Spear-Thrower Greatbow (3.5e Equipment)



This massive bow was designed not to fire arrows, but to fire spears. Merely pulling the string is a herculean task by itself and only a character with a strength of 20 or more can fire the bow without penalty, for every 2 points of strength below 20 the range of the bow halves and all attacks made with it take a cumulative -2 penalty. The Spear-Thrower Greatbow must be anchored to the ground or wall by the large spike at its base in order to provide the leverage to draw the string and fire accurately, making it impossible to use on horseback and while flying.

The Spear-Thrower Greatbow can be used to make power attacks, and its wielder may use her strength score instead of dexterity score for attack and damage. All attacks made with a Spear-Thrower Greatbow are made as if its wielder had the Awesome Blow feat.

Finally its wielder may as an attack action make an impaling attack. Instead of making a normal attack roll, the bow fires as a line that extends out to maximum range. The projectile strikes every creature in the line once, and affects them as by the Awesome Blow feat. Every creature within the line is allowed a Reflex DC 10 + 1/2 BAB + attack modifier to negate the damage. A character with the siege shot feat may make her siege shot an impaling attack.