Acid/Poison Arrow Making?

[Troiya]

Just curious how to make arrows tipped with poison? Can they be tipped with acid as well? I know some people sell vials of poison to use with arrows, just wondering if there was another way to go about it.
Would it be possible to use the acid vials from box traps that rogues can procure to tip an arrow?
Any help on this is appreciated. Thanks.

[Renian]

Not sure, but the way I see it is this:

Don't bother.

If you don't suck as an archer, you should (generally) be killing the mob on one shot to the eye anyway.

[Jaimaltz]

It's useful at low levels before you can aim reliably, especially if you can't 3x perception and don't have access to self control. My bard couldn't hit the eye consistently until his 40's. I could see those poisons being very useful at a young age, especially against grizzled creatures.

[Renian]

ur doin' it wrong

You shouldn't even be using ranged at that low of a level.

[NocturnalRob]

You shouldn't even be using ranged at that low of a level.

qft. ranged is a fixskills waiting to happen

[Jaimaltz]

ur doin' it wrong

You shouldn't even be using ranged at that low of a level.

It was more effective without aiming than sword/board. It ignores parry defense, and I had enough strength to shoot a composite bow in 3 seconds, instead of the 5 for sword/board. I'm too impatient to stand there twiddling my thumbs waiting for a creature to swing. Ranged FTW, even at low levels.

[Troiya]

If you can hunt ranged effectively at low levels, I think you're doing it right.
But just like a good ambushing rogue doesn't chop heads off in one hit every time, it is good to have a back up plan, which is why I was asking about the acid/poison tipped arrows.
No one else knows much?
Thanks.

[Widgets]

If you can hunt ranged effectively at low levels, I think you're doing it right.
But just like a good ambushing rogue doesn't chop heads off in one hit every time, it is good to have a back up plan, which is why I was asking about the acid/poison tipped arrows.
No one else knows much?
Thanks.

You basically can't make acid/poison flaring arrows via Vials adnd the like, last I recall. Only way to get flares have been thru merchant sold arrows/bolts...E-Blading bundles, or Fletchings and special bows with flaring properties.

[Numbers]

I can't stop staring at Widgets avatar.

Seriously, it's hypnotizing.

[NocturnalRob]

I can't stop staring at Widgets avatar.

Seriously, it's hypnotizing.

then you're clearly gay

[Renian]

If you can hunt ranged effectively at low levels, I think you're doing it right.
But just like a good ambushing rogue doesn't chop heads off in one hit every time, it is good to have a back up plan, which is why I was asking about the acid/poison tipped arrows.


The back up plan for a good ambushing rogue is to simply try again. At any rate I was hoping to save you some money.



It was more effective without aiming than sword/board. It ignores parry defense, and I had enough strength to shoot a composite bow in 3 seconds, instead of the 5 for sword/board. I'm too impatient to stand there twiddling my thumbs waiting for a creature to swing.


I'll yield that point to you, if by "more effective" you meant that you were killing faster. I generally script my shit, so patience isn't as big of an issue.

[Jaimaltz]

I'll yield that point to you, if by "more effective" you meant that you were killing faster. I generally script my shit, so patience isn't as big of an issue.

Scripting archery isn't that big of a deal as long as you use throw away arrows and only bother to pick up the ones you can grab right away, that stuck in the creature. Writing in the script to search for hidden arrows, as well as retrieve all of them that went in random directions would be a pain in the balls. For lower level scripting I'd probably prefer sword/board too, for the extra defense and general scripting ease.

[AKOE!]

You can add poison to your arrows with one of those vials but you're going to have trouble bundling your arrows again once the poison runs out. I tried it once and couldn't wait for the poison to run out. Never again...

[Renian]

Scripting archery isn't that big of a deal as long as you use throw away arrows and only bother to pick up the ones you can grab right away, that stuck in the creature.

Yeah, that's what my current hunting scripts do. But it's still significantly more complex then melee combat.

If I wasn't using Lich, it'd be retarded. I did actually write the OTF one in SF before moving to Lich. It was very, very retarded.