Darts of Branding
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When thrown, darts of branding burst
into blinding flame
unquenchable by
water or cold, and this conflagration
leaves a branded mark where such a
dart strikes. These marks may be
shaped by careful construction of the
dart into runes or devices (and usually
are). The dartfire consumes the weapon
and does 5-9 points more damage
than normal darts. Non-fire-resistant
creatures get no save vs. this fiery damage,
but the dartfire is relatively feeble
and will do no damage if the target is
protected by a resist fire, dispel
magic,
or more powerful protective spell.
Darts of branding can pass undamaged
through a wall of fire, however,
and will
derive additional heat from the wall,
doing 1 point of additional damage for
every 1" (and remaining fractions) of
flames they pass through. Flame strike
and flame arrow spells have no effect
on darts of branding.