Ballad of the Banphrionsa (Awakened)

A mighty bow fashioned from the sheer love and jubilations experienced by Niamh Banphrionsa, as she finally reunited with her daughter, Aoife. As she was freed from everlasting servitude from the Archdevil Iramil.

Fashioned from an existing artifact - an Oathbow, the new form that has been given to this bow exudes personality and history. The once shining gold and silver bow now appears as though branches, leaves and other flora grow from the metallic structure, seemlessly from inorganic to organic, appearing as it was always meant to be.

To the touch this bow exudes a feeling of togetherness, familial meaning and bonds. It is comforting to hold.

Ballad of the Banphrionsa (Awakened)

While attuned to the Ballad in its Awakened state, you gain the following benefits:

• You have a +2 bonus to all attack rolls and damage rolls made with this weapon.
• Your Dexterity ability score is increased by 2
• The vengeful emotions Niamh felt towards her captor and slayer of her 'Attalwen Children' adventuring party, has evolved the Sworn Enemy property of the Oathbow this Vesitige was forged from. When you attack with this bow you can declare a shot from this bow as an 'Attalwen Arrow', on a successful hit, an Attalwen Arrow adds an extra 3d6 damage to the roll. Once used, you must roll a d6 on subsequent turns. On a 5 or a 6, 'Attalwen Arrow' may be used again. This dice must be rolled on a hit or a miss.

Verses of the Ballad

 

In its awakened state, Ballad of the Banphrionsa offers two verses of the Ballad:

Fionn

Upon a deep blue rose, a scented song,

So delicate of harmony and sweet;

a melody, whose strains of love replete.

I mused upon, to whom could it belong?

To claim such a ballad ought have felt so wrong,

but i could ne'er its memory delete;

each note an echo in my own heart's beat,

alluring me to drift and sing along.

As the Ballad makes itself known in your mind, you feel the weight of the words behind them. Niamh felt so strongly that others could use her love and help, that she had to let go of what she loved to most, the company and family she had made with her dear Fionn. You sense no regret in the words, rather a feeling of desire, the desire to find the words that would help Fionn understand.

Eternal

 In a quiet dance of dawn and dusk,

 Four daughters, a mother's tender trust.

 Love whispers through life's fleeting swirl,

 Time split, uneven for each cherished girl.

 In shadows cast by the fading light,

 The fourth finds solace, embracing night.

 Each daughter's tale, a unique pearl,

 Bound by a shared love, an everlasting vow.

 As the ballad continues into its second verse, you ride the wave of emotion that flows through you. Niamh loved her daughters equally, but regretted that the time she spent with each was so different. Maeve and Orlagh the eldest, the most complete to her - the two she felt she passed on all she could. Euna an enigma, while it was reciprocated love, It seemed to Niamh that Euna never needed for knowledge. And finally, Aoife. The youngest. Time so awfully stripped from her, a wish that still persists that one day, she can make the time up to her.

Using the emotional feelings of a verse as a source of power, you can infuse an arrow with its effects, uttering the command word for each verse as a bonus action grants the following effect:

• Fionn - Using this command word of the first verse, your next arrow that hits a target causes the target to make a DC16 Wisdom Saving throw. On a failure, the affected creature will be wracked with feelings of desire to articulate to the best of their ability, their deepest misunderstanding. A creature affected in this way will be 'Stunned'. The stun persists until the creature can make its saving throw on subsequent turns, and the DC for saving from this stun effect reduces by 3 for every turn that it is effected.
• Eternal - Using this command word of the second verse, you unleash a wave of powerful emotion. This washes over up to ten allies within 60 feet of you, granting them the effects of the Bless spell, as well as an immunity to fear for up to ten turns. This ability requires concentration to maintain.

Each verse can only be used as a source of power once per day, and the verses replenish at dawn.

Proficiency with a longbow allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.

 

 

Proficiency with a Longbow allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.

Notes: Weapon Property: Range, Bonus: Magic, Bonus: Dexterity Score, Charges in this instance represent the 'Verses' of the bow. In its Awakened state, the Ballad has two verses, so two charges., Ammunition, Heavy, Range, Two-Handed, Slow