Earth and Magic Item strategy?

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Saxon said:
Ah, that is good to know. With Arco, I have so many mages with different paths that it really feels like I can do everything. And with the ability to get the path boosting items (Thistle mace, ect) I am sure I could pretty quickly get the needed levels in any path I wanted.

It allows for all the low-level items, especially when your mages have randoms in all paths. Nornas of Jotunheim only have sorcery randoms, though, and can't e.g. forge Earth Boots. Your Mystics can't forge the Thistle Mace, either. And to forge Ring of Sorcery, even with Forge of the Ancients up, you need either S2 mage or S1E1. S1 allows Starshine Skullcap, but you'd need S1E1 mage to forge Crystal Coin... So S2, 3 with Skullcap, which becomes 4 with the Forge.

It is still frighteningly powerful spell.