Runic Bow

Overview

A bow with no quiver. Conjure the Runic Bow from runes, feed it Mana instead of arrows and every shot strikes as Ethereal. With Arcane Syntax, cast the combo again with the bow in hand to loose a Banishing Shot.

Rune combination

Everything is cast with Egoth → Shim, the reverse of the Runic Blade combo. What you get depends on Arcane Syntax and whether the Runic Bow is already out:

	No bow out	Bow already out
Without Arcane Syntax	Conjure Runic Bow	Conjure Runic Bow
With Arcane Syntax	Conjure Runic Bow	Loose Banishing Shot

Runic Bow

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• Conjures the Runic Bow for 180 seconds: 32 Ethereal and 10 Impact damage
• Each shot costs 5 Mana and a small amount of Stamina; no arrows needed
• The Runic Arrow is conjured on the first draw, is not consumed by shots and vanishes with the bow
• With Arcane Syntax, cast again with the bow equipped to loose a Banishing Shot
• With Runic Prefix, the bow comes infused with Greater Ethereal Imbue

Banishing Shot

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• Requires Arcane Syntax: cast the combo again with the Runic Bow in hand
• Deals 2.0x the bow's Ethereal damage and 1.5x its Impact damage
• Banishes the enemy for 30 seconds: locked, untargetable and invisible while it lasts
• Visual and sound cues quicken as the banish nears its end
• On release the enemy resumes exactly what it was doing; DoTs keep working through the banish
• An enemy that dies while banished returns at once as a lootable body
• Reloading a save while an enemy is banished releases it, rather than starting the 30 seconds again
• Does not banish bosses, unique enemies or the enemies placed with them; the shot still deals its damage

Compatibility

• Requires SideLoader and Custom Effects
• Any imbue covers the whole bow, with or without SideLoader Extended Effects
• Works alongside any mod that changes rune magic, as long as the Egoth → Shim combo stays free
• Not compatible with Runes Redone, which already contains the Runic Bow
• Not compatible with Sinai's Mana Bow
• Tested in single player and in co-op; in co-op every player needs the mod installed

Thanks and credit

• The Runic Bow is a homage to Sinai's Mana Bow — please check out the original mod!
• Thanks to my dear friend Rogismund, who sits through the most tedious co-op sessions hunting online bugs with me
• Thanks to Sinai for SideLoader and for all their incredible work
• Thanks to Joh-Benji and Proboina for all the help they have given me!
• Thanks to the entire modding community that has tirelessly made (and is making!) my favourite game go from epic to legendary

Contacts

• Join our Outward modding community Discord server
• If you have any bugs to report or want to give feedback, here's my Discord workshop channel