Sword/bow weapon thingy

[hong]

ISTR that some time back, there was a writeup of a funky weapon that can be used as either a bow or a two-bladed sword. Probably in one of the elf splatbooks or weapon splatbooks.

Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about?

[Bagpuss]

There is one in the Hornsaw sourcebook but I don't have it with me.

[Darklone]

Wasn't it the A&EG?

[diaglo]

slingblade...i likes me some taters.

sorry couldn't help myself it was a hong thread afterall.

[hong]

So Diaglo, being trapped in the 70s and all, have you seen _The Last Waltz_? Just got the DVD today.

Man, there's some good old-time rock 'n roll to shake your soul.

[diaglo]

Annotation -
Filmed on location in San Francisco, California.

The Band perform the following tracks: "Don't Do It," "Theme from The Last Waltz," "Up on Cripple Creek," "Stagefright," "It Makes No Difference," "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," "Shape I'm In," "Ophelia," "Life Is a Carnival," "The Well," "Evangeline," "Old Time Religion," "Genetic Method: Chest Fever," "Out of the Blue," and "The Weight."

The film was originally rated R by the MPAA but rerated PG on appeal.

The film marked the first appearance in a major motion picture for composer and musician Robbie Robertson, who went on to act in such films as CARNY.

Guest appearances:
"Evangeline" (with Emmylou Harris)
"The Weight" (with the Staples)
"Further on Up the Road" (with Eric Clapton)
"Baby Let Me Follow You Down" (with Bob Dylan)
"I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)"
(with Bob Dylan)
"Forever Young" (with Bob Dylan)
"I Shall Be Released" (with Ensemble)
"Mystery Train" (with Paul Butterfield)
"Dry Your Eyes" (Neil Diamond)
"Down South in New Orleans" (with Dr. John)
"Who Do You Love?" (with Ronnie Hawkins)
"Coyote" (with Joni Mitchell)
"Helpless" (with Joni Mitchell & Neil Young)
"Caravan" (with Van Morrison)
"Such a Night" (with Dr. John)
"Tura Lura Lura (That's an Irish Lullaby)"
(with Van Morrison)
"Mannish Boy" (with Muddy Waters)




when i'm right, i'm right.

edit: i think i've still got several 8-tracks of the Band

[Harlock]

Hong, Hornsaw: Forest of Blood had something in it called a razorbow. It's a normal bow with some metal blades on the ends that can be used as a double ended weapon. It's nice in that the PC doesn't have to drop it in order to engage in melle so in essence, your weapon is always drawn. Dunno if it is what you are referring to or not, however.

[hong]

Originally Posted by diaglo

Annotation -
Filmed on location in San Francisco, California.

[...]
when i'm right, i'm right.

edit: i think i've still got several 8-tracks of the Band

Mang, you are sad. Sad, I tell you. Even sadder than me.

(For those who've never heard of The Last Waltz:

http://www.mgm.com/lastwaltz/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/TheLastWaltz-1011990/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077838/
)

[AFGNCAAP]

ISTR that some time back, there was a writeup of a funky weapon that can be used as either a bow or a two-bladed sword. Probably in one of the elf splatbooks or weapon splatbooks.

Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about?

Yep. I think it may be in one of the last Dragon magazine Annuals, if not in an issue of Dragon itself. It's from an article that discusses magic items/artifacts for the Greyhawk deities--basically 1 magic item per deity.

The weapon is a magical bow that, when unstrung, transforms into a double-bladed sword. I believe it was an item for one of the more combat-oriented good faiths (like Heironeous, Ehlonna, or Corellon). Can't tell you the issue # or anything like that, but I know it did show up in Dragon.

Hope that helps.

[BVB]

Was also a visual reference to a similar weapon in an issue of the X-Men comic book several years back. It was wielded by one of those funky all-too-common alternate future characters (a group led by a maimed Banshee, including a female Nightcrawler offspring referred to as "Blue"). I think it may have been the four-parter X-men/Fantastic Four annual cross-over story involving Rachel and Franklin.