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Weapon (shortbow), legendary (requires attunement)

An exquisite and ruthless shortbow that hungers for the kill. You gain a bonus to attack and damage rolls with this magic weapon equal to half your proficiency bonus. While you are riding a mount this shortbow has range (160/360).

Bloodlust. When you hit a creature with a ranged weapon attack from this bow, the number needed to score a critical hit against that target on subsequent ranged attacks is reduced by 1. This effect stacks with itself to a minimum critical hit threshold of 15. This effect lasts until you score a critical hit, you attack a different creature, you are knocked unconscious, or until you are no longer in combat.

Hunting Shot. As a bonus action while holding this weapon you can Mark a creature you can see within 120 feet of you. This effect lasts until the creature dies or you die (which removes the Mark from all Marked creatures). You can only have a total number of creatures Marked at a time up to your proficiency bonus.

Your ranged attacks using this magic bow against Marked creatures gain the following benefits:

• On a hit the target takes an additional 1d6 piercing damage.
• Your target gains no benefit from cover (other than total cover).
• You suffer no disadvantage due to long range.

Curse. Hound of War. This shortbow is cursed, and becoming attuned to it extends the curse to you. As long as you remain cursed, you are unwilling to part with the shortbow, keeping it within reach at all times. Once attuned, this item remains attuned to you until you die or the shortbow is destroyed.

None escape your reach, your appetite for brutality must be satiated. While a creature Marked by the Hunting Shot property lives, you do not gain any benefits from long rests.

The pinnacle of Mongolian weaponry, perhaps responsible for more death than any other weapon in our vast and mighty arsenal. Wars are turned and battles won with nothing more than bow and arrow and steed, the deadliest combination upon the steppes. When agility and expertise come together, death descends upon the battlefield in the form of a thousand thundering hooves and a thousand arrows piercing the heavens. Rip and tear my warriors, rip and tear.