[SixOfSpades]

That's a little bit more cheaty than I play, but only a little. I would re-create an item if it vanished as a result of a bug, but not my own carelessness--unless, as you say, it's an absolutely vital item.

Sometimes at the start of the game, I'll give my Mage a stack of Clairvoyance scrolls--because when I clear a map, I don't like to have little bits of black Unexplored area left, and there are a few maps where you can't explore those, like the middle of the Friendly Arm map. So, right before I leave the map, I'll just pop a Clairvoyance to get rid of the black bits.

I also like to play with the animation avatars a bit--if I'm playing a female Fighter/Mage or Thief/Mage with a high Charisma, why not use the Sirene sprite-set?