Head of Good Fortune

[fjrrider]

Hi,

i often see in end game gear Head of Good Fortune. I don't understand why it is praised that much. Anybody care to explain why +2 luck is that good?

thanks

[Tumarek]

Stackable +2 to saves is pretty good for a trinket slot... just aint that much around. bloodstone for melee of course...

[sephiroth1084]

+2 saves is almost always a good thing.
+2 skills can be very useful, particularly for intimidate, UMD, trap skills, diplomacy, Concentration, and to a lesser degree Balance.

[Rasczak]

+2 Luck bonus to all saves and skills is very good.

+2 on top of the competence and resistance bonuses so essentially you end up with a +7 to saves (with a +5 resistance item).

Saves like will and reflex help in so many cases

[vettkinn]

+2 to all saves and skills comrade, useful for my UMD melee toon.

It's a great item and all, but carrying a head around is kinda creepy.

[Krag]

HoGF is second best non-epic trinket for a caster and very easy to get.

[fjrrider]

true, that his what i was expecting by asking the question. That someone light me up on what i am forgetting.

+2 saves is almost always a good thing.
+2 skills can be very useful, particularly for intimidate, UMD, trap skills, diplomacy, Concentration, and to a lesser degree Balance.

[fjrrider]

but i also have pouch of jerky and wondering when one or the other should be used.

[Krag]

but i also have pouch of jerky and wondering when one or the other should be used.

HoGF is better choice as long as you have GFL covered somewhere else. Knost's/Vorne's belt from Amrath are common choices.

[moomooprincess]

from Reaver's Fate in Gianthold.

You can also add the alchemical ritual to it, to make it a +3 to all saves and all skills. That is what I do with mine.

[PopeJual]

+2 doesn't seem like all that much and it isn't all that much on its own. After all, you can get +6 strength items, +5 weapons with big effects, +15 skill items, etc.

The difference with the Head of Good Fortune is that it stacks with other bonuses where most other items don't stack. If you wear a +6 Charisma item, you'll get +3 on your Use Magic Device skill. If you wear a second +6 Cha item, you get an additional +0.

If you put the HoGF on, though, you'll end up with an addional +2 on top of the other stuff you're carrying.


...also, there just aren't that many good Trinkets in the game, so getting a HoGF means you can pass the bloodstone to another of your characters and still have something very nice.

[fjrrider]

thanks guys, it's always a pleasure

[Anneliese]

For a WF its also 100% Fort.