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Name	ya
Appearance	bamboo arrow
Damage vs. small	1d7
Damage vs. large	1d7
To-hit bonus	+1
Weapon skill	bow
Size	one-handed
Base price	4 zm (+10/positive enchant)
Weight	1
Material	metal

A ya is a Japanese arrow that appears in the starting inventory of samurai. When unidentified, it is a bamboo arrow.

Being arrows, ya should be fired using a bow. They deal more base damage than any other arrow, and are also the only arrows to have a to-hit bonus. When fired by a samurai from a yumi, there is a +1 arrow bonus, similar to a racial bonus.

Encyclopedia entry

The arrow of choice of the samurai, ya are made of very
straight bamboo, and are tipped with hardened steel.

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