You can craft magic arrows, which, when launched, produce magical effects in addition to the damage of the arrow.

Magic arrows last until used. However, the magic of the arrows comes from you, so you must infuse part of your own energy into each arrow. For this reason, you are limited in the number of magic arrows you may possess at any given time:

• Maximum magic arrows: Arcane Archer rank + Wis bonus

You may craft any magic arrow for which you meet the rank prerequisite. Though firing the arrows is a maneuver, any magical damage they inflict is based on your Spell Power.

Rank 1

• Arcane Arrow: The arrow is guided by magic, gaining +20% hit chance, and inflicting half normal damage as bonus arcane damage upon impact.
• Flame Arrow: The arrow bursts into flame upon impact, adding half weapon damage as fire damage, plus same ongoing for 3 rounds.
• Frost Arrow: The arrow deeply chills the target, causing full weapon damage again as frost damage, plus chilled (-50% movement) for 3 rounds.
• Shocking Arrow: The arrow causes a jolt of lightning which bounces to other targets, adding half weapon damage as lightning damage in a chain 3/3.
• Thunder Arrow: The arrow causes a burst of light and sound in a burst 4, causing deafened and blinded (Fort ends individually).

Rank 2

• Arrow of Animation: This arrow only works when fired on a corpse; subject rises as a zombie minion under your control for the duration of the encounter.
• Arrow of Darkness: Upon landing, arrow begins to emanate total darkness in a 3-square radius. Lasts 3 rounds.
• Fireball Arrow: Upon landing, the arrow causes a burst 4, inflicting half weapon damage as fire damage.
• Freezing Arrow: Upon landing, arrow freezes subject in a block of ice. Subject becomes invulnerable, but unable to take actions (Fort ends).
• Lightning Arrow: When fired, arrow transmutes into pure energy. The ranged attack becomes a long line, inflicting normal damage as lightning damage.
• Spy Arrow: Arrow is invisible. Upon landing, it grants you the ability to see and hear everything within 30 ft of the arrow while you concentrate. The arrow disappears after 10 min/level (D) and can be destroyed as easily as a normal arrow.
• Vampiric Arrow: Upon striking a living creature, arrow causes light ongoing shadow damage for 3 rounds. Each time it inflicts this damage, you are healed for the same amount.

Rank 3

• Arrow of Slaying: Arrow slays whoever it hits (Fort negates). Must be created to slay a particular category of creature, such as goblinoids or true dragons.
• Chain Arrow: Arrow trails a magically-created chain behind it, and can turn in mid-air. You may cause a circle 1-5 to contract, pulling all creatures inside toward the center, and binding them all together with a heavy chain. Escape requires an Escape Artist or Strength check opposed to your Wisdom check.
• Gravity Arrow: Arrow causes emanation 10, causing 50% movement penalty to enemies, and pulling enemies 5 instantly and again on each of your next 2 turns.
• Phase Arrow: Arrow passes through all intervening obstacles, including creatures, objects, and walls, ignoring all cover, and gaining +100% Armor Penetration. Normal rules for indirect fire apply.
• Portal Arrow: Upon landing, arrow creates a portal within short range of target, allowing two-way travel with another portal within short range of you. Portals last 3 rounds, or until you dismiss them.
• Volley Arrow: When fired into the air, arrow becomes many arrows, raining down over a circle 5, striking all subjects for half normal damage as arcane damage.

Your animal companion becomes intelligent. He can converse with you (with the help of magic), can serve as a spell proxy, etc. Abilities TBD

TO-DO: convert these into spells (probably grouped up by rank)

You may magically create traps, bypassing the normally laborious process of crafting, placing, and carefully concealing them.

Laying any trap is a swift action, and can be done in any square adjacent to you or your animal companion. You may craft any of the traps listed below, appropriate for your rank.

The trap is triggered whenever any steps or starts a turn within 1 square of the trap.

You may have up to 3 traps active at any given time.

Rank 1

• Alarm Trap: You and allies are alerted that the trap was triggered, either by a loud, piercing siren or a silent, telepathic communication. Whoever triggered the trap is stripped of any stealth or illusion effects, and rendered unable to use such effects for 3 rounds (magical effect).
• Immolation Trap: Subject bursts into flames, suffering medium fire damage plus same ongoing for 3 rounds.
• Freezing Trap: Subject is frozen (Fort ends).

Rank 2

• Icy Burst Trap: Close burst 3, enemies suffer heavy frost damage plus rooted (Fort ends).
• Polymorph Trap: Subject is polymorphed into a harmless animal for 5 rounds, or until damaged. While polymorphed, subject takes no action except to wander (single move each round) in a random direction away from harm.
• Snake Trap: Summons 1d6+4 snakes in the surrounding squares. They immediately rush to attack enemies as you direct. They move 6 squares per round and ignore attacks of opportunity. With each bite, they inflict light physical damage (your AP) plus same as ongoing poison damage for 3 rounds. They have Hit Points equal to a light damage roll, and enjoy 90% resistance to area effects and a Dodge chance equal to yours +25%. They last up to 3 rounds.

Rank 3

• Chain Lightning Trap: Subject suffers heavy lightning damage, then effect chains 3 squares at a time to enemies, jumping up to 9 times.
• Death Fog Trap: Centered circle 3; a cloud of thick, opaque gas chokes and burns those within. On turn start, subjects suffer 50% of max hp as acid damage (Fort half). It is impossible to breathe within the cloud; communication and casting with verbal components are impossible. Subjects suffer 90% movement penalty while inside cloud.
• Forcecage Trap: Subject is trapped in a barred cage of force (either 5x5 feet or 10x10 feet, larger creatures are immune). Bars are as strong as walls of force, but ranged and melee attacks can penetrate the walls. Cage lasts 5 rounds.