Bow of Balance (5e Equipment)

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Weapon (shortbow), artifact (requires attunement by a creature of lawful good, neutral good or neutral alignment)

The Bow of Balance is an extremely powerful shortbow created by a worshipper who wanted to use the bow in service of his deity. His deity saw his devotion and blessed the bow, allowing him to defeat his enemies in service of her. The bow is purple with a fiery string that appears to be on fire at all times. It also has green, red and white intertwined around the purple mass of the bow. When you use this bow, your quiver magically refills with the arrows you have shot after they remain stationary for 1 minute each.

When you land a hit with this bow, you deal 6d8 piercing damage, additionally if the target is not lawful good, neutral good, or neutral you do 2d8 radiant damage.
When you fire arrows from this bow they are on fire, dealing 1d6 fire damage and igniting the target.

Fingers of the Goddess. While using this bow you can shoot twice as fast as with a normal bow.

Divine Arrows. When using this bow your arrows ignore nonmagical armor.
Random Properties. The Bow of Balance has the following random properties:

  • 1 minor beneficial property
  • 2 major beneficial properties


Destroying the Bow of Balance. You can destroy the Bow of Balance only by use of the wish spell or by divine intervention.


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