en:rpd:fire_arrow_item
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Fire Arrow
The Fire Arrow is a special type of missile weapon that causes the Burning status effect when it hits a target.
Stats
- Damage: 1-6
- Delay: 0.75 (baseDly: 0.75)
- Min Strength Required: 9
- Price: 5 gold per arrow
Special Abilities
- Burning Effect: When the arrow hits a target, it applies the Burning status effect with a 25% chance when thrown from a ranged weapon
- Mechanism: Uses Buff.affect(defender, Burning.class).reignite(defender) when activated - this occurs on every successful hit with a 25% probability when fired from a bow/weapon; always activates when used by enemies
- Bow Enhancement: Damage values are modified by the equipped bow's damage factor (dmgFactor()) when fired from a bow
- Bonus Damage: If effective strength exceeds the required strength by more than 2 points, adds extra damage: MAX += (MIN + (effectiveSTR - requiredSTR - 2))
- Elven Class Bonus: When used by an Elf, accuracy is increased by 10% and delay is reduced by 10%
Acquisition
- Can be found in various treasure locations throughout the dungeon
- Quantity typically ranges from 15-30 when randomly generated (defined in Arrow.java random() method)
- Found in Treasury.json and SpidersTreasury.json with probability of 2
Strategy
- Effective against enemies vulnerable to fire damage
- Particularly useful against groups as burning can spread to adjacent tiles
- Good for dealing additional damage over time
- The burning effect only occurs on a successful hit with 25% chance when thrown from a ranged weapon
Code References
- Arrow.java (base class)
- Burning.java (effect applied)
String Resources
- FireArrow_Name: “fire arrow”
- FireArrow_Info: “This arrow looks just like a normal one, other than a warm red light radiating from its head.”
- FireArrow_Gender: “feminine”
- Russian String Resources: “огненная стрела”, “Эта стрела выглядит обычной, лишь наконечник испускает тёплый красноватый свет.”, “feminine”
See Also
- Burning - The status effect applied by this arrow
- Arrows - Other arrow types
- Missile Weapons - Other throwing weapons
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