Where have I seen this exotic weapon before?

[Wormwood]

Essentially, it's a bow with blades at each end, allowing it to be used as both a ranged and (double) melee weapon.

Um...yeah. I know, I know.

The thing is, I'm dying trying to remember where I encountered the weapon before. I've gone through every WotC book and magazine I own (which isn't saying much)...to no avail.

I Call Upon The Knowledge of ENWorld.

/ubergeek

 

[jgbrowning]

I don't know. But I like your sig and avatar...

joe b.

 

[tarchon]

Essentially, it's a bow with blades at each end, allowing it to be used as both a ranged and (double) melee weapon.

Um...yeah. I know, I know.

The thing is, I'm dying trying to remember where I encountered the weapon before. I've gone through every WotC book and magazine I own (which isn't saying much)...to no avail.

Ridiculous! Now if you attach a 10 ft. long spear to the front of it so that it would have reach and a whip on the bottom of it, then you would have a real weapon.

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

Ridiculous! Now if you attach a 10 ft. long spear to the front of it so that it would have reach and a whip on the bottom of it, then you would have a real weapon.

I think you meant 'spiked chain' instead of whip.

 

[Doctor Bomb]

I think you meant 'spiked chain' instead of whip.

I think the bow in question was in the 2nd Edition Handbook of Elves, or some such. The red faux-leather print softcover had a lot of woodland-type equipment in there. Either there or the Arms and Equipment guide (2nd edition) with the blue cover.

 

[Angcuru]

I dunno, but it would have to be a Shortbow with dagger-sized blades. Otherwise it would be too large and/or dangerous to use.

 

[Heinrich_Uberlich]

Didn't the elf armies from LOTR have bladed bow like weapons that they flipped forward to slice enemies once they fired their arrows?
Haven't seen the movie in a while so I could be recalling two different scenes with two different weapons.
HU

 

[wizardneedsfood]

Same scene, two different weapons.

 

[Hoog]

Essentially, it's a bow with blades at each end, allowing it to be used as both a ranged and (double) melee weapon.

Um...yeah. I know, I know.

The thing is, I'm dying trying to remember where I encountered the weapon before. I've gone through every WotC book and magazine I own (which isn't saying much)...to no avail.

I Call Upon The Knowledge of ENWorld.

/ubergeek

I believe it is an Elven Blade Bow from Scarred Lands. It is a weapon of the Elves that live in the Hornsaw forest.

 

[Wormwood]

I believe it is an Elven Blade Bow from Scarred Lands. It is a weapon of the Elves that live in the Hornsaw forest.

Looks like you're right: I just checked in the Player's Guide to Fighters & Barbarians and there it is: the Razorbow.

I can die now.

Thanks guys.