I don't understand your question.
Adaptive makes the bow adapt (thus the name) to the strength of the wielder. If a person with a +4 strenght Mod fires it, it is a bow with +4 Strenght, if he hands it to a person with +0, it becomes a +0 bow, with the appropriate changes in damage.
Adaptive is most useful if you sometimes buff your archer's strength.
Yes, it makes the strength rating obsolete.
On the other hand, it can easily be argued that the minimum strength remains at +2.
This isn't how the rules are written, but it shouldn't be hard for the crafter mage to adapt the magics involved.
Well I could also see it as minimum not required, but still cant surpass max.
+1 Composit Longbow of Str +6
You need at least a +6 Str Bonus to use the weapon without incurring penaltys, but Str can not go over the Bows maximum Str (+6) if you have a higher Str Bonus.
+1 Adaptive Composit Longbow of Str +6
You don’t need the minimum Str Score to use this bow (and as such don't incur the penaltys), but Str can not go over the Bows maximum Str (+6) if you have a higher Str Bonus.
Honestly this makes the most sense to me on how it should work, but that’s just my 2 cents.
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Why would a MAGICAL bow specifically designed to adapt to the strength of its wielder NOT adapt to the strength of its wielder?
Seems like a very counterintuitive ruling.
Well if you (or the bow) get hit with a dispel, or enter an antimagic field it would still be useful to have a mundane mighty bow rated close to your normal STR mod.
Why would a MAGICAL bow specifically designed to adapt to the strength of its wielder NOT adapt to the strength of its wielder?
Seems like a very counterintuitive ruling.
+1 to this. I could't say better. The description of adaptive enchantment is pretty clear:
"An adaptive bow responds to the strength of its wielder, acting as a bow with a strength rating equal to its wielder's Strength bonus."You have a Str of +X, an adaptive bow is a mighty composite bow with Str +X,whatever value of X you have. Seems pretty linear.
I just quote the last sentence:
"The wielder can fire it with a lesser Strength bonus (and cause less damage) if desired."
You can even CHOOSE the Str bonus to use. So, why it wouldn't adapt?
This said, Skylancer4 has a point: in absence of magic, it could be useful rely on a mighty bow, but really, this is just a point for making a already mighty bow adaptive, not to say that you can't youse well if it has a str bonus higher than yours.