Arena:Auriel's Bow/Intro

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Artifact: Auriel's Bow (lore page)
Shares Appearance With	Elven Longbow
Statistics
Damage	2-12
Damage	2-12		{{{health}}}
Rating	-3 AC
Weight	1 kg
Enchantment
Damage Health: 50 points, +1 point per level Damage Fatigue: 50 points, +1 point per level Damage Spell Points: 50 points, +1 point per level
Map Dungeon Province
Valenwood
Can be used by the following classes
Archer, Assassin, Barbarian, Battlemage, Knight, Monk, Ranger, Rogue, Sorcerer, Spellsword, Warrior

Auriel's Bow

"Auriel's Bow appears as a modest Elven Longbow, but it one [sic] of the mightiest weapons ever to exist in Tamriel's history. Allegedly created and used, like its sister Auriel's Shield, by the great Elvish demi-god, the Bow can turn any arrow into a missile of death and any wielder invulnerable to any lesser attacks. Without Auriel's power behind it, however, the bow uses its own store of energy for its power. Once exhausted of this energy, the bow will vanish and reappear where ever chance puts it. Its most recent appearances have been subject of gossip for hundreds of years."
— Codex Scientia

Auriel's Bow is an elven long bow artifact that can be obtained by taking part in its artifact quest.

Auriel's Bow is enchanted with a ranged single-target effect which simultaneously damages an enemy's health, fatigue, and spell points, making it a useful artifact against nearly all enemy types in the game. The scaling of its component enchantments is not terribly high, with each effect only gaining an additional 1 point each level for a total of 70 points each by level 20, but combined with firing actual arrows it can still be highly useful in ranged combat. Note that the enchantment is not cast with every arrow shot, as its description might imply, and must be used like other enchanted items as a ranged spell. As with any other bow in the game, the higher your character's Speed stat, the more effective you will be when actually using Auriel's Bow as a physical weapon.

Uniquely among the weapon artifacts, Auriel's Bow also comes with a small bonus to armor rating of -3 AC when equipped. This may not seem like much particularly later in the game, but early on and especially for classes unable to equip higher-quality armor (or none at all if you are a Monk), every little bonus helps.