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To be fair(er?), neither Boots of Speed nor Gauntlets of Ogre Power are "supposed to be" unique. In the PnP game, they are "just" magic items, as are RoP+1. The fact that the BG designers gave them unique descriptions doesn't really matter - they aren't (supposed to be) artifacts.
Heck, there are some items, complete with descriptions & names, which are "merely" +3 weapons/armors (which I guess made sense before ToB, when such items didn't grow on trees - they needed to be unique as far as the game was concerned).
Still, GoOP (heh - you're right) were never meant to be unique items as far as the game (meaning D&D) is concerned - they just got a cool write-up in SoA.
- Imrahil
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