BogModWeapons/FrostShadowBow
Artifact •••
The Frost Shadow Bow is a made of blue jade with highlights of silver worked into the recurve short powerbow. Anyone with the basic understanding of essence matters could easily tell the weapon is intended to evoke freezing effects. They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing as those who assume that it is only their own body they must keep safe soon suffer for their error. Should the wielder fire an arrow and lodge it into the someone's shadow then they suffer the weapons magical effects.
The bow is getting quite the reputation in the south. Perhaps not for the exact nature of its powers but a ranger in service of Saloy Hin has proved a most exceptional scout and troubleshooter of issues of enemy personel. The weapon is less then a century old though and as such it does not have the legacy of some of the heirloom weapons of the Realm. Still in the hands of an Exalt as worthy as the weapon they wield any weapon can gain legends.
Attacking the shadow of someone who isn't familiar with this weapon effectively counts as an unexpected attack. If they try to defend their shadow apply their normal DV to the defense just as if the archer were attacking the person directly. Needing only a single success to hit the shadow the arrow melts into the victim's shadow which frosts over and stays in place. This inflicts a shaping penalty on the person the shadow belongs to giving them a -3 die penalty to all actions involving dexterity. This penalty ends after a scene when the shadow thaws out.
This weapon has all the normal stats of a short jade powerbow.
