So, when my group decided to start playing Wrath of the Righteous, I picked up the Mythic Adventures book, but there was only so much reading I did before starting the adventure. That, combined with me only having the money on hand to buy the modules one by one have led to an interesting issue.
We're now halfway through the 4th module, and Radiance has begun to level up quickly. I had allowed my players to do what they chose with the mythic feats, since I couldn't find instances where Radiance leveled up normally (until the 3rd or 4th module), and it had become the worst weapon in the party.
One of my players therefore took the legendary item feat, and has been buffing it to a ridiculous degree (fine, this adventure is all about going crazy power-wise and being the biggest guys around). Problem is, I can't buff the weapon anymore without bumping it up to a major artifact, but I feel bad restricting their rewards.
"As Radiance has its own ability to grow in power, it cannot be given the upgradable legendary item ability."
The instances where it improves (spoilered):
Sword of Valor -
Liberating Drezen, as stated on page 53.
Demon's Heresy -
The Midnight Isles -
However, there are other legendary item abilities that can be conferred (depending on what the player wants): dedicated bond, eternal bond, everlasting, flexible bond, foe-biting, intelligent, perfect surge, powerful, rejuvenating, returning, undetectable, unstoppable strike, or unyielding (although not for a major artifact).
"As Radiance has its own ability to grow in power, it cannot be given the upgradable legendary item ability."
The instances where it improves (spoilered):
Sword of Valor - ** spoiler omitted **
Demon's Heresy - ** spoiler omitted **
The Midnight Isles - ** spoiler omitted **
However, there are other legendary item abilities that can be conferred (depending on what the player wants): dedicated bond, eternal bond, everlasting, flexible bond, foe-biting, intelligent, perfect surge, powerful, rejuvenating, returning, undetectable, unstoppable strike, or unyielding (although not for a major artifact).
Yeah, they didn't do the first one in Sword of Valor, and by the time they did the second, he had already asked to upgrade it with the ability. If I could go back and run it again I would say no, but I won't take it from him since he's invested in it. Just wondering if I should substitute any other reward for the party, since I'm no longer upgrading Radiance (as it's pretty much maxed out now, he's gone ahead and made it a minor artifact/maybe major, depending on his current level up that I haven't seen yet)