The Legacy Weapon

The Legacy Weapon

A Dungeon World Artifact and One-on-One Play One-Shot Adventure

No one knows where the Legacy Weapon came from. Some speak of a cabal of powerful wizards, others say it was a relic from a past age, the holy say the gods sent it from the heavens, and the superstitious think that it rose from the depths of the hells. Regardless of its mysterious origins, the weapon is now in our world, waiting to find a worthy champion to bestow its gifts upon.

Designed for One on One play, The Legacy Weapon is a companion Playbook for Dungeon World. The GM provides the player the Legacy Weapon playbook, works with the player to create the weapon, and then plays out their adventure with the artifact in their hands. The Legacy Weapon is designed to supplement the moves of a single character, allowing them to have heroic adventures of their own.

Inspired by Jason from the Discern Realities Podcast and the skill sharing from Mark Richardson's Headspace, the Legacy weapon is a great way to create a night of fun with a single player or a campaign about the string of wielders who encounter this power weapon. 

Mentions

"I was moving through the areas, it felt like a dungeon crawl, but it was just me, it wasn’t like there was a whole party, and I felt like I had the necessary tools to do the dungeon crawl, but I was also kind of getting this other story about the weapon which was fun…”

— Jason Cordova, Discern Realities, Episode 41

"The Living Weapon is a fascinating approach to running Dungeon World with two players. It's a tool that I can see driving one-on-one play both mechanically and thematically. Very cool."

-- Jeff Stromer, Party of One Podcast