Hullo all.
I read Obi1.10Kenobiâs question about what unique you would make, and since then I jotted down from time to time the ones I felt would be interesting. It ended up being a huge list, and for some reason wouldn't paste into Obi's thread, so here I am.
I havenât read the other posts, so if one of them coincides with one of my own, sorry!
Also, sorry that I got a little carried away. I made a LOT; Iâve had lots of wishes over the past 5? years of DII. Many, many, many times I have a theme in mind and then I find a base item to match it (Warprincess / War Fist) that has a nice correlation. I donât do this as a priority, however; there are no items that I made just so it would have a cutesy connection to its base item name. Many of the themes are cheese but I like them.
Most of the time, all I wanted to do was see some items promoting the character classes I donât see encouraged. Some items, like Quivercompanion, encourage a very prominent character subclass, but I feel that in 1.10, elite unique items are MEANT to be very tasty props to the people that can find them; we canât begrudge the dominant classes simply because theyâre popular/effective.
Some of the items are just silly, as well, so bear with me. The first whole section is full of items I would like to see back from DI classic.
Here are my thoughts [commentary in brackets]:
Things to resurrect from DI: [I modified them for DIIX reality]
1) Royal Circlet [How was this NOT brought back? Wail, wail, keen, sob. The treasure class of this particular item would have to be increased]
Unique Circlet
+1 to all Skill Levels
+300 to defense
All Resistances +10
+10 to Strength
+10 to Dexterity
+10 to Vitality
+10 to Energy
+5 to Light Radius
+1 to Conversion [All characters] [in the theme of royal dominion. thatâs just my 2 cents; it may be removed.]
2) Thinking Cap
Unique Shako
+3 to All Skill Levels [WOW!]
30% Faster Cast Rate
+3 to Mana After Each Kill
Increase Maximum Mana 10%
+1 to Telekinesis [All characters]
Reduced Durability (2 durability) [Ouch] [code ethereal Thinking Caps to 1 durability]
3) The Demonspike Coat
Unique Shadow Plate
+205% Defense
+10 to Strength
+50% Fire Resistance
+200% Defense Against Demons [Nifty but not too overpowered I think; very situational]
+11 Life After Each Demon Kill
+75 to Life
4) Dreamflange [Original had outrageous mage stats]
Unique Devil Star
+2 to all Skill Levels [It was 3 originally but that would be too much in DIIX, given the other properties]
+50 to Energy
50% Faster Cast Rate
+50% Magic Resistance
+5% Resist All
1% chance to cast Level 1 Lower Resist on Striking
-20 to Vitality
5) Gotterdamerung [Remember?]
Unique Spired Helm
+600 Defense
+30 to All Attributes
+30% Faster Hit Recovery
+50 to Life
+10% Requirements
All Resistances negated [0 in Normal, -40 in Nightmare, -100 in Hell]
6) The Empyrean Band
Unique Ring
Halves damage taken from traps
50% Faster Hit Recovery
+20-30 to Magic Find
-9 Magic Damage Taken
-2 Damage Taken
7) Torn Flesh of Souls
Unique Dusk Shroud
+150% Enhanced Defense
+11 to Vitality
+44 to Life
-6 Magic Damage Taken
-8 Damage Taken
10% Faster Hit Recovery
+120% Poison Resistance
+2 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only)
+3 to Bone Spirit (Necromancer Only)
8) Obsidian Ring/Amulet of the Zodiac
Unique Ring/Amulet
+1 Bajillion to Everything
[Requires Wirtâs body, Wirtâs Leg, 50 Gold, Deckard Cain, and an Ear to make]
General Items (useful for any character):
) Izualâs Dilemma [First silly item]
Unique Amulet
25% Chance to Convert Monster on Striking
1% Chance to Cast Corruption [new spell- hey, Delirium did it- changing a character to a Fallen for approximately one minute, with fire immunity and decent damage/speed but no character skills]
46-72 Poison Damage Over 24 Seconds
Increase Maximum Life 15%
75% Enhanced Defense
+9 to Frost Nova
) Tyraelâs Radiance [Palette shift to blue]
Unique Corona
+2 to All Skill Levels
+150 to Defense
+50-100% Damage to Undead
+200 Defense vs. Undead
+200 Defense vs. Demons
+20-30 to Vitality
+25% Resist All
+3-297(3 Mana per character level)
+7 to Light Radius [huge]
Indestructable
) Tyraelâs Judgment
Unique Amulet
+2 to All Skill Levels
+20% Enhanced Damage
+10% to Fire Damage
+10% to Cold Damage
+10% to Lightning Damage
Level 8 Redemption When Equipped
) Tricksterâs Countenance [Palette shift to purple]
Unique Death Mask
+150% Enhanced Defense
+20% Increased Attack Speed [quick tricks]
+20% Faster Run/Walk
25% Chance to Cast Level 1 Decoy When Struck [Mercenaryâs dream!]
