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Originally posted by Thorfinn:
I didn't reply, simply because I think the set is junk.[/EDIT]
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(wonders if Thorfinn's Jansen Spectroscopes are calibrated correctly)
Sure, the Plate and the Sword are largely worthless. The Plate's +4 to hitpoints and trivial CHA boost don't come anywhere near justifying the huge cost. The Sword is the only way a low-level Wizard Slayer can get a decent MR, and is helpful when Identifying stuff (it gives +10 to Lore, not +10%), but it's still only +2 enchanted, and also not worth the money.
The Shield is problematic--sure, it's powerful, but so obscenely powerful that most people refuse to use it. Also, there's the fact that it has
no logical connection with Balduran whatsoever! Balduran was a sea captain (a Dwarf, I think) and immensely successful merchant and possibly a bit of a pirate as well.
What the hell would he want with an Anti-Beholder item as his personal Shield? If *I* was in charge, I'd slap the "reflects Beholder rays" onto some other piece of protective gear, and make the Shield of Balduran into something a seafaring Fighter would actually
want.
Junk? Junk, you say? And how exactly do you plan to argue that the Helm of Balduran is
not the best damn helmet in the game, all the way through Throne of Bhaal? Sure, it doesn't cast Simulacrum, and it doesn't give Elemental Resistances....but -1 to THAC0, AC,
and Saving Throws is pretty dang nifty. And the Cloak is nothing to sniff at either: Most people value the Cloak of the Sewers just for the -1 AC bonus, which stacks with magical Rings or Armor. How do you think they'd like the -1 to Saving Throws and +25% MR? Hmmmm?
I also happen to be designing Boots of Balduran and a Belt of Balduran. Collect the whole set and be swarmed by admiring groupies as you promenade through the Government District!