Homebrew Empowered Item Species Details

A weapon or item that contains the essence of a dead adventurer. The Item could be a weapon (Sword, mace, dagger) or a magical focus (wand, staff) or other normally mundane item.

Intelligent Item

Sometimes, an adventurer becomes so attached to a weapon or item that even after death, their soul continues to live within it, continuing it's journey by "possessing" recently dead creatures (Husks). If the current Husk dies, the Item can attempt to influence a living creature within 30 feet to move it and place it in the hand of a new Husk. The living creature must make a wisdom save, (DC=10+Charisma bonus), and on a fail, they pick up the weapon, and place it in the hands of the first recently dead creature (less than 24 hours), which then becomes the new Husk for the Item, the Husk stops rotting, and over the next 1d6+1 days the body will return to it's normal state.

If the Item fails 3 attempts to influence a creature to move it, the soul is released, and will move to whatever plane it would have moved to at the time of the adventure's death.

Item Personality

The Item retains the personality of the original owner, and while the face of the current wielder may change, the person inside the Husk is the same. The Husk will take on the voice and mannerisms of the original owner.

Quirks

Items that have existed for centuries, often feel indestructible, as until they are destroyed, they continue to move from Husk to Husk

Ever Existing:

While contained in the item, the essence of the adventure is essentially immortal, spending years or decades waiting for the next opportunity to take over a husk. The item is considered non magical in regards to resistance to damage that would normally destroy the item (ie fire for a wooden staff, or a forge for a sword). If the item is destroyed completely, the adventurer's soul; is released, and will travel to whichever plane it would normally have at the time of it's death. If the item is instead crafted into a new item(sword melted to a new weapon, staff crafted to a wand) there is a chance the adventurer will live on in the new form. Roll a 1d6, see table below

Item Names

Arrogant and Vain Items may choose to give themselves a name "Giants Tooth", "Spell Reaver", "Stabbity", are all famous Empowered Items. Others just Chose to keep their original name. 

Empowered Item Traits

Your Empowered Item character has the following traits. A few of the traits give you a choice; consider how your choice reflects the purpose for which your character was built.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution score increases by 2, and one other ability score of your choice increases by 1.

Age

A typical Item is between two and thirty years old. The maximum lifespan remains a mystery; so far as the Item is properly maintained.

Alignment

Most Items continue to maintain the Alignment of the original adventurer, but like most creatures, this can evolve over time.  

Size

Your size is either small or medium, depending on the item you choose. Weight can found by referencing the listing in the PhB or DMG.

 

Speed

The Item has a default speed of 0, but when possessing a Husk, it's movement becomes 30

Constructed Resilience

The Item itself has the following Resilience:

• You have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned, and you have resistance to poison damage.
• You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe.
• You are immune to disease.
• You don’t need to sleep, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

The Husk is treated as a normal human in regards to resistances and living requirements. 

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.