10% Chance to Cast Level 7 Confuse on Striking [No uber-cheese. Delirium, cough]
Hit Blinds Target
) Diabloâs Blood
Unique Oil Potion
(30-1010) To (40-1030) Fire Damage
+ (10 Per Character Level) 10-990 Minimum Fire Damage (Based on Character Level)
+ (10 Per Character Level) 10-990 Maximum Fire Damage (Based on Character Level)
Replenishes Quantity [30]
+3 to Fire Skills [when equipped]
) Andarielâs Blood
Unique Strangling Gas Potion
(30-1010) to (40-1030) Poison Damage over 4 Seconds
+ (10 Per Character Level) 10-990 Minimum Poison Damage (Based on Character Level)
+ (10 Per Character Level) 10-990 Maximum Poison Damage (Based on Character Level)
Replenishes Quantity [30]
+3 to Poison Skills [when equipped]
[The following three potions can only be used once per character, similar to a Book of Skill, but not once per difficulty, just once per character.]
) Moo Moo Farmâs Product [Can only be dropped in the cow level]
Unique Stamina Potion
Permanently Add 50 to Maximum Stamina
) Lysanderâs Antidote
Unique Antidote Potion
Permanently Add 5% Poison Resistance
) Jamellaâs Thawing Potion
Unique Thawing Potion
Permanently Add 5% to Cold Resistance
) Drognanâs Volume
Unique Tome of Town Portal
Holds 40 Town Portal Scrolls
) Cainâs Journal
Unique Tome of Identify
Holds 40 Identify Scrolls
) Timepierce [Palette shift: none]
Unique Great Hauberk
100% Faster Hit Recovery
100% Faster Cast Rate
100% Increased Attack Speed
100% Faster Run/Walk
+10% to Experience Gained
+10 to Burst of Speed [All Classes]
+10 to Teleport [All Classes]
-100 Life Drain
Amazon Items:
) Quivercompanion [Palette shift to red]
Unique Wire Fleece
+3 to Bow and Crossbow Skills (Amazon Only)
-50% to Total Character Defense [Archers are always more vulnerable, though since this armor mainly targets ranged amazons, dodge skills should make this not too big of a deal]
-30% Run/Walk Speed [Trade off with the great IAS though]
+10 to Strength
+35 to Dexterity
+50 to Life
+30% Increased Attack Speed
+50% Enhanced Damage when using Ranged Weapons
) Guardgirdle [Palette Shift to gold]
Unique Colossus Girdle
200% Enhanced Defense
+15 to Strength
+30% Resist All
Damage Reduced by 10%
+4 to Fend (Amazon Only)
+1 to Dodge (Amazon Only)
+1 to Avoid (Amazon Only)
+1 to Evade (Amazon Only)
) Zeraeâs Priestess [Palette Shift to gold]
Unique Matriarchal Pike
+2 to Amazon Skill Levels
250% Enhanced Damage
20% Chance to Cast Level 7 Static Field on Attack
75-130 Magic Damage
20% Increased Attack Speed
+50% Enhanced Defense
Socketed (2) [Probably a ShaelShael affair]
+2 to Javelin and Spear Skills (Amazon Only)
) Athuluaâs Blessing [Palette Shift to purple]
Unique Grand Matron Bow
200% Enhanced Damage
+ (0.5 Per Character Level) 0.5-49.5 Dexterity (Based on Character Level)
+20% Increased Attack Speed
25% Chance to Cast Holy Bolt on Attack
Sockets (3) [Damn, thatâs a blessing]
+1 to Passive and Magic Skills (Amazon Only)
+3 to Strafe
+5 to Guided Arrow
+1 to Valkyrie
) Hefaetrusâ Rage [Palette shift to red]
Unique Matriarchal Bow
150-170% Enhanced Damage
144-177 Fire Damage
25% Chance to Cast Level 11 Volcano on Attack
20% Chance of Crushing Blow
Hit Causes Monster to Flee 25% [From Hefaetrusâ rage]
50% Increased Attack Speed
+3 to Immolation Arrow
+3 to Exploding Arrow
+5 to Fire Arrow
) Karcheusâ Breath [Palette shift to blue]
Unique Grand Matron Bow
70% Enhanced Damage
(7 Per Character Level) 7-693 Cold Damage (Based On Character Level)
+30% Increased Attack Speed
50% Chance to Cast Level 1 Ice Bolt on Striking
20% Chance to Cast Level 15 Twister on Attack
5% Chance to Cast Level 8 Hurricane When Struck
+15% to Cold Damage
Freezes Target +4
+3 to Freezing Arrow
+3 to Ice Arrow
+5 to Ice Arrow
Assassin Items:
) Blackknot [Palette shift to black]
Unique Arachnid Mesh [The knots on the sashes are my favorite]
+100% Enhanced Defense
+7 to Energy
+17 to Dexterity
Damage reduced by 7%
All Resistances +5
+1 to Martial Arts (Assassin Only)
+3 to Dragon Tail (Assassin Only) [Kick!]
