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13 magic Bows

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A warrior is only as good as the weapons he

(or she) carries. Well, not always, but a good

magic weapon never hurts, especially if it’s

a bow! In this PDF you will ind thirteen

magical bows and related items for your fan-

tasy campaign. All are fully described in d20

terms and have full creation instructions and

costs should your players wish to make one

of these items. Some of these selections are

rather powerful so if your campaign is a low-

magic setting you may wish to scale back

some of the effects they feature. As always

you are the inal word on what is appropriate

for your campaign. What we have supplied

here is a selection of ‘out of the ordinary’

items, something beyond the usual “+3 this”

or “vorpal that”.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Ash’s Sorrow............................................................................................................................06

Bow of Lawful Light..............................................................................................................03

Eagle’s Talon............................................................................................................................04

Foe Finder................................................................................................................................07

Ghouls Grasp...........................................................................................................................03

Heart Slayer..............................................................................................................................07

Holy Lightning........................................................................................................................07

Medusas Revenge....................................................................................................................05

Orc’s Roar................................................................................................................................06

Ormond’s Ooze........................................................................................................................05

Quiver of Wyclin.....................................................................................................................07

SeekerBow...............................................................................................................................04

Witch’sEnd..............................................................................................................................04

Ghoul’s Grasp

A hideous weapon by any standard, Ghoul’s

Grasp bows were made to wreak havoc on

the population of a large keep on the out-

skirts of the borderlands. These weapons

would be ired over the walls in an effort to

spread disease on the people inside. While

this tactic was effective, the weapon is fairly

uncommon due to the nature of the materi-

als required to construct one. Reeking of

decaying lesh and having an appear-

ance to equal the smell, a Ghoul’s

Grasp bow is made from a rare

wood that is wrapped in strips

of the lesh from a ghoul.

These strips bind bits of

the ghouls entrails to

the bow making for

a very nasty look-

ing weapon (and

one not many

would

Mod-

erate Nec-

romancy; CL

9th; Prerequisites:

Craft Magic Arms and

Armor; Animate Dead,

Ghoul Touch

Price: 32,300 gp;

Cost: 16,150 gp + 1292 XP.

Bow of Lawful Light

Created for the most devout Paladins and

Knights, a Bow of Lawful Light is an el-

egant weapon made from the inest woods

and metals. Intricate gilding and carvings

decorate its length and the balance is the

inest ever achieved for a bow. A Bow of

Lawful Light is a +1 longbow under normal

circumstances. When wielded by a lawful

good Paladin, the bow gains the ability to

transform up to ive arrows per day into a

shimmering arrow that appears to be made

of pure light. These arrows instantly hit their

intended target dealing 1d6 damage (plus the

original +1 bonus) even if the target is par-

tially concealed. If the arrow hits a lawful

evil target the damage is doubled, if it hits a

chaotic or neutral evil target it gains an addi-

tional +1. For every three levels the Paladin

has the damage bonus of the light arrows in-

creases by +1 up to a maximum +4.

willing to

wield). Any

living creature

shot with an ar-

row from this bow

must make a DC16

Fortitude save or be

paralyzed for 1d6+2

rounds. A successful hit

also necessitates the target

make a DC12 Fortitude save

(separate roll from above)

or be infected with ghoul fe-

ver (see the Ghoul entry in

the MM). While any bow can

be made into a Ghoul’s Grasp,

the most common version is a +1

longbow.

Faint Evocation; CL 3rd; Prerequisites:

Craft

Magic Arms and Armor; Magic Mis-

sile

Price: 16,375 gp; Cost: 8,188 gp + 655 XP.

SEEKER BOW

and set of twenty arrows. The arrows are

magically strengthened so they can be re-

used many times. An Eagle’s Talon arrow

breaks on a roll of a natural 1. Other than

that they can be retrieved and used again.

The head of the arrow appears to be a three

pronged steel sculpture in the shape of an

eagle talon. When this hits a target, the talon

begins clawing into the wound for 3 rounds

causing an additional 1d4 damage for each

of the three rounds (or until it is removed, a

one round action). The bow is crafted with

carvings of feathers along its length and at

each end is the head of an eagle.

Many years ago a warlord intent on expand-

ing his sphere on control enlisted sorcerers

to make his band of mercenaries invisible.

The local Duke countered this tactic by hav-

ing his elite guard armed with weapons that

could locate invisible being including bows

that could seek out these targets. Because of

the rushed nature of their construction and

the fact that the enchantment must be trans-

ferred from the bow to the arrow being ired,

the ability to hit an invisible target is not

100% dependable. Only about 200 of these

weapons were produced and have been dis-

persed to the far corners of the world. Char-

acters inding such a bow will not have any

clue to its nature as there are no marks or

clues as to its true ability.

Moderate Transmutation; CL 9th; Prerequi-

sites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor; Giant

Insect

Price: 32,400 gp; Cost: 16,200 gp + 1296

XP.

A +2 composite bow, a seeker is made from

a dificult to obtain wood with a deep red

color. Any arrow ired from the seeker bow

has a chance of detecting and targeting in-

visible corporeal beings. When ired in the

vicinity of an invisible being, there is a 80%

chance it will ‘lock on’ to that target instead

of its intended target. The attack roll is made

as normal with all bonuses. Once hit with

the arrow, all other attacks from other char-

acters can be made at the target at a -6 pen-

alty unless the arrow is removed.

Witch’s End

Ailing from the evil effects a witch had in-

licted upon him, a ranger had this weapon

created to turn the tables on the wretched

hag.. While both ended up perishing the

end, this unique weapon survived. Made

of black lacquered wood, this +1 shortbow

has the ability to cancel out magical effects

or spells. When a target is hit, roll 1d20 per

the targeted dispel heading under the Dispel

Magic description in the PHB. The roll is

made as if Greater Dispel Magic had been

cast.

Strong Abjuration; CL 12th; Prerequisites:

Craft Magic Arms and Armor; Greater Dis-

pel Magic, Locate Creature, True Seeing

Price: 98,375 gp; Cost: 49,188 gp + 3935

XP.

Strong Abjuration; CL 12th; Prerequisites:

Craft Magic Arms and Armor; Greater Dis-

pel Magic

Price: 32,330 gp; Cost: 16,165 gp + 1294

XP.

Eagle’s Talon

The Eagle’s Talon is a +1 composite bow

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