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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeremy" data-source="post: 1566984" data-attributes="member: 4036">Many low level spells grant bonuses superior to what a cost similar item would give via the formula. Pax or James McMurray would be great people to answer this question as custom gear questions come up a lot in Arena matches. But generally a rule of thumb is, follow the spell formula if the spell does not provide a numeric bonus already covered in one of the other categories. So for instance an item that provided mage armor would not be based on a first level spell, but instead a +4 armor bonus like bracers of armor.  This avoids some sick things like a 3/day rune of divine favor for pennys on the dollar giving a +6 luck bonus to hit and damage for the wealthy fighter.  Or similar problems with shield of faith.  There are some real gems among first level spells for numeric bonuses.</blockquote>