Moonbow (Priest Spell)

This spell creates a crystalline bow only the caster can use. The bow is the size and strength of a short bow or long bow, as chosen by the caster during the casting. A thin beam of silvery light serves as the bowstring and, when it is drawn back, causes a shimmering, silver arrow to appear in the proper position.
If the caster releases the bow for any reason, it fades into a cloud of luminescence that dances for 1d4+1 rounds, then vanishes into nothingness. The bow can fire, at most, two arrows per round at any target within range. Each shaft trails a stream of motes of moonlight (as the 1st level spell, but last­ing only 1d4+1 rounds) delineating the path of flight. A successful attack roll is required to hit the target. After any attack, whether it hits or misses. the arrow fired vanishes in a manner similar to the crystalline bow, as described above.
The effects of a successful hit vary according to the type of target. If shot into an area of magical darkness, the arrow negates the effect, but other­wise does nothing but trail the moles of moonlight. Against a living creature, a moonbow shaft acts as a bolt of energy from the Positive Material Plane, inflicting 7d4 points of damage. Against an undead creature that draws its power from the Negative Material Plane, the shaft inflicts 14d4 points of damage and bathes the target in silvery faerie fire for 1d4+1 rounds. (Multiple successful attacks against one undead creature do not increase the faerie fire effect, but simply extend the duration if a later hit would outlast an earlier one.)
Against an undead creature that draws its power from the Positive Material Plane (such as a mummy), a moonbow shaft restores 7d4 points of damage, but has no other effect.
The material components are the priest's holy symbol and the silken thread of a cobweb coated in dew gathered beneath the light of a full moon.
Notes: Granted by the elven goddess Sehanine Moonbow. Some sources refer to this spell as moonshaft.
Category:Priest Spells
Category:Spells from Priest's Spell Compendium
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