Best 0-4 level combat itens?

[Soyweiser]

Originally Posted by Makinus

Crystal/Slave Matrix - Only useful if you make heavy use of communions and i find most communions too easy to disrupt...

These things are useful even if you do not make heavy use of communions. They can give communion power to mages not normally able to commune, and they free up a order slot. (Getting your super spells cast at turn 1, and not turn 2 can be a big deal).

The crystal matrix is the most important one. Because you know the order mages are going to cast spells, you can just have the slaves cast comm slave and give the last mage a matrix to make him a master.

I think you only use communions in huge communions. But they can be great even in small numbers. (And having communable magepriests makes getting h3 easy).

[parone]

i know nothing...so take that into account here.

but one of my favorite combos at low level is this

barbarian commander(cheap, easy to find, natural stregnth of 13)

thunder bow
eye of aiming
boots of giant stregnth
bundled with a mage who casts earth might
possibly bear claw talisman

if he is firing at high value targets(giants, cav, even casters) this guy is nasty nasty nasty.

of course, even with forge bonus, you have 6A and 6E in him. and really, you should put a bit of armor on him so you don't lose him to an arrow or two.

but if you were playing vanilla with d hammers, he'd be even cheaper.

[ghoul31]

Raw hide shields are good if you need to equip lots of sc's and you have lots of nature gems

I also like the shield of gleaming gold

Winged shoes are vital in getting your sc's to the provinces they need to be in