Wintershot (Artifact)
Item 20This Item may contain spoilers from the Spore War Adventure Path
Unique Apex Artifact Illusion Intelligent Invested Magical Source Pathfinder #212: A Voice in the Blight pg. 73Hands 1;
Usage held in 1+ hand(s);
Bulk 1
Perception +35; precise
low-light vision and hearing within 30 feet
Communication telepathy (partner only)
Skills Diplomacy +33,
Intimidation +35,
Survival +35
Int +6,
Wis +7,
Cha +5
Will +35
The echo of the snowcaster Jelarial causes
Wintershot to become chill to the touch, yet despite feeling as cold as ice, she never causes harm or discomfort to her partner. Wintershot’s string issues a soft hissing sound, as of snow softly falling, and snowflakes drift down from the string and swiftly melt each time the bow is fired.
Wintershot’s voice is eager and excitable, often waxing poetic on a nearby object or creature of beauty or offering compliments to her partner.
Wintershot is a
+3 major striking greater frost holy composite shortbow. When making a
Strike with
Wintershot, targets don’t gain
concealment from the effects of mist or
precipitation, and circumstance penalties to attacks imparted from strong winds are negated.
Activate—Auroral Shine [one-action] (
cold,
concentrate,
light);
Frequency once per minute;
Effect Wintershot can’t use this activation. When you activate Auroral Shine, fire an arrow at a target. If you hit, instead of dealing damage with the arrow, the creature struck must attempt a DC 43 Fortitude save.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature is surrounded by shimmering lights akin to the aurora, causing it to become dazzled for 2 rounds. If the creature was
invisible, it becomes
concealed instead. If the creature was already concealed for any other reason, it’s no longer concealed.
Failure As success, but the creature also takes 6d6
persistent cold damage, and the lights affect the creature for 1 minute.
Critical Failure As success, but the creature also takes 6d6 persistent cold damage, and the lights affect the creature for 10 minutes.
Activate—Signal Flare [one-action] (
light,
manipulate);
Frequency once per hour;
Effect Wintershot fires an arrow-shaped construct of ice straight upward. The arrow soars to a height of 500 feet, or until it strikes a solid surface like a ceiling. When it reaches its apex, it explodes in a brilliant burst, creating a 100-foot radius area of
bright light and
dim light in the next 100 feet. In the night sky, this beacon can be seen clearly for miles. The beacon remains lit for up to 1 minute in a color of
Wintershot’s choice. Alternatively,
Wintershot can fire this Signal Flare like a normal arrow to attempt to
Strike a target her partner can see—if it hits, the arrow inflicts normal damage and attempts to counteract one darkness effect of Wintershot’s choice that affects the creature struck, with a
counteract rank of 9th and a +25 modifier to the roll (+30 modifier if the source of the
darkness effect was created by a
fiend).
Activate—Rimecrust [two-actions] (
cold,
concentrate,
incapacitation);
Effect Wintershot causes the deep chill of winter to settle upon a single creature she can see or hear within 30 feet. That creature must attempt a DC 43 Fortitude save, after which point they’re temporarily immune to Rimecrust for 24 hours.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature’s discomfort and shivering from the sudden drop in temperature causes it to become
off-guard until the start of its next turn. Creatures that are
immune to cold are immune to this effect.
Failure The creature becomes encrusted with ice. It becomes
slowed 1 and
off-guard for 1 minute, or until it
Escapes from the crusting ice (DC 43).
Critical Failure The creature is slowed 1 and
restrained by crusting ice until it Escapes (DC 43). After it Escapes, it remains slowed 1 and
off-guard for 1 minute from the lingering cold.
Nethys Note: the non-artifact version of the item is here.