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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vraille Darkfang" data-source="post: 2400904" data-attributes="member: 16989">Here is my question in a nutshell.Are you having to take those negatives to have a nifty item with a backstory?1. Can you make a Legacy weapon at each power level using the existing Item Creation/Generation rules (which are extremely flexible once you start adding in Magic Sections from books other than the DMG).  The drop & replace method.2.  Are Legacy weapons more powerful for the cost than standard D&D items.  At high levels those 'generic' items become very powerful.3.  If you lose the Legacy Item, do all the penalties go away?4.  Will more than 1 Legacy Items just become a pain in the a**?  Since each items requires 3 quests to 'activate' it.  That means 3 side treks per Legacy Item, doesn't it?5. Any limits on how many Legacy Items a character can posess?  Do the Penalties stack?6.  If confronted with the choice of a +1 Longsword or a +1 Legacy Longsword which would your character chose?  (Assuming each had the same amount of 'fluff' backstory).  Take the +1 now, knowing you'll need to replace it later, or take the +1 Legacy knowing you'll have to do who knows what, spend X xp, and take a bunch of negatives IF you manage to activate the higher powers.  (For instance -3 to saves might suck for a fighter, as even at 20th level they only have a base of +6.  Barring a Wisdom bonus (which probably won't be very high in any case), or magic items, that would give him a +3 vs a lot of All-or-Nothing Saves).7.  If you have a long history of making your own, detailed, magic items, what does this book offer that's new?  I've been custom tailoring Magic Items to game worlds & PC's since the beginning of 2nd ed.  What's this book got I don't already know?Thanks.</blockquote>

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