Nicked Items

[vectner]

I got a FF ring as a quest reward in this series as well. I'm lvl 9 and I still use my nicked longbow with my fighter for pulling and such.

[jkm]

all i gotta say is you'd better have a ton of thieves tools on hand if you are a rogue. i ran them a couple of weeks ago on my capped rogue and i think i used 50+ tools. as for why i had to disable all of those traps in that display room, my rogue suffers from obsessive disarming disorder.

[Impatiens]

It's worth emphasising that the scimitar actually has 1D8 base damage rather than 1D6. It's a very appealing weapon for any elf melee character.

Yes. The first thing I did before TRing into a melee based elf FVS was run this quest a few times to get the scimitars. They are exceptionally nice for the level.

[Thailand_Dan]

What level would you folks think these would be from an Equivalent standpoint? In other words, if I was to find a similar weapon elsewhere, what mik level would I expect it to be and at what level should I be looking for better stuff?

The typical equation for this is whatever level quest you are in, subtract 2 - 3 levels, and that's what level loot drops. It's not a hard and fast rule, as you'll sometimes pull masterworks out of level 8 dungeons, and sometimes get at-level or even above level loot in the same quest. That said, since the weapons/gear is equivalent to a ML 5 item, you would typically see equivalent loot in a level 7 or 8 dungeon.

End rewards are a different animal entirely and tend to be unique to a particular quest. The random end-rewards will be about normal, but the unique items dropping from specific quests can often be far better than the average (i.e. Tangleroot drops +3 Stat items with ML 5).

[straytext]

Just wanted to rez this thread for a minor addition.

Someone mentioned the desirability of a Khopesh from this quest (Come Out and Slay). While a Nicked Khopesh would be nifty the loot table does include a +2 Khopesh. My fighter is carrying it now and it was the first Khopesh of any sort he'd seen. Picked it up at level 3 or 4 along with the Nicked Longsword and Longbow.

Honestly, the entire Sharn Syndicate quest chain is loaded with terrific loot for low level characters.

[HBene]

Besides the good low level loot, the quests are really great and full of fun.

[Kralgnax]

What level would you folks think these would be from an Equivalent standpoint? In other words, if I was to find a similar weapon elsewhere, what mik level would I expect it to be and at what level should I be looking for better stuff?

The nicked items are all ML2, but - IMAO - are generally similar to ML4 weapons, being +1 / +1d6 damage / + kicker (weighted, parrying, seeker, etc.) - and, more to the point, have good effects and kickers, not anarchic of crippling or junk like that.

[Hecore]

In additional to no ML FF items I once pulled a no ML 1/day haste item (bound). Maybe not the worlds best item, but pretty darn neat to throw down a haste at the 2nd level.