I was recently exchanging tweets with Alphastream regarding how we approach “Heirloom” type items, or items that progress in power along with the player as they level up. This is a commonly requested campaign feature from my players, and the subject comes up often online as well.
I’ve approached these a few different ways and most recently had done so for a Barbarian in my group. He wanted to have a Battleaxe that had been handed down to him from his father. He liked the idea of it gaining abilities over time, in lieu of getting new weapons every X number of levels.
I decided to put this process together into a one page layout to share with others who might be interested. Select the image below to view this one page file in Homebrewery, or use the link below it to open/save a PDF version.
You can download a PDF version of the Heirloom Item Creation Process here!