+3 to Dragon Talon (Assassin Only) [Kick!]
+1 to Combat Skills (Paladin Only)
+1 to Combat Skills (Barbarian Only)
[What assassin doesnât need a good pair of leathery dominatrix boots?]
) Wyrmâs Ascent [Palette shift to green]
Unique Wyrmhide Boots
+50% Faster Run/Walk [The point is to mimic ascent, or flight; slap on burst of speed and youâre flying across the screen]
+20% Heal Stamina
+13 to Dexterity
+9 to Strength
+23% Poison Resistance
-3 to Light Radius
+3 to Dragon Flight (Assassin Only) [Wyrm = dragon, wyrmhide, heh; ahh, themes]
+1 to Dragon Talon (Assassin Only)
+1 to Dragon Claw (Assassin Only)
) Tigerstalking [Palette shift to orange, with black stripes, heh] [tigerâs stalking? Or stockings? Oh, the levels]
Unique Myrmidon Boots
-20% Run/Walk Speed [Gasp! Hey, youâre stalking]
+20% Enhanced Damage [Ah, we see now. Like stealth skills in other games, where you get damage bonuses for being the sneaky little git you are]
+27% Deadly Strike
+17 to Strength
+1 to Fade [Fade like a tiger, baby]
+1 to Cloak of Shadows [more stalking]
+3 to Tiger Strike [gogo Tigers]
) Warprincess [Palette shift to red]
Unique War Fist
230-250% Enhanced Damage
+ (1 Per Character Level) 1-99 Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)
+40% Increased Attack Speed [looks excessive but war fists are the slowest katars]
+20% Crushing Blow
All Resistances +10
Level 1 Blade Shield When Equipped
+2 to Shadow Disciplines (Assassin Only)
) Runeweaver [Palette Shift to purple]
Unique Runic Talons
175% Enhanced Damage
Adds 150-200 Magic Damage
+50% Magic Resistance
+30 to Dexterity
+10 to Strength
Sockets (3) [mmm, runes]
Necromancer Items:
) Dreadgeneral [Palette shift: none. Looks more like a bleached skull, not the ugly green like Vamp Gaze]
Unique Bone Visage
+2 to Necromancer Skill Levels
+75% Enhanced Defense
+10% Faster Cast Rate
+30 to Dexterity
-20% Run/Walk Speed [He has to order his army around!]
+1 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only)
+3 to Revive (Necromancer Only)
1% Reanimate As: Oblivion Knight
) Darkpeace [Palette shift to purple]
Unique Polished Wand
+6 to Curses (Necromancer Only)
50% Faster Cast Rate
30% Faster Run/Walk
100% Enhanced Defense
50% Faster Hit Recovery
+3 to Bone Wall
+3 to Bone Prison
) TrangâOulâs Fangs [Palette shift to gold] [Hidden Bonus: Worn with full TrangâOulâs Avatar Set, partial bonus is included, as well as an extra +2 to All Skills in the full set bonus]
Unique Winged Knife
270% Enhanced Damage
72-112 Poison Damage Over 6 Seconds
30% Increased Attack Speed
25% Chance to Cast Level 20 Teeth on Attack
Ignores Targetâs Defense
Replenish Quantity [35]
+10 to Teeth (Necromancer Only)
+3 to Poison Dagger [Wearing 4 TrangâOulâs Items]
+50% to Poison Damage [Wearing 5 TrangâOulâs Items/Full Set]
) Nihlathakâs Temptation [Palette shift to black] [Has a higher chance to drop from Nihlathak?â¦]
Unique Minion Skull [As in Nihlathak was Baalâs minion in the end]
+3 to Necromancer Skills
+30% Faster Cast Rate
+35% Fire Resistance
+35% Cold Resistance
132-194 Poison Damage Over 6 Seconds
-50% Poison Resistance [temptationâs price!]
