[RPG] Can a paladin give his bow the Keen special ability by using Divine Bond

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I am thinking about making an Archer Paladin build for Pathfinder and was wondering about the Divine Bond ability the Paladin gets at level 5.

Normally the Keen weapon property for example states:

Only piercing or slashing melee weapons can be keen

Emphasis mine.

However there is nothing in the ability text of Divine Bond that states that it has to be an appropriate weapon type for the chosen weapon property.

Would it be possible for a Paladin to add Keen to his bow using his Divine Bond ability?

Best Answer

Rules as written, no.

However, there has been at least one case of a published Keen Composite Longbow, on The Dragon's Demand module.

It's intentional. Sometimes we tweak the rules and put in treasures that you normally wouldn't be able to find, in an attempt to make finding treasure more exciting and more interesting than a shopping trip.

Usually those new treasures are so new that we have to put in a new magic item to detail the rules for the item... but in a case like a keen longbow, no new rules are needed since it's obvious what it does.

  • James Jacobs

You do have other options to obtain increased threat for ranged weapons, however. Such as the Keen Edge spell, which can be cast on ammo.

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