Papuan traditionnal hunters use a variety of arrows, each specialized to hunt specific preys (birds, wild pigs, etc.). And then there are arrows for warfare, for humans…

Those are serrated, barbed, jagged, lined with porcupine quills, so that they do gruesome damage when they’re removed. And there’s more: orchid fiber is laced on the arrows, bits stay inside the wound leading to infection.

Papuans are badasses…

Jagged Arrows for D&D

• typically used with a short bow
• range 10′ less
• 1d4 damage
• 1 damage each round until removed (per arrow), unless victim is prone
• to remove:  Wisdom (medicine)  DC 13 (as an action)
• advantage on check with expanditure of 1 use of healer kit
• success: 1d4 damage and arrow is removed
• failure: 1d4 damage and arrow still stuck

• orchid fiber causes 1 level of exhaustion next dawn unless medicine check was succeeded by +5 or more (note that another try could be attempted IF someone has any idea what’s going on)