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Visit our website at www.wizards.com/dnd 620_17862_Chp1.indd 2 4/19/05 3:51:00 PM Fiendkiller’s Flail . .83 General Legacy Ritual Examples . 182 Variant: Greater Legacy Abilities Assigning Legacy Abilities . 183 Contents for Fiendkiller’s Flail . .84 Behind the Curtain: Introduction . .4 Flamecaster’s Bolt . .86 XP Costs for Founding Rituals . 183 More than Meets the Eye . .4 Flamecaster’s Bolt in Faerûn . .89 Omens . 184 What’s Inside . .4 Flay . .90 Legacy Abilities . 184 What You Need to Play . .4 Frostburn’s Wrath . .93 Setting Costs . 184 Full Moon’s Trick . .96 Sample Cost Progressions . 184 Chapter 1: The Legacy . .5 Full Moon’s Trick in Eberron . .98 Example Legacy Item Design . 187 What Is a Weapon of Legacy? . .5 Ghostfolly’s Gloves . .99 Legacy Ability Menus . 188 Why Use Items of Legacy? . .6 Guurgal . 103 Omen Menu . 188 Items of Legacy in Your Game . .6 Hammer of Witches . 106 Ability Menu A (Least) . 188 Introducing Legacy Items . .6 CONTENTS Infi ltrator . 109 Ability Menu B (Least) . 190 TABLE OF Artifact or Legacy Item? . .6 Lorestealer . 112 Ability Menu C (Least) . 192 Designing Legacy Adventures . .7 Mau-Jehe . .114 Ability Menu D (Lesser) . 193 Wielding an Item of Legacy . .9 Mau-Jehe as a Mind Blade . 115 Ability Menu E (Lesser) . 195 Summary: Discovering a Merikel . 117 Ability Menu F (Lesser) . 197 Legacy Weapon . .9 Mindsplinter . 120 Ability Menu G (Greater) . 199 Legacy against Legacy . .11 Notched Spear . 124 Ability Menu H (Greater) . 201 A Legacy Defeated . .11 Planeshifter’s Knife . 126 Ability Menu I (Greater) . 203 Enhancing an Item of Legacy . .11 Quickspur’s Ally . 129 Chapter 5: Optional Rules . 205 Chapter 2: Heroes of Legacy . .13 How to Handle a Joust . 132 Alternatives to Knowledge (History) Legacy Feats . .13 Rod of Trimeg . 133 Checks . 205 Channel Legacy . .13 Scales of Balance . 136 Other Knowledge Skills . 205 Curative Legacy . .14 Scarab of Aradros . 139 Bardic Knowledge and Lore . 205 Empower Legacy . .14 The Scarab of Aradros in Eberron . 140 Magical Divination . 206 Greater Legacy . .14 Shishi-O . .141 Mutable Legacy Items . 206 Least Legacy . .14 Simple Bow . 144 Designing a Mutable Item . 206 Legacy Focus . .15 Zen Archery . .145 Using Variable Components . 207 Lesser Legacy . .15 Skull Lash . .147 Dual Legacy Items . 208 Master Legacy . .15 Sling of the Dire Wind . 150 Designing a Dual Legacy Item . 208 Quicken Legacy . .15 Useful Feats for Sling Wielders . 153 Sharing a Legacy . 208 Swift and Immediate Actions . .15 Staff of the Torrent Moons . 154 Monsters of Legacy . .210 Transfer Legacy . .16 The Twin Tides Monastery . 156 Ironheart, Servant of Fire . .210 Spells of Legacy . .16 Stalker’s Bow . 158 Livonia Darktongue . 211 Spell Lists . .16 Steadfast . 160 Shuluth . 212 Legacy Psionic Powers . .18 Halfl ing Outriders and Steadfast . .161 Vhuuksssh the Destroyer . .214 Prestige Class: Legacy Champion . .19 Stormchaser’s Cudgel . .163 Creating a Monster of Legacy . 215 Thanifex . 166 Chapter 3: Items of Legacy . .23 Standard Magic Items Treebrother . .169 Reading the Legacy Item Entries . .23 as Items of Legacy . .216 Treebrother in Eberron . 172 Reading the Statistics Block . .25 Converting Standard Magic Items Treebrother in Faerûn . 172 Legacy Item Descriptions . .28 to Legacy Items . .216 Ur . 173 Bloodcrier’s Hammer . .29 Sample Item Conversions . 217 Alternative Histories of Ur . .175 New Feat: Monkey Grip . .29 Legacy Holy Avenger . 217 Wargird’s Armor . .176 Bones of Li-Peng . .33 Legacy Staff of Power . 217 Bow of the Black Archer . .36 Chapter 4: Founding Legacies.