Weapons of Legacy

CHAPTER 1THE LEGACYIllus. by W. Reynoldscompleted a founding event (see page 180) for theitem. You must still design and perform the necessarylegacy rituals and pay the associated costs if youwish to use these newfound abilities.Learn Legacy: You instantly gainthe knowledge of the next legacy ritualrequired to continueunlocking your item’sabilities, as if you hadsucceeded on the requiredKnowledge(history) check. Inaddition, when performingthat ritual,you do not pay the gpcost of raw materials(although you mustcomplete any otherrequired tasks). Afterthirty days, the knowledgeis lost; you must makethe requisite Knowledgecheck and spend thenormal gp cost to learn andperform the ritual as normal.Legacy Bonus: You are granted an inspiration,which takes the form of a “floating” +10bonus available for the next 1 minute (10 rounds).At any point during this time as an immediateaction (see the sidebar on page15), you can apply this bonusto a single attack roll, savingthrow, skill or ability check, orcaster level check.Legacy Healing: You regain hit points equal tofive times the character level of the defeated foe. YouThe winner of a contest between legacy items gainssome of the defeated item’s poweralso recover all ability damage, whether temporaryor permanent. You can’t gain more hit points thanyour normal maximum.Master Legacy: You are treated as onelevel higher for the purpose of accessingyour item’s legacy abilities, as if you had theMaster Legacy feat (see page 15). The effect ofthis gift stacks with that of the feat but lasts foronly 24 hours.Psionic Energy: You gain temporary powerpoints equal to the level of the defeatedfoe. These extrapower points last untilused or until 24 hourselapse, whichever occursfirst.Spell Energy:You recall one spellthat you have castduring the past 24hours. The spellmust have been actuallycast duringthat period. Therecalled spell isstored in your mindas though prepared inthe normal fashion.If the recalledspell requires materialcomponents, youmust provide them. If you donot prepare spells to cast them,you instead regain one spell slot. The maximumlevel of spell restored is equal to half the characterlevel of the defeated foe (maximum 9th).12