What kind of saving throw is rolled against arrow of fire and similar items?

[Zcheus]

I wanna know if there is any point trying to debuff any of the abilities for lower saving throw?
Thanks in advance!
P.S.
This community is so nice and helpful unlike reddit where everyone is tilted and if they bother to answer they are condescending. (Ofc there are exceptions but that's my general experience regarding BG3 and reddit. Steam Forums is the place to be. <3

[guard65]

If you are looking at items like fire arrow (not dipped) this is the details

Projectile_ArrowOfFire

SpellProperties
IF(not SavingThrow(Ability.Dexterity,12)):DealDamage(2d4,Fire,Magical)
GROUND:SurfaceChange(Ignite)
GROUND:SurfaceChange(Melt)
GROUND:CreateSurface(2,,Fire)
CreateExplosion(Projectile_ArrowOfFire_Burning)
IF(Item()):ApplyStatus(BURNING, 100, 2)
ExplodeRadius "2"
SpellSuccess
TARGET:DealDamage(MainRangedWeapon, MainRangedWeaponDamageType)
TARGET:ExecuteWeaponFunctors(MainHand)"

[Zcheus]

Originally posted by guard65:

If you are looking at items like fire arrow (not dipped) this is the details

Projectile_ArrowOfFire

SpellProperties
IF(not SavingThrow(Ability.Dexterity,12)):DealDamage(2d4,Fire,Magical)
GROUND:SurfaceChange(Ignite)
GROUND:SurfaceChange(Melt)
GROUND:CreateSurface(2,,Fire)
CreateExplosion(Projectile_ArrowOfFire_Burning)
IF(Item()):ApplyStatus(BURNING, 100, 2)
ExplodeRadius "2"
SpellSuccess
TARGET:DealDamage(MainRangedWeapon, MainRangedWeaponDamageType)
TARGET:ExecuteWeaponFunctors(MainHand)"

Thank you so much this is way more detailed than I expected you are an MVP

[One Man Army]

1. Looks like the DC (Difficulty Class) of Saving Throws is hardcoded to be a constant 12 for all these special elemental arrows, or am I reading this wrong?

If it's a constant then it makes it much weaker to apply as the game goes on.
Normally with spells (Scrolls included) you can increase their DC by increasing your main spell attribute like Int/Wis/Char depending on the character.


2. Also anyone else noticed that if you hit a living target with your arrow, any effect is removed immediately because of blood splatter overwriting the surface created by the arrow.

For instance if you fire an arrow of acid on a goblin (living target, has blood) and your arrow hits, the acid that would reduce armor by 2 is immediately removed, because of blood splatter.
Similarly for an arrow of fire, it will immediately remove the Burning effect.

Is this interaction intended? Because if it is, it reduces elemental arrows to simply +X Elemental Damage for the most part.