows}}</div>
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! class="left" | Type
! class="left" | Price<sup>1</sup>
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| class="left" | [[#Heavy Greatarrow|Heavy greatarrow]] || class="left" | 150 gp
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| class="left" | [[#Barbed Greatarrow|Barbed greatarrow]] || class="left" | 400 gp
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| class="left" | [[#Penetrating Greatarrow|penetrating greatarrow]] || class="left" | 1,050 gp
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| colspan="2" class="foot" |
# Prices are for one greatarrow.
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'''{{Anchor|Heavy Greatarrow}}:''' These greatarrows weigh 10 pounds and have 20 [[SRD:Hit Points|hit points]], and increase the [[Greatbow (3.5e Equipment)|greatbow]]'s [[Greatbow (3.5e Equipment)|knockback rate]] by 5 points. However, due to the heavy weight of this greatarrow, the range increment of the greatbow is halved.

'''{{Anchor|Barbed Greatarrow}}:''' Designed to stick deep inside large flesh and blood targets, barbed greatarrows reduces all of the target's movement speeds by 10 feet. This effect stacks, to a minimum speed of half the creature's base speed. The DC to remove a barbed greatarrow from its target is increased by 10, and removing a barbed greatarrow from a living creature deals damage to it equal to the wielder's effective [[SRD:Base Attack Bonus|base attack bonus]].

'''{{Anchor|Penetrating Greatarrow}}:''' Adorned with head flanges that cause rotation and penetrating force, this greatarrow has a hardened tip (+5 [[SRD:Hardness|hardness]]) and pierces hard defenses, but peters out its momentum quickly. This greatarrow converts the greatbow's [[Greatbow (3.5e Equipment)#Knockback|knockback rate]] into pure penetration power, not knocking back any targets but piercing them instead. The greatarrow's knockback rate is reduced by 5 points when it penetrates a 5-foot square occupied by a creature, up to 1 foot of wood, up to 6 inches of stone, or up to 2 inches of metal, and continues in a straight line until stopping inside the creature or object that reduces it ''below 0''. Any creature or object with a hardness or damage reduction greater than or equal to the penetrating greatarrow's hardness will stop the greatarrow from penetrating it, regardless of the amount of knockback remaining. 

A penetrating greatarrow requires an attack roll to be made against every creature and attended object (in order of penetration). Needless to say, a missed attack will not deplete the greatarrow's knockback rate. 

A penetrating greatarrow loses all penetrating qualities after the first range increment.

A penetrating greatarrow ignores [[SRD:Cover|cover]], unless the cover is created by a substance with more hardness than that of the arrow itself.

Finally, a penetrating greatarrow deals extra damage to large creatures, dealing extra damage equal to half the greatbowman's effective [[SRD:Base Attack Bonus|base attack bonus]] for every additional 5-foot square of its body penetrated by the greatarrow.</onlyinclude>


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Author	Sulacu +
Class	Ammunition +
Cost	50 gp +
Critical	— +
Damage	— +
Damage Type	— +
Hardness	10 +
Hit Points	10 +
Identifier	3.5e Equipment +
Proficiency	Exotic +
Range	— +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Summary	A gigantic arrow with massive stopping power, designed to be fired from a greatbow. +
Title	Greatarrow +
Weight	5 +