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Arrow

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - - - Rating 2¥ *Rating Core

Injection arrow

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE - - - - - (Rating + 2)R 20¥ *Rating Core
An injection bolt causes the same damage as a regular arrow or bolt, but also includes a payload of one dose of a drug or toxin. Effects depend on the drug payload, but to successfully deliver it, the attack must deal at least one box of damage after the Damage Resistance Test. This is an injection vector toxin attack.

Barbed Head

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DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE +1 - - - - 5R 10¥ SR5:R&G
Remove Arrow Removing a barbed arrow without doing further damage to the target requires a First Aid + Logic [Mental] (3) Test. Failure results in a number of boxes of Physical damage equal to 3 – hits, unresisted.
These heads are designed to hurt not only going in but also coming out. Without someone with a steady hand and some medical skill, pulling out an arrow with one of these on the tip is going to be problematic.

Explosive Head

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE +2 –1 –1 - - 9F 15¥ SR5:R&G
What happens when you mount a small shaped charge on the head of an arrow? Hit someone with one of these and find out.

Hammerhead

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE +1S +2 –1 - - 5 5¥ SR5:R&G
I always thought these were just designed to give an archer the same options as a runner with a gel-loaded pistol, but a little research led me to realize these have been around for a long time. Hunters after small game knew that organ punctures could ruin what little meat the beasts had on them, so they’d opt to knock them out instead of take risks with sharper arrowheads. Additionally, poachers who were after exotic birds but knew they lost a lot of value when they were dead helped give this arrowhead a lot of use.

Incendiary Head

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE Note - –1 - - 12F 100¥ SR5:R&G
On Contact On a successful hit, even a Grazing Hit, the arrow erupts in white phosphorous fire with a DV of 8P and -6 AP. The WP continues to burn for 3 Combat Turns, causing 6P (–4 AP) of fire damage each turn (Fire Damage, p. 171, SR5) and possibly igniting and damaging items on the character each turn. Wireless Bonus The head can be detonated before impact and split between two targets within 1 meter of each other. Both targets roll to avoid the attack separately and neither takes the initial 8P damage, instead just suffering the 6P, –4AP, for 4 Combat Turns, including the current one.
Not the flaming arrows of ancient times, these arrowheads contain a small charge and a pocket of white phosphorous that erupts and sticks to the target, lighting them on fire. Unpleasant beyond just the initial hurting, the fire continues to burn unless it loses its supply of oxygen.

Screamer Head

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE –2S +6 –2 - - 2 5¥ SR5:R&G
Reset Sound Resetting the sound setting requires a Simple Action and a Logic + Intuition (1) Test. Wireless Bonus The sound resetting can be done as a Free Action, even while in flight.
Need to signal the team when you know the local airwaves are full of patrolling deckers? Fire a screamer head. Though some models do in fact scream, most are designed with less awkward sounds. The pitting patterns on the hollow pipe of the head are designed to make a wide variety of sounds for signaling and can even be modified fairly quickly out in the field. A handy tool in any wannabe-Robin Hood’s arsenal.

Stick-n-Shock

DV AP ACC MOD DV MOD AP MOD AVAIL COST SOURCE 8S(e) –5 –1 - - 6R 25¥ SR5:R&G

Static Shaft

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		Not only during flight. I’ve heard of guys who zap themselves when they jostle these things the wrong way. Care should be taken when trying to use this tech. Ma’Fan
Though issues with nanomanufacturing have caused some problems with Stick ‘n’ Shock ammo for firearms, the same has not been completely true with these heads. Or more accurately, with these arrows. The Stick ‘n’ Shock head is only a small portion of this latest archery innovation. Bowmen who want to gain the full potential of these heads need to combine them with Static Shafts, an Ares innovation that fills the shaft with a powder that builds a charge during flight.