-5 Life Drain
+1 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only)
+2 to Corpse Explosion (Necromancer Only)
5% Chance to Reanimate Corpse on Kill (Reanimate as Enslaved) [Or whatever the hell Nihlathakâs minions are]
Barbarian Items:
[Guess the only kind of Barbarian I find fun playing]
) Sounding Bell [Palette shift to gold, though theyâre all gold anyway]
Unique Hyperion [Hyperions look like bells, in a way. They are also shields that are quite uncommon on characters, in my opinion; all the more reason to promote them]
150% Enhanced Defense
25% Increased Blocking
+30 to Mana
20% Faster Cast Rate
25% Chance to Cast Level 11 Battle Cry When Struck
+2 to Warcries (Barbarian Only)
) Minstrelâs Horn [Palette shift to gold]
Unique Giant Conch [Conch, horn⦠cheese]
100% Enhanced Defense
Regenerate Mana +50%
10% Faster Cast Rate
25% Chance to Cast Level 11 Warcry When Struck
+2 to Warcries (Barbarian Only)
) Bardking [Palette shift to gold]
Unique Legend Sword [Bards, legend⦠cough]
190% Enhanced Damage
Increase Maximum Mana 15%
30% Faster Cast Rate
111-222 Magic Damage
150% Bonus to Attack Rating
+3 to Warcries (Barbarian Only)
) Madawcâs Prophecy [Palette shift to red]
Unique Guardian Crown
+1 to Combat Skills (Barbarian Only)
+1 to Warcries (Barbarian Only)
20% Increased Attack Speed
10% Faster Run/Walk
10% Enhanced Damage
25% Chance to Cast Inner Sight On Attack
+3 to Shout
+2 to Double Throw
+2 to Throwing Mastery
Sorceress Items:
) Enchantress [Palette shift to white: Diamonds!]
Unique Diamond Mail
+1 to Sorceress Skill Levels
130% Enhanced Defense
30% Faster Cast Rate
+35 to Dexterity
-15 to Vitality
Increase Maximum Mana by 10%
+2 to Fire Mastery (Sorceress Only)
+2 to Cold Mastery (Sorceress Only)
+2 to Lightning Mastery (Sorceress Only)
+5 to Enchant (Sorceress Only) [yay]
) Spellprism [Palette shift to gold, though unnecessary]
+1 to Sorceress Skill Levels
All Resistances +30
Magic Damage Reduced by 15-20
+20% to Cold Damage
+20% to Fire Damage
+20% to Lightning Damage
) Rod of the Vizjerei [Palette Shift to Red] [As you can see, this would be a nice alternative to the Occy; Iâd use this, because the teleport chance is too deadly and irritating on the Occulus, and I like the chance to get a minion. The minion doesnât make the sorceress overpowered, because it has fleeing AI, not melee AI. It makes her overly cool, though. Heh. I didnât feel the need to make a trade-off on the sorceress weapon because I feel sheâs very handicapped in v1.10 compared to other characters, in terms of versatility and power (you have to choose either specialty+effectiveness or versatility+weakness, which slaps the faces of my beloved trielementalists). Except for the teleport aspect of the Occulus, it is the more defensive sorceress weapon when compared to this one.]
Unique Dimensional Shard
+3 to Sorceress Skill Levels
+10% Resist All
60% Faster Caster Rate
-10% Enemy Cold Resistance
-10% Enemy Fire Resistance
-10% Enemy Cold Resistance
5% Reanimate As: Vizjerei [a new subclass Iâd like made for this item, of the âZakarum Priestâ class, including Hierophants, Cantors, and Sextons. Basically they could be âVizjereiâ in name only, and just be regular reanimated âHierophants.â Theyâd be lovely spell support, and not tanks, which would be a bit unbalanced, Iâd say]
+1 to Telekinesis [Can you say âgoodbye obligatory lightning investmentâ?]
