QuaziquestGM
First Post
Simple.
Make the weapon/item MORE powerful.
Set the party against something very magical and very powerful...and let them kick it's butt.
As the weapon/item is used to strike the final blow, there is a flash of light, an unleashing of energy, and after wards, in the course of the next adventure, the item gradually develops more powers. After a while it becomes sentient. Childlike at first, but growing.
Have the party take shelter with monks or nuns for a while.
Then have a big fight, Magnificent 7 style. Afterwards, the item announces that it is retiring, to take up a life of farming and protecting the village. By this point it's ego is so high that the party can't force it to obey them, so they have to leave it.
Make the weapon/item MORE powerful.
Set the party against something very magical and very powerful...and let them kick it's butt.
As the weapon/item is used to strike the final blow, there is a flash of light, an unleashing of energy, and after wards, in the course of the next adventure, the item gradually develops more powers. After a while it becomes sentient. Childlike at first, but growing.
Have the party take shelter with monks or nuns for a while.
Then have a big fight, Magnificent 7 style. Afterwards, the item announces that it is retiring, to take up a life of farming and protecting the village. By this point it's ego is so high that the party can't force it to obey them, so they have to leave it.
