What is your Single most Favorite Piece of Equipment?

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Uh oh, if those nifty BG items are included,i'm going all the way with a wish scroll.

 

The best item i can think of is the "wand of the dead"(animate death).
let them do the dirty work of killing while i can feast on the xp.
finally hope the wand dosent run out of charges.......lol

 

An item that generates "energy", or allows it.
(From the point of global view, not an short time advantage).

What is energy? It depends. In Diablo it is something that increases mana or life regeneration.

In D&D games it could be an regeneration item, that heals "huge" hit points per round, all the time that a character has it equipped. Or imagine an item that restores spent spells (without resting of course). Another type of "energy" in D&D games are items that work without being spent in one day (not an x/day) or being spent at all (x usages - for example wands). A great item would be a wand "regenerator" that could not be spent after x usages.

Such items or actions (for Example in Vampire Masquerade the skill theft of vitae costs less vitae than it takes from target when this skill is on second or greater level) makes the game unbalanced.

Casting away all unreal wishes I think, that it depends on a character and players play style. Therefore every item that boosts a character is a great one. I love thieves. I always have one. When playing single, I play a thief if it is possible (or MC to wizard). My second choice is sorcerer.

In IWD2 (not played HoF, now somewhere in before Dragon Eye) i most liked Boots of speed (my favorite thief's equipment in many games: hide, sneak attack, run and hide - this tactics work very good in NWN, where my thief could hide before opponent's eyes - quite unbalanced ..., in IWD2 it helps in surprise attacks and battle micro-management, of course for "bomb" your own thief with fire and ice when surrounded by opponent's) and a coat that shifted character's image (forgot it's name, my game is on another computer ... far away - I can't start it and determine; works well for a sorcerer and for every fighter).

On second thought there are times when it seems to be impossible to survive - when you meet an nearly perfect immune opponent. Then the most needed item is one that can hurt this opponent or help to escape.

Wow. Sorry for this lengthy post. But today I wrote a part of an audit of IT system of a big company, I have headache and ... lost words in this second . I'm going home. I'll start IWD2 ... that will be lovely ...

 

hmm its a difficult decsision theres so many ways you could go

 

I want two realy good bastard swords for my fighter(he dual-wields).

 

hmhmmm! Maybe the book of "how to be an adventurer". 10 000 exp. is not bad.

To a paladin i would take Holy adventurer.

 

isnt there a HoF item for the "How to be an adventurer" book?

 

Well...
A HUGE barrel full of beer for my Dwarf!

No, just kidding. Golden Heart of <Char. name> or Blessed flank of the Virgin or Celestial Aura or... a +10 keen vorpal returning throwing flaming thunderous corrosive cold blessed wounding dancing intelligent battleaxe of the defender sounds fine.

 

Hehe, nice one alex, but Holy Avenger or whatever the really, really good Paladin sword is, you cant get much better than +7 unless you cheat.

 

Only an effective level 32 drow monk... How about a ring of greater spell resistance? (or two.. Then you are just evil)

There are many great spells in this game, but when they can't hit, and when they do, barely scratch you.. it's a waste to bother.. ^_^

 

Dman18 i wrote 13 special abilities and you cling to the +10 enchantment?

 

I know that a bunch of you guys said that you liked the holy avenger, and the golden heart of *character name* how do you get these anyway I played the game through but never found them.

 

Golden Heart is the HOF version of Heart Of <Charname>.

Anyways, the single piece of equipment I'd want is the Horn Of Valhalla.

 

I could not go past the Boots of speed, if I couldn't kill them I could always run!
But if I had to choose a weapon, it would have to be the Halberd of hate, one nasty little bugger.

 

One thing:
"How To Be An Adveturer" (2nd Ed.) 20,000 exp is a lot, you know.

 

It depends really. Either the bracers that you get off the genie, you know, +5 generic...
OR...
Staff of the Magi. Invisible and deadly.

 

Have to agree with the 'How to be an Aventurer' Tome. Thanks to that my sorcerer levelled up to 17th during the final battle. Like scoring a goal in extra time!

 

I think I go on the Black Blade of Disaster which is of course permanent and not spell-summoned. too bad it doesn't exist in the game...

 

Erm... Don't mean to startle or anything, but what use could you have of a non existing weapon? And it doesn't suit a Paladin of Helm quite good to use an evil sword, does it?

I don't have many items to choose from yet. Gotta Houndstooth Collar that gives me immunity to fear and panic and the abilty to cast Beast Claws 1/day. I got that Moonblade of Selune with 1d8+2 magic damage. And some containers which I think are pretty usefull.
I think I'll go for the Moonblade.

 

Evil ? I didn't read the spell description that says it's got anything with evil. and even so, I don't care if it's evil as long as it's evil on evils bodies and not evil on the good ones...