Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse/Items

Subweapons
There are basically four classes of sub-weapons: common weapons, holy weapons, spellbooks, and the Stopwatch. The character you are using dictates which item appears in specific candles.
 * Trevor and Grant can both use common weapons (the Dagger and Axe). Grant in Japanese version wields a Dagger as his main weapon; he can pick up an Axe as a subweapon.
 * Only Trevor can use holy weapons (the Cross and Holy Water). If Grant strikes a candle that would house a holy weapon, a common weapon will appear instead; Holy Water becomes the dagger and the Cross becomes the Axe (in the Japanese version, all weapon candles will hold an Axe).
 * Only Sypha can use spellbooks. These will appear in place of the weapons when she strikes those candles. Candles holding common weapons will reveal the Fire spell, ones holding Holy Water will reveal an Ice Spell, and ones holding a Cross will reveal the Lightning Orb Spell.
 * Everyone can use the Stopwatch. Alucard can only use the Stopwatch; if he strikes a weapon candle, he will reveal a Small Heart instead.
 * Subweapons are specific to each character and stay with that character until death or stage clear. If you switch out a character with a subweapon, that subweapon will return when you switch back.