Name: The Bow of Rainbows

Description: Re-curved bow made from the wood of a shadowtop tree, with a surface looking freshly polished (a permanent effect, due to the weapon's enchantments) Two three carat Rainbow Diamonds are embedded in wood one above handle and one below

Max Range: 85 yards
Draw: 250

Length: 6'

Weight: 15 lbs

History: The bow was created by the Dwarven god Gorm Gulthyn and the Elven gods Corellon Larethian and Solonor Thelandira. The Bow was originally created to aid Shevarash in his war against the Drow but the bow was lost after his death. While Shevarash underwent apotheosis after his death and became a Demipower, the bow was lost for many centuries. The bow finally resurfaced and was claimed by Arrin Parkin after slaying the Hydras that guarded it and freeing it from it's imprisonment within an encasement of diamonds. How exactly the bow was imprisoned, by whom and how it got into the lair of the two Hydras was never revealed.

The bow sensed a kindred soul within Arrin and accepted him as his new owner. The bow itself is extremely intelligent and possesses a vast knowledge and can read it's owners mind at will. On the downside however it is very hard for the bow to transmit even the most basic thoughts to its owner. All the owner will receive are vague impressions of what the bow could mean and quite often frustration at the limited ability to communicate.

The bow is intelligent and basically a good weapon, but as it was created to protect the good races from their evil kin. The bow can not control it's owner, but it has limited influence on his emotional state. No matter what happens, the owner will always have strong prejudice against Drow and Duergar. The slightest offence from members of these races will enrage the owner dramatically and will normally attack the offender. But this is by no means a suicide clause. Indeed it seems that the bow calms the owner should it sense that the owner cannot possibly win.

There is no known way to destroy the Bow of Rainbow and the actual situation it was found in suggests that whomever imprisoned it, didn't find a way either. As long as his owner is alive the bow attempts to reach him actively, should someone try to take him away. This includes spontaneous, unexpected and for the illegitimate wielder often fatal teleportation's. For some reason there seems to be a rather low limit for teleportation range in this case. Therefore some people assume that the bow utilizes some power of its owner during the spell casting, though no side effects have ever been reported.

Bonus: (If you bother using D&D style bonuses.)

• (full): +6 to hit +5 to damage, +10 to damage any water creature
• (arrested): +3

Powers (full):

1. Energy: Bow acts as Bow of Energy where as it fires energy bolts, in modern time treat bolts as .50 cal. with electrical damage instead of bullet
2. Spells: The bow can cast the following spells:
   • Heal once a day for Wielder only. This will effectively cure any wounds, near death will come fully awake and conscious. Regardless of the condition, the owner is returned into a state of only minimal injury, usually one not influencing his ability to fight at all.
   • Shock automatically if anyone other than the Wielder touches it
   • Mind Maze for Wielder only. This will effectively guard the Wielder's mind against any mind attacks including reading it
   • Teleport: Wielder only. Teleports the Wielder to any place he knows when used.
   • Magic Missile once a day. Can be cast into arrow and will then assure that the arrow hits the intended target.
3. Vigilance: As long as the bow is within one foot of the owner, it is impossible to surprise him or her. Even the use of magic does not change this. While the owner is only able to 'see' invisible or otherwise protected beings within one yard of himself, the bow can sense their presents up to a distance of thirty yards in all conditions and give the owner a general sense what he is facing, where it is and if he needs to make a certain move to survive.
4. Electrocution: Should the owner ever become evil or try to commit a downright evil deed, the bow will emit an extremely powerful electric impulse that will reduce any unprotected human to smoking ashes.
5. Owner: The bow can only be used and handled by the owner. Should anyone try to touch the bow, he'll be subjected to electric shocks. The strength depends upon the strength of the grip and the intentions of the person that touches the bow. The owner can allow anyone to handle the bow, so can the bow itself, but it only does so in cases where someone intends to hand him directly to his owner or carry him along while his owner is unconscious. Evil persons are very unlikely to survive even a slight touch. Attempts to actually use the bow, no matter if one has the permission of the owner, will result in an incapacitating shock, that in best case only makes the arms useless for a few minutes, in the worst case causes multiple hours of unconsciousness. Even beings that are immune to electricity will not be able to use the bow, as it simply refuses to create the energy arrows it normally uses and reduces any other arrows to smoking ashes.

Powers (arrested):

1. Standard bow: The bow now requires arrows to shoot.
2. Spells: The bow can still cast the same spells

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