Gaining Levels

[thejeff]

Oh, I'm sure it will allow really abusive assassin SCs.

But if it's an artifact, there'll only be one of them and it won't be usable in the early game.
So do you send your fully equipped SC out as an assassin to hope he kills somebody useful and not just a random commander, or do you use him to beat armies.

And if you've got someone that can beat both the specially designed SC killers waiting for him and the large army with mage squads patrolling for home, how would he be stopped if you just invaded.

Make it take a body slot(or a 2handed weapon, though that makes less sense). And a misc for the black heart. That weakens a lot of builds right there. Especially if it's lousy armor.