[RPG] Do you need a magical bow or arrow for Arcane Shot

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The Fighter archetype Arcane Archer gains the Arcane Shot feature at level 3. It also seems to be the most prominent feature of the archetype. But its description includes this:

when you fire a magic arrow from a shortbow or longbow (XGtE 28)

Which would mean that you need a way to fire a magic arrow. You do not necessarily have something like that at level 3. Is it a typo or do I understand it wrong?

Does taking the archetype force the DM to give you a magic item so that you can use it? Or should you simply not take it if you do not have a magical bow? There is no similar restriction on any other archetype.

Best Answer

It's an error; you shouldn't need to obtain magic arrows

Jeremy Crawford (5e's lead rules developer) sent out a tweet about this issue last month saying:

The Arcane Shot feature unfortunately contains an error: the feature is not intended to require a magic arrow.

He clarified in a later tweet that this error would be corrected in future printings.

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