Raptor Arrow [Relic]

This arrow is carved from a straight piece of ash and fletched with feathers from a predatory bird. Its head is curved at the tip, like a raptor’s beak.

Raptor arrows harness the power of the falcon to skewer their prey. When you fire a raptor arrow, it functions as a +1 arrow with a variant of the returning property if you are neutral good, lawful good, chaotic good, or neutral. At the beginning of the round after it is fired from a bow, a raptor arrow flies through the air and restrings itself on the bow from which it was fired. Unlike most ammunition, raptor arrows are not destroyed when used.

Relic Power: If you have established the proper divine connection, a raptor arrow also gains the bane property against the targeted foe.

To use the relic power, you must worship Ehlonna and either sacrifice a 4th-level divine spell slot or have the True Believer feat.

Lore: The first of these arrows (reputedly a set of five) gained relic status when Ehlonna used them to slay a great wyrm green dragon that was rampaging through a primeval forest (Knowledge [religion] DC 20).

Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Sanctify Relic, summon monster I.

Cost to Create: 3,000 gp (plus 6 gp for masterwork arrow), 240 XP, 6 days.

Source: Magic Item Compendium, page 56.