+1 to Teleport
+1 to Energy Shield
) Vortexcloud [Palette shift to blue]
Unique Vortex Orb [Vortex Cloud, Vortex Orb; me = sucker for themes as you well know]
+2 to Lightning Skills (Sorceress Only)
+2 to Cold Skills (Sorceress Only)
+25 to Energy
-20% Fire Resistance
-10% Enemy Lightning Resistance
-10% Enemy Cold Resistance
100% Chance to Cast Level 1 Fist of the Heavens when Struck
+5 to Thunderstorm (Sorceress Only)
+5 to Blizzard (Sorceress Only)
Paladin Items:
) Faraâs Vision
Unique Armet
+1 to Paladin Skill Levels
175% Enhanced Defense
Ignores Target Defense
10% Increased Attack Speed
15% Chance to Cast Level 9 Inner Sight When Struck
+7 to Light Radius
Level 5 Blessed Aim When Equipped
+2 to Offensive Auras (Paladin Only)
) Path of Light [Palette shift to gold]
Unique Mirrored Boots [Mirrors. Light. Cheese!]
170% Enhanced Defense
+30 Defense vs. Demons
+30 Defense vs. Undead
30% Faster Run/Walk
+1 to Paladin Skills
-1 to Necromancer Skills [no soup for you! Not that theyâd wear these anyway, but hey, itâs the theme]
+20% Enhanced Damage vs. Demons
+20% Enhanced Damage vs. Undead
+15% to Magic Damage [Would benefit Blessed Hammer, Sanctuaryâs pulse damage, Holy Bolt, Fist of the Heavens, Berserk, and Magic Arrow, I believe. And Bone Spirit/Spear and Teeth, if a Necro were so inclined⦠having the â1 skills is rather unsavory though]
Level 1 Prayer When Equipped [aw, how righteous. I donât think itâs overpowered but someone can contest]
+20% Requirements [I think that the damage and skill increase from simple boots is too good without a trade-off. Plus, extremely pious people usually need to work hard to delude themselves, I mean, maintain strong faith]
) Crusaderâs Instruction
Unique Crusader Gauntlets
100-150% Enhanced Defense
2% Mana Stolen Per Hit
10% Chance of Deadly Strike
+75 to Attack Rating
+1 to Combat Skills (Paladin Only)
) Clericâs Contemplation [Palette shift to gold]
Unique Sacred Targe
+3 to Combat Skills (Paladin Only)
125% Enhanced Defense
40% Faster Cast Rate
+5% to Magic Damage
50% Chance to Cast Level 13 Slow Missiles When Struck
+3 to Meditation
) Benediction [Palette shift to gold]
Unique Seraph Rod
+1 to Paladin Skill Levels
20% Faster Cast Rate
Increased Maximum Mana 10%
+5% to Experience Gained
-100% Requirements
+2 to Combat Skills (Paladin Only)
) Halbuâs Faith [Palette shift to white]
Unique Loricated Mail
+1 to Paladin Skill Levels
+25% Resist Fire
+20% Resist Lightning
Replenish Life +15
Damage Reduced by 15-17
+5% Requirements
+7 to Prayer [Intended to be good for either Paladins (though Iâm aware of the +3 only feature), regular characters, and hopefully Mercs, though Iâm not sure if this feature would benefit them]
Druid Items:
[Blizzard: Please make Hurricane useable in shifted form. How would that be unbalancing? It would only be good⦠and make many more people play the druid; you score stylistic points through the roof.] [Similar to the Barbarian, guess which character subclass I champion]
) Oakenthorn [Palette shift to green]
Unique Bramble Mitts
150% Enhanced Defense
+15% to Poison Damage
46-78 Poison Damage over 12 Seconds
10% Increased Attack Speed
Attacker Takes Damage of (4 Per Character Level) 4-396 (Based On Character Level)
+3 to Rabies (Druid Only)
+5 to Poison Creeper (Druid Only)
) Grove God [Palette shift to green; yay!] [Character Level 85 Required]
Unique Shadow Plate
+200% Enhanced Defense
+2 to Druid Skills
30% Faster Cast Rate
+40 to Vitality
+70% Poison Resistance
+50% Cold Resistance
Damage Reduced by 15%
-40% Fire Resistance [The forest isnât too resistant to fire or lightning]
-30% Lightning Resistance
-50% Requirements
+2 to Elemental Skills (Druid Only)
+3 to Oak Sage (Druid Only)
+2 to Carrion Vine (Druid Only)
) Forestlord [Palette shift to green] [My favorite, favorite theme item!]
