When you nock an arrow on this bow, it whispers in Elvish, "Swift defeat to my enemies." When you use this weapon to make a ranged attack, you can, as a command phrase, say, "Swift death to you who have wronged me." The target of your attack becomes your sworn enemy until it dies or until dawn seven days later. You can have only one such sworn enemy at a time. When your sworn enemy dies, you can choose a new one after the next dawn.
When you make a ranged attack roll with this weapon against your sworn enemy, you have advantage on the roll. In addition, your target gains no benefit from cover, other than total cover, and you suffer no disadvantage due to long range. If the attack hits, your sworn enemy takes an extra 3d6 piercing damage.
While your sworn enemy lives, you have disadvantage on attack rolls with all other weapons.
Proficiency with a longbow allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.
Notes: Damage: Piercing, Damage, Combat, Bane, Ammunition, Heavy, Range, Two-Handed
Hope everyone notices the extra 3d6 only applies to one mob a day....
This is cool!
"you suffer no disadvantage due to long range"
Does this counteract the proned "further then 5 feet attacks have disadvantage."?
as being more then 5 feet away is technically considered a longer range right?
In which case you can shoot downed people with advantage?
It's D&D, so you can make it whisper in whatever language you want, and it can be crafted by whoever you want. :)
how do i get this
Maybe I am confused how "sworn enemy" works, but I thought it was a RACE/SPECIES and not a specific being? But if it's a race/species, then what sense does the wording make? "The target of your attack becomes your sworn enemy until it dies or until dawn seven days later. You can have only one such sworn enemy at a time. When your sworn enemy dies, you can choose a new one after the next dawn." sounds very much like ONE TARGET is your sworn enemy.
Im pretty sure it's a single specific target/sworn enemy.
I see what happened. Ranger in our party seems to have conflated "sworn enemy" for Oathbow with a ranger's "favored enemy". Seems the two do not relate at all. He thought this bow let you change your favored enemy after each kill.
So let me get this strait: If you use the special ability of this bow on the BBEG, and then the DM has him escape for plot reasons (or any other enemy that escapes), you now have Disadvantage on all attacks with weapons other than your Oathbow for a week? (And BTW the Oathbow is essentially a non-magical weapon during that week because you can't use the one property it has while your Sworn Enemy still lives.)
As long as it isn’t common, you can assume that it is magical damage.
I like this weapon but I think that you could make it more clear for little kids [youngsters]
Is the Oathbow included in any premade campaigns like Avernus or SKT?
@Flinx: The way I read the description, all your statements here are correct. With big benefits often comes potential penalties.
This is such a flavorful weapon.
If your using the Oathbow to begin with, your a ranged weapon character. You probably wouldn't use close quarters weapons anyway. If the baddie sneaks off you still have advantage with the Oathbow. And in the hands of the correct character it's still a pretty destructive weapon. I usually reserve the Sworne Enemy for the really bad people. If you're a ranger you can always use Hunters Mark.
Definitely not a fan as it clashes with Sharpshooter. And most ranged builds are going to pick up that feat. Along with other flaws that people have pointed out with no passives other than a repetitive whisper. lol
But sometimes the whisper is the only thing to remind you you are not alone....Imagine if your character got banished to a plane where there were only unintelligent hostile creatures, and this bow was the only way to defend yourself. Day after day, as you fight to survive the only legible words you hear are 'Swift defeat to my enemies.'....
....unless of course you don't speak elvish, which I'm not sure would be more or less annoying/crazy inducing.
a magic item that does any damage always bypasses the non-magical resistance
this bow is verry oathy
Some of it does overlap with Sharpshooter, and the added damage makes it at least possible that sharpshooter powershot isn't the best option sometimes. But Sharpshooter characters should always be happy to get advantage so they can overcome that to-hit penalty, and this provides advantage automagically. No save, no attack roll, no concentration, no actions, no real penalty, it just happens. Assuming you also have Archery and high dex, this would only "clash" with sharpshooter for enemies that have very, very high AC.