There are non to back it up. Should there be? I don't think it matters, if you want to waste 3 turns to keep attempting to pick up an object while I'm smacking around the rest of your team, Have Fun!

You can't pass two failed attempts at the same relic to one character can you?

Since game effects travel from the original character to the replacement, relics and their properties travel the same way. So if you have rolled for a relic and succeeded, then one of your replacement characters is given the relic. If the original character rolled for a relic and failed, then all replacement characters are considered to have failed as well.

Read more: http://heroclix.com/heroclix/the-many/#ixzz2Ku10B6pK

It would appear I'm incorrect according to this article.