In my campaign, if the to hit does hit the monster aimed at, I do nothing else except ask the player what they rolled for damage.

If it misses, I count off the number of characters/monsters in the line of fire.

Example: if there are 6 characters/monsters in the line of fire, I out loud and show the players, count off who gets what number of the d6.

Then I roll the d6 out in the open. If the original d20 result could hit the character/monster it is now going towards, the player who fired the bow/crossbow/spear toss, etc. rolls damage.

If it doesn’t hit, I RP it and say it whizzes past character so and so and just misses the monster going on behind the melee.

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The players, via their characters, also came up with a ceramic arrow cover, inside is a half vial of Holy Water. Great for firing at undead.

I charged their characters about 300-500 gp to work with the local ceramics shop and do the research for supplies, and a cost for the arrows I forget. Probably about 5 gp each. Their characters got the HW from the local Church.

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My players invented a small ceramic cover for Continual Light arrows. They need to light up an area beyond bullseye lantern range, they fire off an arrow, the ceramic breaks, and the distant area is now lit up with Continual Light. Their characters did their own casting of CL.

Of course, the corridors/rooms have to be high enough to get any distance.

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Alexia likes to cook beef or chicken. She is a wonderful cookie maker and cook, but doesn’t like to make cookies.

Human female, brown hair, gray eyes. 6 feet 1 inch tall, 155 pounds.

Dagger +1, but doesn’t know it is magical. It doesn’t glow like the other magic weapons she has seen.

Ah Sam. He used to be a bowman, but he kept breaking bows. So the guard Captains made him a guard instead. They figured with that much strength he would be better with a sword or mace.

Human male. Reddish-gray hair, blue eyes. 5 feet 7 inches tall, 175 pounds.

He smiles much of the time. Many think its due to him being tough and therefore unconcerned about losing a fight, but it has to do with his wife, a castle cook, calling him her ‘cookie man’.