in the martial arts, particularly Japanese arts like Iaijutsu and Jujutsu, weapons are considered \"alive\". Not so much in the sense that they have a spirit inside them, but that the dedication put into creating them gives them a presense of sorts....
It would be real cool in PS if weapons created by excellent smiths had this sort of thing. Perhaps the weapon would detect it\'s bearer\'s alignment, and grant or takeaway power based on that....
Weapon-making itself is very strenuous, and its believed that the more effort and soul or heart that is put into a weapon, the greater and more alive it is. Mabye smiths could sacrifice their power (mana or health or something else, i dunno exactly what) in order to create a better weapon, or even put something of their own essence into it