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Raptor arrow [Relic]

(Magic Item Compendium, page 56)

Price (Item Level): 6,006 gp (10th)
Body Slot: — (held)
Caster Level: 12th
Aura: Strong; (DC 21) conjuration
Activation: — (ammunition)
Weight:

This arrow is carved from a straight piece of ash and fletched with feathers from a predatory bird. Its head is curved at the tip, like a raptor’s beak.

Raptor arrows harness the power of the falcon to skewer their prey. When you fire a raptor arrow, it functions as a +1 arrow with a variant of the returning quality if you are neutral good, lawful good, chaotic good, or neutral. At the beginning of the round after it is fired from a bow, a raptor arrow flies through the air and restrings itself on the bow from which it was fired.
Unlike most ammunition, raptor arrows are not destroyed when used.

Relic Power: If you have established the proper divine connection, a raptor arrow also gains the bane property against the targeted foe.
To use the relic power, you must worship Ehlonna and either sacrifice a 4th-level divine spell slot or have the True Believer feat.

Lore: The first of these arrows (reputedly a set of five) gained relic status when Ehlonna used them to slay a great wyrm green dragon that was rampaging through a primeval forest (Knowledge [religion] DC 20)


Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor,Sanctify Relic, summon monster I.
Cost to Create: 3,000 gp (plus 6 gp for base item), 240 XP, 6 days.