[SixOfSpades]

OPINION: (A very widely held opinion, but still just an opinion.) Some Items Are Overpowered. An example of this would be the Flail of Ages, which, in addition to its very handy +3 enchantment and multiple types of Elemental damage (which bypasses Stoneskin and causes Spell Disruption), also has the ability to Slow the victim, without allowing a Saving Throw OR checking for Magic Resistance. In addition, this Slow effect is cumulative, which means that a Slowed creature can be Slowed again, and take another set of +4 penalties to its THAC0 and AC, and even--get this--have its Speed Factor set higher than 10, meaning it cannot make any attacks at all.

OPINION: Some Items Are Underpowered. So underpowered that you would never seriously consider using them--this is especially true for items that can only be attained after having done something else. For instance, the mace called "Ardulia's Fall" is the Quest Reward for a long, complex, and difficult quest, which includes a large hive full of Beholderkin. After that grueling endeavor, you are "rewarded" with a +1 weapon that can Slow its victim for about 1 round, IF the victim fails their Save, and they get a bonus to their Save. Chance that a party strong enough to beat the quest will actually use Ardulia's Fall: Slim to None.

OPINION: Some Items Were Just Plain Implemented Wrong. Consider the Frostreaver Axe: Its description states that it was the favored weapon of a Frost Giant. This would imply a weapon of considerable size, as Giants tend to prefer tools with a good, weighty heft to them. After all, Joril's Dagger was only a Dagger to Joril, but is a Two-Handed Sword to a Human. Why, then, can Frostreaver be held in one hand, and indeed be Dual-Wielded, and by Halflings at that?

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Please list whatever items in the game that *YOU* consider to be
A) Overpowered / cheesy / munchkin
B) Underpowered / in need of something to make them more noticed or useful
C) In need of some changes, but nothing that really makes the item drastically weaker or stronger

Please don't list any MOD items, such as Sanchuudoku. That's the MOD designer's business, not mine. Also, if you want to name any ToB items, please use invisible text (The colors are #3D2F1B for the darker posts, and #44341D for the lighter ones), even if it's an upgrade of an SoA item, such as (Carsomyr+6).

An "Item-Balancing" MOD will eventually come out of this, but for now I've got other things on my plate, so I'm just taking a poll.