Ideas to make Elven Arrows worth the extra coin:
Are they silent and swift, for stealthy assaults?
Or strong enough to drive through two enemies?
Or pin one to the wall?
Or drive into a stone wall and create handholds?
Or knock a metal weapon out of someone’s hand?
Or split an incoming arrow, or deflect another missile?
They need to do things which cheap, inferior arrows cannot.
(Our elven ranger refuses to buy local arrows, says they’re a rip-off)
That’s a great list of qualities for even arrows. I’m sure your player will be able to tell all about which fletchers teach which techniques. And which ones he knows (let him use one per level, don’t charge him a full advance).
The first one is the only one I wouldn’t bother with – arrows don’t make much noise regardless… It’s the twang of the bowstring and the impact sound (which may involve screaming :P) that causes it, and unless the arrows are magical they can’t really control those things…
The rest sounds good, though!
Ask your elven player what makes elven arrows so special? Sounds like you are spouting lore to me…..