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Oh my god! The Arrow of Dispelling! I... I can't believe I didn't know about these earlier. Do you-!? HAHAHA!

The Cowled Wizard's worst nightmare! These are, for all purposes, one of hte most potent anit--mage weapons availabe. Dispelling certain shields, Stoneskin AND Iron Skins , ALL of the Illusion spells, protections from normal weapons, as well as the myriad buffs... I mean, honestly, if you don't think you have the time to cast a Dispell Magic spell (like, against a Dragon or Lich) then these are real life savers. But you still have to worry about spell traps and Protection from Magical Weapons effects. Then a good ol' fashioned Breach is in order, but... Man! You have a couple of archers (Nalia and Imoen come to mind) in your group shooting these puppies and watch the mages fall like flies!

however, they don't work on liches...or rakasha...

i actually know of a better weapon...

plain unmagical arrows...

fired thru a gesen bow, or unmagical bolts fired thru the crossbow of searing...

because they are unmagical, they go right thru protection from magic weapons, but the electrical damage of the gesen or the fire damage of the crossbow of searing, because the elemental damage added by the weapon punches right thru stoneskin and iron skin...

this is an even nastier mage killer...

Oh, and, a small update. Dispell Arrows will also get rid of:

Quivering Palm (always fear the palm...)
Deathblow/Greater Deathblow
Power Attack
Critical Strike
Hardiness
Blade Barrier
Globes of Blades
Fire Sheild Red/Blue (burn baby, bur!-oh crud...)
Improve Alacrity (one more way these arrows screw over magic-users)
Evasion/Greater Evasion (if it hits)
Whirldwind/Greaterwhirlwind
Resist Magic (can you believe it?!)
Smite


Now, these are the majority of ToB special abilities, along with a few of the nastier low-to-mid level defenses and shields.