Weapons of Legacy

by Bruce R. Cordell, Kolja Raven Liquette, Travis Stout

The ultimate guide to magic items–especially weapons–of rich heritage.

Weapons of Legacy ™ provides a wealth of information on magical weapons with
rich histories. The book includes many pre-defined weapons, outlining their
names, history, powers, stats, necessary rituals for unlocking their powers, and
adventure hooks. How the weapons can gain power is discussed, as well as the
feats with which they might be used. Also included are discussions of other
magic items such as magic armor, rings, and staves.

AUTHOR BRUCE R. CORDELL, an Originsaward-winning author, has designed over 30 game titles, including the Expanded Psionics Handbook ™. He also co-authored Sandstorm ™, Libris The Book of Undead ™, Planar Handbook ™, Epic Level Handbook ™, and Underdark ™.

KOLJA RAVEN LIQUETTE is best known for authoring The Waking Lands
web site. He has also published articles in Dragon ® Magazine.

TRAVIS STOUT is a freelance designer who has written several articles for
Dragon ® Magazine and whose previous design credits include Lost Empires
of Faerûn ™ and the Player’s Guide to Faerûn ™.

Genres: Role Playing Games, Fantasy, Dungeons and Dragons, Gaming, Games

224 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2005

About the author

Bruce R. Cordell authored books for Dungeons & Dragons over the course of 4 editions (2nd Edition through 5th Edition D&D). These days, he’s a senior designer for Monte Cook Games, LLC designing Numenera , Gods of the Fall, and The Strange. Also a novel author, his credits include several titles set in the Forgotten Realms. Bruce’s tenth novel, Myth of the Maker, is just out from Angry Robot Books:
http://brucecordell.blogspot.com/2017...

Reviews

[R J Royer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
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[Emily · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book has a lot of really interesting plot ideas in it, but the actual mechanics of the Weapons are confusing and annoying. So it's a great plot splatbook, but it needs reworking to actually use in a campaign. Perhaps the rules for Item Familiars or Ancestral Relics could be tweaked to apply to these items? That's probably how I'd run it.