Price (Item Level): 506 gp (3rd)
Body Slot: — (held)
Caster Level: 7th
Aura: Moderate; (DC 18) necromancy
Activation: — (ammunition)
Weight: —
This long arrow features alternating bands of red, yellow, and black, similar to the markings of a poisonous serpent. Instead of an arrowhead, the fang of a gigantic snake is fastened to its tip.
This +1 arrow injects any creature it strikes with poison (injury, Fort DC 16, 1d6 Con/1d6 Con).
An arrow of biting can also be created as a crossbow bolt for the same price.
Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor, poison.
Cost to Create: 250 gp (plus 6 gp for masterwork arrow), 20 XP, 1 day.
Source: Magic Item Compendium, page 46.