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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MwaO" data-source="post: 9033509" data-attributes="member: 12749">ParagonArmory of the Unvanquished    Group        AV2Not a huge fan of any of the weapons. Note the "wielding" specifics.Arms of Unbreakable Honor     Paladin    AV2All reasonably solid stuff for a Paladin or Mounted Charger. Bonus to speed, ability to heal or transfer temps, prone with a mounted attack, all good things.Aspect of the Ram         Charge    AV2Benefit 2 = +1 bonus to attack rolls with charging, Charger’s Headress is +1 bonus to attack rolls while charging. Yeah, that’s +2 untyped to hit for occupying your head slot and one other. Pick an additional item — if you are a charging PC, this is just fantastic stuff. If you can hold a totem and wield another weapon, could be a fun way to generate saves too.Ayrkashna Armor             Deva        AV2Maybe a non-Deva goes through the trouble for all 5 items, but seems doubtful. 2 items for a Deva doesn’t seem too hard and that’s a lot of fire resist. Still though, items aren’t that great, so…Champion’s Flame         Cleric        AV2Reasonably solid items. The benefit 5 is going to be rare, the item bonuses are ok.Eldritch Panoply             Swordmage    AV2Blade of the Eldritch Knight is a great item as is Belt of Breaching. Might go down to Black if you must wield the Blade of the Eldritch Knight, but even still.Fortune Stones             Group Reroll    AV2Rerolls, bonuses to hit with the rerolls and if you can convince everyone else to have one, bonuses to initiative and saving throws. Just pure win in part because the items are obviously great in and of themselves. Even a random party should be easy to convince almost everyone to pick these up. In a campaign where rare items are very rare to non-existent, these might not be available.Gifts for the Queen        Lightning/Radiant    AV2Bonus to damage rolls, decent resistances, strong benefits for Lightning/Radiant PCs who can still wield the Queen’s Staff and an additional weapon for typing.Implements of Argent         Group        Revenge of the GiantsController’s X is supposed to be one specific item which is instead listed 8 times. But…potentially a large item bonus for the party to initiative, bonuses to healing surges, and Champion’s Step isn’t that bad. But…this is probably a hard sell for a random group.Offerings of Celestian        Sorcerer    AV2Both interesting benefits, but not certain I want any of these items. Is the benefit 4 potentially worth it anyway for a teleporter? Probably yes.Panoply of the Shepherds of Ghest Defense    AV2Maybe there’s a party who wants to bunch up in a burst 1 formation? Regardless, Helm of Able Defense is an extremely good item and Shepherd’s Battle Standard is an item which is potentially useful. I’m not sure Resist 2 for your allies is worth it, but…Crystalline Breastplate is actively Red unless you know what you’re fighting so don’t ever get 4.Raiment of Shadows         Warlock    AV2Potentially a fantastic item set for a Warlock who quickly curses the battlefield and has a focus on Stealth — Invisibility+Concealment = being hidden a lot and with Eldritch Strike, potentially an easy way of punishing those who are next to you while you are hidden. The items aren’t great, but invisibility every time something dies? Just this is a lot of items for the benefit 5 and this set is otherwise RedRaiment of the World Spirit     Defense    AV2Necklace of Fate is likely reasonably cheap and solid for the Warden potentially using this. Everything else about the set isn’t all that good.Reaper’s Array             Offense    AV2Decent items for someone wielding an axe and the Gauntlets of Brutality are going to be a useful item for many builds. Benefit 2 isn’t that great, Benefit 5 is okay. If you have to wield the axe, knock it down to Purple.Regalia of the Golden General     Warlord    AV22 items is a fast bonus to Will, the 5 piece group is useful to the party, but not that useful. Pick the ones that make sense to you.Relics of the Forgotten One     Divine        AV2The benefits aren’t great. Do you have fear powers for Ring of Sorrows and do you wear Leather or Hide armor so Skin of Agonies isn’t that bad? Gain a few extra hit points in combats where you get bloodied? About as close to Red as one can get without actually being there.Royal Regalia of Chessenta     Tiamat    Dun178Another extremely weird set — there’s a +3 Rod with no other levels attached to it. The benefit of 2 is amazing. The Boon of the Undying Queen is an Epic Destiny quality ‘you are not dead’, particularly if you’re a Vampire who can wield a shield and a rod. However…if you have to wield a Shield and a Rod, that’s going to make for some really strange outcomes. Especially as you level out of using a +3 implement. I’m rating this black in part because the item combos are so weird.Silver Dragon Regalia        Dragonborn    PHR-DCirclet of Arkhosia is an almost must have item. Benefit 2 and Benefit 5 are both decent. And at worst, a Standard of the Silver Dragon will notch the item bonuses of Benefit 2. If you’re Dragonborn, your breath turns super accurate with the Scepter.The Returning Beast         Group        Dra396If you have a specific group and everyone has a Ring of the Deep Wood and/or weapons/implements on their person, very solid benefits. If on the other hand, everyone has to have wielded weapons or random party, yuck</blockquote>

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