Feat: Ancestral Relic

Ancestral Relic General

Summary

You own an ancestral heirloom and can invest it with increasing power.

Prerequisites

Any good alignment, character level 3rd.

Benefit

Choose an item you own. The item must be of masterwork quality, and it must be an item that had a strong connection to your family or a person connected to you (such as a leader in your religious order).

At any time, you may visit a sacred or hallowed place and mediate/pray to wake the spirits in your ancestral relic. This prayer requires a sacrifice of valuable items worth the difference between the value of your current relic and the market price for the item it will become. You can use gold or you can sacrifice magic items or other goods worth the required amount. Magic items sacrificed this way contribute at their full market value rather than half value if you sold them. The sacrifice requires 1 day per 1,000 gp value you wish to sacrifice. During this time, you spend 8+ hours each day in prayer, not stopping to eat or rest.

A character's level dictates the maximum value of his or her ancestral relic, as shown in the table in the notes.

Special

No character may have more than one ancestral relic.

Notes

Ancestral Relic Levels and values

Character Level	Maximum Relic Value
3rd	1,350 gp
4th	2,700 gp
5th	4,500 gp
6th	6,500 gp
7th	9,500 gp
8th	13,500 gp
9th	18,000 gp
10th	24,500 gp
11th	33,000 gp
12th	44,000 gp
13th	55,000 gp
14th	75,000 gp
15th	100,000 gp
16th	130,000 gp
17th	170,000 gp
18th	220,000 gp
19th	290,000 gp
20th	380,000 gp

Source

Book of Exalted Deeds