Originally Posted by blindhamster
Originally Posted by robertthebard
Originally Posted by blindhamster
its another original sin inclusion tbh.

Arrows should be tracked in theory, although I dont necessarily mind them doing away with that for infinite basic arrows, its a CRPG afterall.

Elemental arrows as items isn't a 5e thing at all, there are spells that let you temporarily enchant existing arrows to be fire arrows and the like though.

That being said, a custom magic item that was a single fire arrow would probably be a common magic item, and its a consumable.so would be (1d6+1 * 10)/2gp, but should probably only add +1 fire damage to regular attack. a +1d4 fire arrow might be uncommon and would cost (1d6*100)/2 gp (so 150, not 300) based on D&D rules.

Nope. Effect arrows not only predate Original Sin, they predate Larian. In fact, they existed in the original BG.

The short answer to the OP, however, is that you don't? The only effect arrows I have were looted from enemies that had them, but didn't get a chance to use them on me. Even with that, I have yet to use any of them. There's a certain cave where you can get 4 Acid Arrows, and my ranger managed to pull 3 of them. I don't need them, but when I get to a tougher fight, I'll be sure to use them since I have them.

True for D&D 2e (which is what BG1 and 2 were based on). Not true for D&D 5e, which was my point. I also noted that in D&D 5e, it wouldn't be difficult to make rules for them (just a custom magic item) and even noted the likely cost for a single arrow based on D&D 5e rules.

BG3 is, in theory, meant to be a D&D 5e game. The implementation for elemental arrows in BG3 currently is far closer to D:OS2, not the end of the world, just a fact (think they may even use the same icons?)

The problem is, of course, that everything Larian puts in the game has to be approved by WotC, and by extension, Hasbro. This means that, despite what the rule books may say, they have been approved. Since that is the case, they are, in fact, part of 5e, even if we want to run with something as mundane as "house rules". As for the icons, I can see not spending a lot of development time and money on making new skins for everything in the game. I have noticed a lot of carry over of assets, and considering what it may cost to replace every single one of them, as well as the time going through thousands of asset entries in the database, I'm fine with that.