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

[Gandalf Parker]

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 ]

[Teraswaerto]

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

[Kelan]

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.

[dzbabi]

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

[fahdiz]

Originally posted by Teraswaerto:
The Summer Sword. Like a Cauldron but better & cheaper.

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.

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

[GavinWheeler]

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.

[Taqwus]

A Champion's Skull might be worth trying out.