[Neomi]

Possible spoilers...

I also thought that a good way to spice up the game would be to have certain coveted items (a particular mage's staff, a celestial katana, the paladin's avenger, etc.) placed randomly among the high level encounters. That way you couldn't use "Power Word: Prior Knowledge" to shoot straight for the guarded compound just so your kensai can rock through the rest of the game.

Think about how different it would make each of the quests if you didn't know which reward you would get! Why not have Kangaxx guarding the Avenger and Thaxylssilia (sp?) guarding the Staff... One of the fighters in the guarded compound could hold a piece of the Crom Faer and one of the twisted rune leaders could use Fury. It wouldn't change the overall plotlines and would make the game very different each time.