Hi there,
My ranger has a composite longbow, str 4. It has been enchanted to +3 magic.
The ranger has gone up in strength, so he can now shoot a str. 5 bow.
my question is: can I have the bow go from str. 4 to str. 5 for 200 gp AND still keep the +3 enchantment?
OR, do I have to have a completely new bow?
I can't find anything in the book about this.
thanks in advance
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You'd probably have to add the Adaptive weapon ability for 1000 gp.
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Yeah, the best way (if you know in the beginning) is to buy a str +0 bow and make one of your first purchases a +1 adaptive bow.
I only recommend doing it with a str +0 bow because it's cheaper.
You'd probably have to add the Adaptive weapon ability for 1000 gp.
Thank you for your answer:-)
Yeah, the best way (if you know in the beginning) is to buy a str +0 bow and make one of your first purchases a +1 adaptive bow.
I only recommend doing it with a str +0 bow because it's cheaper.
Not an option for me though, as we only play with Core and APG.
I probably should've said that from the start.
You're probably better off just not abandoning the extra +1 Damage if you are not allowed the Adaptive Enchantment.
You're probably right, he's already doing a lot of damage - :-)
I'll put the munchkin on hold.
thanks, guys
It is normal to sell items for 50% of their purchase price but this seems like the sort of situation you could easily strike a better bargain with the vendor or craftsman: take my bow +200gp for your same bow +1 str rating. Or something along those lines...
I don’t imagine that fairly run of the mill things like magic bows with higher strength ratings would be unusual or rare, relatively speaking, to the overall availability of magic items and weapons in a setting without table-specific reasoning. Your vendor/craftsman could conceivably have a suitable bow sitting on the shelf, just taking up space and waiting for you to come along, right now. It would be most dependant on your GM’s attitude toward “Ye Olde Magic Shoppe”, I suppose.
RAW Core, no. But with suitable (magical) engineering, it ought to be possible. A sufficiently skilled craftsman, aided by a bit of Warp Wood and Fabricate could probably knock this up. Ask your GM for a side quest.
For whatever reason, Paizo thought it was a great idea to make the Str rating of composite bows a static feature that can never be increased outside of the Adaptable enchantment... in 3e D&D there were specific rules for increasing the strength rating of a composite bow, that ultimately resulted in spending more to increase the rating that it would have cost to buy a high rating bow outright before factoring cost of enchantments. The higher upgrade cost was always more desirable than a full cost re-enchantment of a brand new bow.