Usually lacking enough personality to qualify as an actual character, the Empathic Weapon nonetheless often seems to have a mind of its own, and reacts to the feelings of the people around it. The weapon somehow acknowledges the hero's desires and good qualities, and is willing to help him out. The hero also tends to treat (and even talk to) it as if it were a person of some kind. The hero doesn't simply wield it. He will ask it for help. If the weapon communicates actively with the characters, it is instead a Talking Weapon. Examples of Empathic Weapon include: