do you know taulmaril - the bow?

[Tess'har]

I just started reading the Legacy of the drow from R.A. Salvatore and wondered what amazing weapon Taulmaril is. Does someone of you got any stats of this, Cattie Brie's weapon? Might it be that this bow is the most powerfull one in all Faerun?

 

[Tsyr]

Actualy, if I recall the statistics right (I can't remember where I found them) Taulmaril isn't all that special... the quiver is far more special than the bow is, IIRC.

 

[Henry]

While I loved Salvatore's "Drizzt" Books, what you are seeing is artistic license more than game rules in action. In the books, Taulmaril was practically a Silver Ray-Blaster gun. Cattie-brie was blowing the heck out of anything and everything with that bow and arrow set.

 

[Carnifex]

probably a +3 at most bow that grants the brilliant energy enchantment to any arrows it fires, at most.

 

[Tess'har]

Carnifix --> probably a +3 at most bow that grants the brilliant energy enchantment to any arrows it fires, at most.

Maybe, but the brilliant energy abilitie doesn't apply to bows... so it must be the quiver...

 

[Marshall]

Best guess?

+3 Shocking Thundering

In Sea of Swords its not a silver ray anymore it actually describes it as "electricity"

 

[hong]

Carnifix --> probably a +3 at most bow that grants the brilliant energy enchantment to any arrows it fires, at most.

Maybe, but the brilliant energy abilitie doesn't apply to bows... so it must be the quiver...

So it was a minor artifact. Artifacts can break the rules.

 

[Khorod]

As I recall it was the bow of a legendary Elven hero- Taulmaril.
It was a major item, and Cattie-brie was competent with it from the moment she picked it up.

It seems to ignore armor/natural armor bonuses to AC, and slice right through most forms of cover less than a foot or two thick.

Then there's electricity, thundering, and radiant...

I though most enhancements carried over to have the bow cause the effects on the arrow. The quiver just restocks itself.

I am fairly certain it would qualify as a Lesser Artifact, based on the other lesser artifacts that were once the top magical items in 2nd - Hammer of Thunderbolts, Staff of the Magi, etc.

 

[Squire James]

I think it is a "Heartseeker Bow", which I've seen written up in a Dragon magazine once. It is essentially a Vorpal weapon that pierces hearts rather than cutting off heads. That seems to match the book accounts of the bow rather well.

 

[Tsyr]

I think it is a "Heartseeker Bow", which I've seen written up in a Dragon magazine once. It is essentially a Vorpal weapon that pierces hearts rather than cutting off heads. That seems to match the book accounts of the bow rather well.

Yes, this is (more or less) how I remember it being statted up too.