Unique Shillelagh [Blizzard couldnât have made a more perfect druid base item]
+3 to Druid Skills
250% Enhanced Damage
+ (2 Per Character Level) 2-198 Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)
Ignores Targetâs Defense
30% Faster Cast Rate
100% Enhanced Defense
) Sunstorm [Palette shift to gold] [intended for elementalists; why have a Jalalâs Mane + Shapeshifting Skills and no equivalent for the other trees? Same instance with Arreatâs face + Combat Skills and the other class specifics]
Unique Sun Spirit
+1 to Druid Skills
150% Enhanced Defense
60-97 Fire Damage
+20% Resist All
30% Faster Cast Rate
Regenerate Mana +30%
+3 to Elemental Skills (Druid Only)
+2 to Armageddon
Runewords
1) Adept Novice
HelShaelKoElSol (5 Socket Maces/Staves)
+13 to All Active Level 1 Skills [No masteries or summons are affected]
+170-190% Enhanced Damage
+19 to Minimum Damage
+35 to Dexterity
20% Increased Attack Speed
30% Faster Cast Rate
-10% Damage to Unique Monsters
+100 to Attack Rating
+1 to Light Radius
Requirements â20%
[The next two, Divinity and Dominion would be virtually IMPOSSIBLE to make. Way worse than Breath of the Dying. But imagine how glorious it would be to assemble them! Assembling and equipping the pair would give a set-like bonus graphic of glowing wings to the character (similar to Hadriel, in the River of Flame) and grant Level 1 Energy shield activated at all times]
2) Divinity
BerIoJahFalChamZod (6 Socket Armor) [yes, I know there is no 6 socket armor. Is there a chance my items would ever be made? Yep, thatâs the point.]
+300% Enhanced Defense
+100 Defense
+3 to All Skills
+50% to Maximum Life
+20 Strength
+20 Vitality
Damage reduced by 50%
1% Chance to Cast Level 20 Whirlwind When Struck
10% Chance to Cast Level 13 Armageddon When Struck
50% Chance to Cast Level 13 Fist of the Heavens When Struck
Level 13 Thunderstorm When Equipped
Level 7 Salvation When Equipped
Level 1 Fade When Equipped
+10 to Holy Bolt
Cannot Be Frozen
Indestructible
3) Dominion
OhmShaelLoMalZodEth (6 Socket Weapons)
+3 to All Skill Levels
+450% Enhanced Damage
100-250 Magic Damage
+50% Increased Attack Speed
50% Faster Cast Rate
+30% Deadly Strike
-50% Targetâs Defense
50% Chance to Cast Level 1 Mindblast on Attack
+1 to Convert
Increase Maximum Mana 50%
Prevent Monster Heal
Ignores Targetâs Defense
Indestructible
4) Queen
JahUmSur (3 Socket Crown/Circlet)
+3 to All Skills
Increase Maximum Life 30%
Increase Maximum Mana 30%
+30 to All Attributes
All Resistances +30
[Can only be worn by female characters]
[Edit1: typos, Unless: suggestion for Gotterdamnerung's resistance aspects, Pren: Divinity's sockets address]
I read Obi1.10Kenobiâs question about what unique you would make, and since then I jotted down from time to time the ones I felt would be interesting. It ended up being a huge list, and for some reason wouldn't paste into Obi's thread, so here I am.
I havenât read the other posts, so if one of them coincides with one of my own, sorry!
Also, sorry that I got a little carried away. I made a LOT; Iâve had lots of wishes over the past 5? years of DII. Many, many, many times I have a theme in mind and then I find a base item to match it (Warprincess / War Fist) that has a nice correlation. I donât do this as a priority, however; there are no items that I made just so it would have a cutesy connection to its base item name. Many of the themes are cheese but I like them.
Most of the time, all I wanted to do was see some items promoting the character classes I donât see encouraged. Some items, like Quivercompanion, encourage a very prominent character subclass, but I feel that in 1.10, elite unique items are MEANT to be very tasty props to the people that can find them; we canât begrudge the dominant classes simply because theyâre popular/effective.
Some of the items are just silly, as well, so bear with me. The first whole section is full of items I would like to see back from DI classic.
