Bowstring Amulet (Patreon)

Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement)

This amulet's bow and arrow pendant is strung with a length of well-worn bowstring. Once on each of your turns while wearing the amulet, you can speak its command word as part of making a ranged attack with a bow or crossbow. When you do, the fired arrow or bolt magically creates a length of weightless hempen rope behind it. One end of the rope is tied to the arrow or bolt, and the other end appears in an open hand or at your feet (your choice). The rope remains for 10 minutes, until it's cut or untied, or until you use this property of the amulet again, at which point the rope instantly unravels and disappears. The rope also disappears early if it becomes longer than 300 feet before the arrow or bolt hits a target. For the rope's duration, the arrow or bolt can hold up to 500 pounds without breaking or dislodging from its point of impact.

"Men Overboard!"

The sailor scanned the surface of the angry sea between the flashes of lightning and magic infernos. A pair of young deckhands were struggling to stay above water, clinging to a piece of the shattered wooden railing. Neither of them were wearing their patched coats, and the current was dragging them away from the crippled ship and under the briny waves.

He leveled his small crossbow at the floating railing and scrambled to load a slippery bolt. Finding purchase, he glanced down at his chest to make sure his necklace was still slung around his neck: a token from his own late captain. Over the crash of the storm and battle, he shouted out to his stranded crewmen.

"You sad fools ain't getting away that easily! I won't be the one telling the boy you di'n't make it back!"