Arrows
Arrows, in short, are long pointy sticks. You store them in quivers.
They serve as ammunition for the bow. Without arrows, the bow is
essentially useless.
Arrows can be lodged into a target, and will have to be 'yank'ed out
manually. This is not painless, or fun. ;)
With an arrow protruding from your body, you will notice a decrease
in your natural healing. If you happen to be bleeding all over the
bloody place, you will notice your health dropping.
Arrows can be 'salvage'ed in a room or off of a corpse once they have
been shot, so that they may be retrieved and used again (they might
need repairing via the 'fletch' command).
Some arrows may have various side effects other than simply damage.
For example, orcs have been known to use arrows with poisonous
tips...
See also:
archer,
bows,
fletch,
salvage