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Dragon Helm. cheap, available early, gives another way to attack especially for commander types you have just standing at the back.

Bows. Same reasoning for stand-back commanders.

Boots of Flying or whatever they are. I tend to use it to move mages and commanders quickly. Mostly they put on the boots, fly to some front-line lab, take off the boots so the next guy can use them. but also not bad for making cheap "attack the rear" commanders

[ March 24, 2004, 13:13: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

Re: "These are a few of my favorite things..."
 

The Summer Sword. Like a Cauldron but better & cheaper.

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For some reason, I really like forging Ivy Crowns and trying to make vine ogre armies as large as I can.

I also tried the Nethgul Last night for the first time. That seems like a fun item and worked really well in a couple battles for me.

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Black Steel Fullplate, Bracers of Protection :-)

The only reason i have earth gems.

And those Boots of Trampeling, when i am playing Jontunheim :-D

I do not use any items that boost my spellcasting abilities

Re: "These are a few of my favorite things..."
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Ooooo...I forgot about Summer Swords. I really like them, too. I recall that two of them on a Lord Warden, with a full complement of Wardens and Knights [edit: not "of the Chalice"...what are Man's knights called?], is really spectacular. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[ March 24, 2004, 18:36: Message edited by: fahdiz ]

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Eye of aiming + wands/other missile weapons.

Turn scouts (or other cheap commanders with reasonable starting precision) into surprisingly effective artillery units. Add the flying boots, and they are also surprisingly mobile effective artillery.

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A Champion's Skull might be worth trying out.

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Ice Sword, the Cauldron and the Summer Sword are my favourites.

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rod of the phoenix is one of my Favorites also love the elemental armor

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Well, I thought it might be fun to put just one level in every magic path, then equip my mage with rings of sorcery and wizardry, a staff of elemental mastery and a robe of the magi, before sending him off to find every magic site possible (except the holy ones, of course). I used all the spare points to pump up his Dominion (because he couldn't leave the lab until he'd researched construction 6).

As Pythium I had to take Air2 in order to manufacture all the items - can anybody do it without needing a level 2 path?

Also, why do two identical miscellaneous items not stack when two identical one-handed items do? Or is it only magic bonuses that don't stack? (I made two rings of wizardry but that was a waste - would two thistle maces stack?)