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<blockquote data-quote="Machiavelli" data-source="post: 3181647" data-attributes="member: 40964">Arrowmind is silly.&nbsp; The reasoning behind a bow drawing AoO's is that a bow requires a very strict combination of somewhat unnatural movements that lock the limbs into positions of untenable defense.&nbsp; What possible magical spell could prevent that?&nbsp; Okay, I've thought of a couple ways the spell could work, but both necessarily entail negative side-effects:Perhaps a cousin of Mage Hand could use a force effect to fire the bow with the same skill and effective precision that the archer could, but only because the archer would be actively concentrating on the spell (drawing AoO's anyway).&nbsp; Perhaps the spell would be automated, drawing the bowstring and leaving the archer free to defend himself, but then the spell's &quot;stats&quot; and &quot;abilities&quot; would be dependent upon the archer's skill as a caster; like handing your magical bow to a nearby NPC to keep firing while you engage in melee.Anything else just seems, to me, silly.&nbsp; Endur's right, you DESERVE a sundered bow when you cast Arrow Mind.Either that or your DM deserves his NPC getting butchered for allowing it <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious&nbsp; &nbsp; :]" data-shortname=":]" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Machiavelli, post: 3181647, member: 40964"] Arrowmind is silly. The reasoning behind a bow drawing AoO's is that a bow requires a very strict combination of somewhat unnatural movements that lock the limbs into positions of untenable defense. What possible magical spell could prevent that? Okay, I've thought of a couple ways the spell could work, but both necessarily entail negative side-effects: Perhaps a cousin of Mage Hand could use a force effect to fire the bow with the same skill and effective precision that the archer could, but only because the archer would be actively concentrating on the spell (drawing AoO's anyway). Perhaps the spell would be automated, drawing the bowstring and leaving the archer free to defend himself, but then the spell's "stats" and "abilities" would be dependent upon the archer's skill as a caster; like handing your magical bow to a nearby NPC to keep firing while you engage in melee. Anything else just seems, to me, silly. Endur's right, you DESERVE a sundered bow when you cast Arrow Mind. Either that or your DM deserves his NPC getting butchered for allowing it :] [/QUOTE]

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