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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aegeri" data-source="post: 5428594" data-attributes="member: 78116">Given how poor their recent efforts with DDI are, do you really believe that? I wouldn't trust the compendium as far as I could throw it at the moment. In addition to this they have been really all over the place with the compendium. Some monster vault creatures have simply replaced the older version, while others are added in pretty much alongside the original MM versions. This is why I commented on the MV creatures feeling like "errata" - especially if you look at how the compendium handled inserting them.Either way, if you have the book you should go and have a look at the items in it. The Ogre Gauntlet "rare" in the DMB is everything that is wrong with the item rarity system and its intentions as "Character defining" items.Edit: For those following who are confused. The item Raven is referring to is published in the original PHB. It gives a +1 to athletics skill checks and strength checks as a property, is a level 5 uncommon (IIRC now) and has a daily power as a free action to add +5 damage onto a damage roll you make.The rare gauntlets were published in the essentials DM's kit book. They have the same property, the sole thing that makes them "rare" compared with the original gauntlets uncommon is they get a +2 bonus to damage until the end of the encounter.</blockquote>