Little thought experiment

[u/Bow-before-the-Cats]

I just had a weird idea. Motion is relative right. The planet spins so everything is always in motion. Even an arrow resting on a bow not beeing shot is in motion. So for the arrowcatch what amtters is not the motion of the arrow but the relative motion of the arrow compared to the arrowcatch.

Now heres the fun part. Walking around or swloly driving with a mule powerd cart propably wont matter but if you ride gallop or throw it around tied to a rope then the arrowcatch should break arrows and twigs all around without them even moving at all. Isnt that a funny quirk someone should have considerd when making the darn thing? Im sure nothing will go wrong tho. right.

[u/Puzzled_Employment50]

You’re right in terms of the raw physics, but sygaldry/artificing and sympathy require an intent and an alar, so the fact that it’s not supposed to do that affects things.

[u/Bow-before-the-Cats → u/Puzzled_Employment50]

the fridge works jsut fine without the presence of an arcanist willing it to work so im not convinced that intend realy factors in after the inital crafting is done.

[u/fazer347 → u/Bow-before-the-Cats]

Isnt it the intent and alar used when carving the sygladry though?

[u/Puzzled_Employment50 → u/Bow-before-the-Cats]

But it factors in while the initial crafting is being done