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

[LintMan]

Keeping the list to 10-gem and under items, and skipping the +magic items, my Favorites so far:
- Clam of Pearls (10W): yummy +1 astral pearl/turn
- Bottle of Living Water: free Water elemental in battle
- Lucky Coin (5S) : 0 encumbrance sheild w/luck
- Sword of Swiftness (10W): 1h so can use shield, decent damage, 2 attacks
- Ice sword (5W): good damage, sometimes freezes opponents
- Boots of Quickness (10W): quickness!
- Horn of Valor (5N): gives standard +20, I think
- Owl Quill (5A)/Lightless Lantern (5F)/Skull Mentor (10D): bonus, upkeep-free, research
- Endless Bag of Wine (5N): indispensable +25 supply
- Bracers of Protection (5E): 0 encumberance +2 bonus armor
- * Dragon Scale Mail (10*): 1 encumberance, 15 prot, plus a 75% * resistance (* = Fire/water/nature)
- Black Steel Helmet (5E): 0 encumberance, 3 prot helm, great for mages early on.
- Longbow of Accuracy (5A): 14 dam, prec 30!, 45 range
- Winged Shoes (5A): flying

[Nargel Primus]

1 item that had me ROFL when I first read it
in the manual and still gets me when forging
is the concept of a Barrel of Air. Hoot mon!

[DLC]

that blood armor is nice for 40 slaves, there's nothing like a extra +5 mr and 1 extra bloodmagic to protect your bloodhunters from magic and hunt more efficiently at the same time.

[Nagot Gick Fel]

I'm quite fond of Spell Foci and Rune Smashers on mages who have to cast resistable spells.

[PhilD]

I am overly fond of "free" attacks and things, so tend to forge way too many Spirit Helmets, Lantern Shields... and of course, Lifelong Protection and Soul Contract, but those are well-known.

Oh, and in this Ulm (World) game, I gave Rods of the Phoenix to about every single commander that's not hidden in a fortress (having Forge of the Ancients and making them with Master Smiths wielding Dwarven Hammers, plus tons of Fever Fetishes, really makes that more affordable)

[tinkthank]

That might be some Judy Garland song, not sure, but as for DomII, these are some of the items which I just *love* to forge

- Rainbow armor. It's dirt cheap for what it is. I *love* to give my mages +MR AND reinvigoration, plus it offers protection to those shirt-wearers without much encumberance. Rainbow armor rocks.

- Lucky Shield. It's so darn simple and so nice.

- Sceptre of Command. A really useful item from the Bargain Basement.

I am purposefully not listing the ultra-groovy items, because we all know how much the gatestone and amon hotep rock. But what are some of your favorite items which are of a less spectacular variety?

I'd like some tips on Items Less Used But Ones I Have Previously Ignored, Me Git.

Thanks much

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by DLC:
that blood armor is nice for 40 slaves, there's nothing like a extra +5 mr and 1 extra bloodmagic to protect your bloodhunters from magic and hunt more efficiently at the same time.

Using an Armor of Souls on bloodhunters is an enormous waste of blood slaves. It takes something like 20 or more turns for the armor to pay for itself.

[fahdiz]

Well, Endless Bags of Wine and Enormous Cauldrons of Broth are immensely helpful in most situations...and anything which increases reinvigoration (Girdle of Might, Amulet of...I forget, etc.)

I also quite like Elemental Armor.

[AStott]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned skull talisman yet... Mmmm... Probably my absolute favorite early item.

[DLC]

not if it pays for itself by avoiding nightmares.

i also equip my bloodhunters with that airshield shield, and i play abysia.

so no seeking arrow, no nightmare to kill my bloodhunters O_o which leaves only wind ride to kill them(i have province defence always in my bloodhunting provinces where i have no army.)

i never bloodhunt in provinces that gives me decent money, so they need every Last bloodskill they got to get bloodslaves.