Moonshard Bow

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Damage 1d8 piercing

ammunition special

Charges: 7 (regains at dawn)

The Moonshard Bow is a slender longbow carved from pale moonwood, its limbs etched with curling crescent sigils and inlaid with a polished moonstone at the grip. The bowstring hums with a soft, silver note when drawn, and a pale blue-white glow traces along the wood as it fires. When drawn under moonlight, the bow glimmers with a cool aura, and arrows leave faint traces of radiant light in their wake.

Moonlit Arrows Arrows fired from this bow are forged from moonlight. You can spend 1 charge to awaken the next arrow as a moonlight arrow, dealing an extra 1d6 radiant damage on a hit. The moonlight arrow sheds bright light in a 5-foot radius and dim light for 5 feet until the start of your next turn.

Crescent Burst As an action, you can expend 3 charges to unleash a crescent arc of lunar light in a 15-foot cone from the bow. Each creature in the cone must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 4d6 radiant damage, or half as much on a successful save.

Lore

Moonshard was forged by a lineage of moon-touched smiths who worshipped Selune. It drinks in the moon’s light and returns it as luminous arrows, guiding its bearer through nights thick with shadow and danger.

History

The weapon has passed through many hands: a desert hunter who pierced through gloom, a ranger who saved villagers from a night-haunted fortress, and a wanderer who carried it to a ruined city where the moon never rose. It is whispered that the bow hums when a true night moon is overhead, approving its bearer.

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