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>>4353506
Once I had this idea for elemental recombination arrows that blend two elements and create a new arrow.

-Water+Fire = Fuel arrow. - Splatters a certain radius with puddles of flammable liquid that can be ignited, resulting a brief firestorm that can for example take out a large number of undead.
-Water+Earth = Cushion arrow - when shot to the ground it creates a large soft tuffet of moss. The player can then drop for a great distance without damage, and the moss deflates and disintegrates after use. However guards will be alerted if they see an unused one.
-Water+Air = Mist arrow - creates a thick cloud of mist that enemies can't see through, like a smoke bomb. Cloud expands and dissapates from impact. Flames around the impact point close by get extinguished.
-Earth+Air = Dust arrow - creates a brief dust storm that partially blinds guards and slows down or disables iron beasts. Affected npcs remain impared for the rest of the mission.
-Fire+Earth = Lava arrow - lays down a patch of hot lava that can block a corridor to stop pursuit. Shouldn't be used against fire shadows or flying enemies. Lava cools down and solidifies after a while. Violently explodes if used on water.
-Fire+Air = Sunburst arrow - basically a tactical nuclear missile. Every living or unliving thing directly exposed to the detonation not behind solid cover is instantly vaporized including the player.

I figured out another thing that Deadly Shadows did better than Thief 1 and 2

>Water arrows make significant noise upon impact and putting out torches alerts enemies