Quarrel of Biting (Magic Arrow)

This rare type of magical crossbow bolt does 1d6 damage when striking, turning into a small winged snake upon impact. The snake immediately hits and bites for an additional 1d4-1 points of damage. It then flies about for another two rounds, biting at the same target, before dissipating into a plume of harmless smoke. Quarrel snakes can damage creatures vulnerable to +1 weapons. Such snakes are unintelligent and uncontrollable by magical means. Their combat statistics are: AC 3; MV Fl 12 (B); HD 1+1; 9 hp; THAC0 19, #AT 1. Quarrels of biting are more common in eastern and southern lands of the Realms, but the costs listed above apply to their creation and sale prices in the North. Rumors persist across Faerun of poisonous and even acid spitting specimens of these weapons. Poisonous or not, most guilds, factions, and priesthoods do not consider the use of these weapons a good act (or, in the case of the priests and worshipers of Tempus, an “honorable” act). Quarrels of biting are usually found in bundles of 1d12.
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