Item and Weapons for the Player

NonMagical Water Arrows

Explanation:

A non-magical variant of the water arrow. The arrow's shaft is a black, hollow tube, fashioned of a light-weight metal similar to aluminum, and fitted with raven feathers. The tip of the arrow-shaft tapers to a razor-sharp hypodermic syringe point. The back of the shaft is actually a small cap that unscrews to allow access to the hollow interior. In place of an arrowhead, the syringe-tip is surrounded by a dark blue, translucent, crystalline gelatin shell made from rosin (pine tree sap).Filling the tip of the rosin shell is compacted sodium-bicarbonate powder. The arrow is prepared with a long, narrow depresser filled with an ice-cold solution of copper-sulfate treated water (giving the liquid a fluorescent-bluish hue). In order to prepare the arrow, the back-cap is first unscrewed, the narrow depresser is inserted fully into the arrow's shaft, and the solution is injected through the depresser, filling the rosin shell and inducing the fizzing chemical reaction.Upon removing the depresser, the arrow-shaft's cap is quickly screwed shut again to contain the reaction and seal it off from oxygen. This preparation process takes about one minute per arrow, and would be performed at Garrett's sanctum.When a prepared arrow contacts with a torch, the chemical reaction smothers the flame with carbon dioxide, suffocating the flame.

Points to bear in mind:

The idea is just explaining background, and not really changing functionality much. Time could be spent in other areas.

Because of the copper-sulfate mixture, the arrow could act as a powerful electrolyte, shorting out electric lights and other related devices.

Date Last Update: 12/6/1981

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