These silver-tipped arrows fletched with owl feathers make no sound upon impact. Instead, when they strike flesh, armor, or stone, their tip bursts into a sphere of darkness (as the spell). If collected after a battle, there is a 20% chance that the arrow will still be intact and function if re-tipped with silver. To re-tip the arrow, one must melt 10 silver pieces in an iron cup beneath a new moon and dip the arrow in the molten silver.
Lore: A well-known tale speaks of Midora the Silent Terror and her brethren of shadow monks using dozens of arrows of night to infiltrate and escape from the palace of Zan the Fourth Dragon-Emperor on the night he and the imperial family were assassinated. In recent times, only a few assassins of means have been known to use arrows of night. It is thought that all knowledge of the ritual required to craft them was lost during the Lim's Purge after the Dragon-Emperors reconquered the Shadow Isles.
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