Clerics using bows (Deity?)

[Dieter]

I forgot to check the books last night, so here I am at work needing to know which deities permit bow as the preferred weapon?

If you could give me the name, alignment, and the respective bonuses I'd would be most appreciative.

 

[Wolf72]

Elves Mr. Frodo?

not sure which ones ... but elves can use bows regardless.

I think deities like Solonor Thelendira have LongBows as a favored weapon, I think he might even have War as one of his spheres.

 

[prodawg]

By just the PHB and DotF, there isn't a bow as a favorite weapon. You can check out Faerun to see if there's anything in there. However, IMC, I only use PHB and DotF.

 

[AuraSeer]

FRCS is the place to look, since they've got that long list of dieties. Wolf72 is correct about Solonor Thelandira; that's he Elven god of archery, who is CG (I believe), and favors the longbow. IIRC there is one other bow-user in the Elven pantheon, and possibly a couple elswhere.

If you're not in the Forgotten Realms, I think you're out of luck.

 

[superdan]

Figured I'd check the Living Greyhawk Gazeteer for you. The following are deities with a bow as "signature weapon" (i.e., spiritual weapon form). Remember no cleric gets proficiency for free unless the War domain is available.

Ehlonna: longbow; NG; Animal, Good, Plant, Sun.
Myhriss: shortbow; NG; Good, Healing, Protection.
Phaulkon: longbow; CG; Air, Animal, Chaos, Good, War.

So I suppose Phaulkon, with both Longbow signature weapon and the War domain, would be a nice choice.