Here are my thoughts [commentary in brackets]:
Things to resurrect from DI: [I modified them for DIIX reality]
1) Royal Circlet [How was this NOT brought back? Wail, wail, keen, sob. The treasure class of this particular item would have to be increased]
Unique Circlet
+1 to all Skill Levels
+300 to defense
All Resistances +10
+10 to Strength
+10 to Dexterity
+10 to Vitality
+10 to Energy
+5 to Light Radius
+1 to Conversion [All characters] [in the theme of royal dominion. thatâs just my 2 cents; it may be removed.]
2) Thinking Cap
Unique Shako
+3 to All Skill Levels [WOW!]
30% Faster Cast Rate
+3 to Mana After Each Kill
Increase Maximum Mana 10%
+1 to Telekinesis [All characters]
Reduced Durability (2 durability) [Ouch] [code ethereal Thinking Caps to 1 durability]
3) The Demonspike Coat
Unique Shadow Plate
+205% Defense
+10 to Strength
+50% Fire Resistance
+200% Defense Against Demons [Nifty but not too overpowered I think; very situational]
+11 Life After Each Demon Kill
+75 to Life
4) Dreamflange [Original had outrageous mage stats]
Unique Devil Star
+2 to all Skill Levels [It was 3 originally but that would be too much in DIIX, given the other properties]
+50 to Energy
50% Faster Cast Rate
+50% Magic Resistance
+5% Resist All
1% chance to cast Level 1 Lower Resist on Striking
-20 to Vitality
5) Gotterdamerung [Remember?]
Unique Spired Helm
+600 Defense
+30 to All Attributes
+30% Faster Hit Recovery
+50 to Life
+10% Requirements
All Resistances negated [0 in Normal, -40 in Nightmare, -100 in Hell]
6) The Empyrean Band
Unique Ring
Halves damage taken from traps
50% Faster Hit Recovery
+20-30 to Magic Find
-9 Magic Damage Taken
-2 Damage Taken
7) Torn Flesh of Souls
Unique Dusk Shroud
+150% Enhanced Defense
+11 to Vitality
+44 to Life
-6 Magic Damage Taken
-8 Damage Taken
10% Faster Hit Recovery
+120% Poison Resistance
+2 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only)
+3 to Bone Spirit (Necromancer Only)
8) Obsidian Ring/Amulet of the Zodiac
Unique Ring/Amulet
+1 Bajillion to Everything
[Requires Wirtâs body, Wirtâs Leg, 50 Gold, Deckard Cain, and an Ear to make]
General Items (useful for any character):
) Izualâs Dilemma [First silly item]
Unique Amulet
25% Chance to Convert Monster on Striking
1% Chance to Cast Corruption [new spell- hey, Delirium did it- changing a character to a Fallen for approximately one minute, with fire immunity and decent damage/speed but no character skills]
46-72 Poison Damage Over 24 Seconds
Increase Maximum Life 15%
75% Enhanced Defense
+9 to Frost Nova
) Tyraelâs Radiance [Palette shift to blue]
Unique Corona
+2 to All Skill Levels
+150 to Defense
+50-100% Damage to Undead
+200 Defense vs. Undead
+200 Defense vs. Demons
+20-30 to Vitality
+25% Resist All
+3-297(3 Mana per character level)
+7 to Light Radius [huge]
Indestructable
) Tyraelâs Judgment
Unique Amulet
+2 to All Skill Levels
+20% Enhanced Damage
+10% to Fire Damage
+10% to Cold Damage
+10% to Lightning Damage
Level 8 Redemption When Equipped
) Tricksterâs Countenance [Palette shift to purple]
Unique Death Mask
+150% Enhanced Defense
+20% Increased Attack Speed [quick tricks]
+20% Faster Run/Walk
25% Chance to Cast Level 1 Decoy When Struck [Mercenaryâs dream!]
10% Chance to Cast Level 7 Confuse on Striking [No uber-cheese. Delirium, cough]
Hit Blinds Target
) Diabloâs Blood
Unique Oil Potion
(30-1010) To (40-1030) Fire Damage
+ (10 Per Character Level) 10-990 Minimum Fire Damage (Based on Character Level)
+ (10 Per Character Level) 10-990 Maximum Fire Damage (Based on Character Level)
Replenishes Quantity [30]
+3 to Fire Skills [when equipped]
) Andarielâs Blood
Unique Strangling Gas Potion
(30-1010) to (40-1030) Poison Damage over 4 Seconds
+ (10 Per Character Level) 10-990 Minimum Poison Damage (Based on Character Level)
+ (10 Per Character Level) 10-990 Maximum Poison Damage (Based on Character Level)
Replenishes Quantity [30]
+3 to Poison Skills [when equipped]
[The following three potions can only be used once per character, similar to a Book of Skill, but not once per difficulty, just once per character.]
