Item: Bola

TypeWeapon
Level0
Rarity
Common
Base ItemBola
CategoryMartial
GroupSling
Damage1d6 bludgeoning
Price5 sp
UsageHeld in one hand
PublicationPathfinder Player CoreRemaster

This throwing weapon consists of weights tied to the end of long cords, which can be used to entangle foes.


Trait Effects

Nonlethal: Attacks with this weapon are nonlethal, and are used to knock creatures unconscious instead of kill them. You can use a nonlethal weapon to make a lethal attack with a –2 circumstance penalty.

Ranged Trip: The weapon can be used to Trip with the Athletics skill within the weapon’s first range increment. The skill check takes a –2 circumstance penalty. You can add the weapon’s item bonus to attack rolls as a bonus to the check. A ranged trip weapon doesn’t deal any damage when used to Trip. These weapons are usually thrown.

Thrown: You can throw this weapon as a ranged attack; it is a ranged weapon when thrown. You add your Strength modifier to damage as you would for a melee weapon. When this trait appears on a melee weapon, it also includes the range increment. Ranged weapons with this trait use the range increment in the weapon’s Range entry.


Critical Specialisation Effects

Certain effects can grant you benefits when you make a Strike with certain weapons and get a critical success. This is called a critical specialisation effect. The exact effect depends on which weapon group your weapon belongs to, as listed below. You can always decide not to add the critical specialisation effect of your weapon.

Sling: The target must succeed at a Fortitude save against your class DC or be stunned 1.


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