Sorrow Caster

Rare, Requrires Attunement

Sorrow Caster is a +2 Heavy Crossbow with uneven, broken arms. Otherwise, it is in pristine condition. There is a sentence carved into the body of the weapon: "A sorrow shared is a sorrow halved".

Depsite having no arms, it functions normally, firing true at normal ranges.

It has one other ability. If the weilder makes a successful attack with it, they may use their bonus action to do 1d10 necrotic damage to the same target by expending a hit die. If the weilder has no hit dice available, then this ability does not function.

Sorrow Caster was the weapon of a warrior who failed to protect those who mattered most to him. He picked up the remains of his weapon and hunted down those responsible, fueling his revenge with his own life force. The cost evenutally ended him, but the bow and his vow survived him.

Battle Bride

Rare, Requires Attunment

Battle Bride is a rectangular +2 shield. The name comes from a large, Dwarvish rune on the front. As a bonus action, the bearer may expend a single hit die, as if they had taken a short rest (witht the exception of only being able to expend 1 at a time).

Also, if the shield is placed underneath an unconsious, but not dead, humanoid, it will levitate five feet in the air, holding itself and up to 450lbs aloft. While it does not move on it's own, it can be pushed or pulled.

A dwarven couple supported one another on the battle field, one a fierce warrior and the other a healer. When the warrior fell, his bride used her shield to carry him away. So great was his sacrifice and so deep her sorrow that the event left it's imprint and the shield has gone on to serve many masters since.

Milikin's Angry Reply

Rare

The Reply is a +1 Dagger. It behaves in all respects like a dagger until one of the weilder's allies within 60' is brought to 0 hit points by an attack or a spell. If this occurs, then the blade and the handle becomes sheathed in field of force, expanding until they become the size and shape of a two handed sword. It still counts as a dagger for proficiency purposes, but while in this state, the weapons's properties are as follows:

2d6 Force, 2lbs, two handed, Thrown (60/120)

It remains in this configuration until either the creature that felled the ally or weilder is dead, or combat ends.

Milikin was a halfling warrior. There was a friend of his, his name lost to antiquity, who fought beside him on the battlefield, defending their home from a goblin invasion.

During one skirmish, the goblins had brought bugbear reinforcements. Milikin saw his comrade fall and sore with anger, cursing his stature, he hurled his dagger at the bugbear, strking the brute with unnatural force. He lived to be the eldest warrior of his clan, but never was he feircer than when one of his own had become injured.