) Moo Moo Farmâs Product [Can only be dropped in the cow level]
Unique Stamina Potion
Permanently Add 50 to Maximum Stamina
) Lysanderâs Antidote
Unique Antidote Potion
Permanently Add 5% Poison Resistance
) Jamellaâs Thawing Potion
Unique Thawing Potion
Permanently Add 5% to Cold Resistance
) Drognanâs Volume
Unique Tome of Town Portal
Holds 40 Town Portal Scrolls
) Cainâs Journal
Unique Tome of Identify
Holds 40 Identify Scrolls
) Timepierce [Palette shift: none]
Unique Great Hauberk
100% Faster Hit Recovery
100% Faster Cast Rate
100% Increased Attack Speed
100% Faster Run/Walk
+10% to Experience Gained
+10 to Burst of Speed [All Classes]
+10 to Teleport [All Classes]
-100 Life Drain
Amazon Items:
) Quivercompanion [Palette shift to red]
Unique Wire Fleece
+3 to Bow and Crossbow Skills (Amazon Only)
-50% to Total Character Defense [Archers are always more vulnerable, though since this armor mainly targets ranged amazons, dodge skills should make this not too big of a deal]
-30% Run/Walk Speed [Trade off with the great IAS though]
+10 to Strength
+35 to Dexterity
+50 to Life
+30% Increased Attack Speed
+50% Enhanced Damage when using Ranged Weapons
) Guardgirdle [Palette Shift to gold]
Unique Colossus Girdle
200% Enhanced Defense
+15 to Strength
+30% Resist All
Damage Reduced by 10%
+4 to Fend (Amazon Only)
+1 to Dodge (Amazon Only)
+1 to Avoid (Amazon Only)
+1 to Evade (Amazon Only)
) Zeraeâs Priestess [Palette Shift to gold]
Unique Matriarchal Pike
+2 to Amazon Skill Levels
250% Enhanced Damage
20% Chance to Cast Level 7 Static Field on Attack
75-130 Magic Damage
20% Increased Attack Speed
+50% Enhanced Defense
Socketed (2) [Probably a ShaelShael affair]
+2 to Javelin and Spear Skills (Amazon Only)
) Athuluaâs Blessing [Palette Shift to purple]
Unique Grand Matron Bow
200% Enhanced Damage
+ (0.5 Per Character Level) 0.5-49.5 Dexterity (Based on Character Level)
+20% Increased Attack Speed
25% Chance to Cast Holy Bolt on Attack
Sockets (3) [Damn, thatâs a blessing]
+1 to Passive and Magic Skills (Amazon Only)
+3 to Strafe
+5 to Guided Arrow
+1 to Valkyrie
) Hefaetrusâ Rage [Palette shift to red]
Unique Matriarchal Bow
150-170% Enhanced Damage
144-177 Fire Damage
25% Chance to Cast Level 11 Volcano on Attack
20% Chance of Crushing Blow
Hit Causes Monster to Flee 25% [From Hefaetrusâ rage]
50% Increased Attack Speed
+3 to Immolation Arrow
+3 to Exploding Arrow
+5 to Fire Arrow
) Karcheusâ Breath [Palette shift to blue]
Unique Grand Matron Bow
70% Enhanced Damage
(7 Per Character Level) 7-693 Cold Damage (Based On Character Level)
+30% Increased Attack Speed
50% Chance to Cast Level 1 Ice Bolt on Striking
20% Chance to Cast Level 15 Twister on Attack
5% Chance to Cast Level 8 Hurricane When Struck
+15% to Cold Damage
Freezes Target +4
+3 to Freezing Arrow
+3 to Ice Arrow
+5 to Ice Arrow
Assassin Items:
) Blackknot [Palette shift to black]
Unique Arachnid Mesh [The knots on the sashes are my favorite]
+100% Enhanced Defense
+7 to Energy
+17 to Dexterity
Damage reduced by 7%
All Resistances +5
+1 to Martial Arts (Assassin Only)
+3 to Dragon Tail (Assassin Only) [Kick!]
+3 to Dragon Talon (Assassin Only) [Kick!]
+1 to Combat Skills (Paladin Only)
+1 to Combat Skills (Barbarian Only)
[What assassin doesnât need a good pair of leathery dominatrix boots?]
) