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CHAPTER 5
EXAMPLE EPIC LEGACY WEAPON: BLOODCRIER’S HAMMER
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You can select this option multiple times. Each time solid stone. Bhazad faded away, this time forever. His warhammer disappeared as well, maybe for all time you do so, your armor or shield’s effective enhancement bonus to AC increases by 2. (though some whisper it is entombed along with the Deflection, Epic: The deflection bonus to AC wyrm). (DC 42; Trial of the Wyrm) granted by the item increases to +6. This ability can Legacy Rituals never be placed on a suit of armor or a shield. Four rituals are required to unlock all the epic legacy abiliYou can select this option multiple times. Each ties of Bloodcrier’s Hammer. The first is detailed here. time you do so, the deflection bonus increases by 2 Trial of the Wyrm: You must defeat a great wyrm (maximum +10). black dragon in personal combat. Cost: 150,000 gp. Skill Enhancement, Epic (Su): The item grants you a +30 competence bonus on one skill check. Choose the After completing this ritual, you must choose the specific skill when assigning this ability to the item. Epic Legacy (Bloodcrier’s Hammer) feat. You can select this option multiple times. Each time If you wish to unlock further epic legacy abilities you do so, it applies to a different skill. for Bloodcrier’s Hammer, you must design or discover Spell-Like Ability, Epic: Three times per day on additional epic legacy rituals. In the epic progression command, you can create an effect that duplicates a shown below, the next two epic legacy rituals cost 150,000 gp in raw materials, while the fourth costs chosen spell with an effective level of 15th or less (such as an empowered, quickened meteor swarm). Choose the 500,000 gp. specific spell and metamagic feats when assigning this ability to the item. The save DC (if applicable) is 23, or Table 5–4: Epic Bloodcrier’s Hammer Wielder Hit Point 19 + your Charisma modifier, whichever is higher. Level Loss Abilities Weapon Enhancement, Epic (Su): The enhance21st — Immunity to acid ment bonus of a weapon increases to +6. This ability 22nd 3 — can be placed only on a weapon. 23rd 3 — You can select this option multiple times. Each time 24th — Obsidian ally 25th 3 — you do so, your weapon’s effective enhancement bonus 26th 3 — to AC increases by 2, with no maximum effective 27th — Earthquake 3/day enhancement bonus. — — Large +6 warhammer
Bloodcrier’s Hammer is an enormous warhammer Weapon Features forged entirely from black iron. A grinning skull is All the following are epic legacy item features of Bloodcrier’s Hammer. etched into the surface of the hammer’s head. The nonepic legacy abilities of Bloodcrier’s Hammer, Immunity to Acid (Su): Beginning at 21st level, Bloodcrier’s Hammer grants you immunity to acid. and the rituals necessary to unlock those abilities, are described starting on page 29. The following epic Obsidian Ally (Su): At 24th level, while you are wielding Bloodcrier’s Hammer, you can use a swift history, ritual, and abilities continue the weapon’s legend. action to summon a greater earth elemental (as summon nature’s ally VII) named Obsidian. Obsidian attacks your foes and serves you to the History The dwarves of Rivencave were under attack by a best of its ability. If you can communicate with the great black wyrm that threatened to exterminate elemental, you can direct it not to attack, to attack them all. In this time of greatest need, they called particular enemies, or to perform other actions. It remains with you unless dismissed (a standard action) back from the dead their ancient folk-hero, Bhazad or killed. If Obsidian is slain, it can be summoned Khrar, to aid his descendants one more time. As the again after 24 hours, fully healed. legends promised, Bhazad appeared with his legendary weapon, Bloodcrier’s Hammer, in hand. In a battle Earthquake (Sp): Beginning at 27th level, three lasting three full days that ranged over miles of Undertimes per day you can strike the earth with Bloodcrier’s dark caves and tunnels, he finally proved victorious Hammer and speak a command word to create a widover the black dragon, burying it forever in a tomb of ened earthquake effect as the spell. Caster level 25th.
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