Weapons Description

Bone bow

This powerful and oversized bow is designed to fire exceptionally large arrows specially made for it. Made of the bones and sinews of huge animals such as woolly mammoth and dire rhinoceroses, these bows were designed by primitive cultures expressly for the hunting of huge creatures that require a lot of damage to take down. A bone bow functions as a composite longbow with regard to applying the user's strength bonus to damage done with arrows shot from it. The bow has a long, thick spike protruding from both ends; this spike is used to brace against a solid object (either the ground or an overhanging protrusion or ceiling) to aid in pulling the bow string. A character may use a bone bow as a martial weapon, but doing so imparts a -4 penalty on attack rolls and firing an arrow from the bow requires a full-round action.
For purposes of feats such as Weapon Focus and Weapon Specialization, a bone bow is treated as if it were a longbow; thus if you have Weapon Focus (longbow), that feat applies to bone bows as well.

Exotic Weapon - Ranged
Cost250 gp
Dmg(S)1d8
Dmg(M)1d10
Critx3
Range Inc120 ft.
Weight4 lb.
TypePiercing
Source Frostburn
Exotic primitive. See special rules

Preferred weapon of: No known deity.


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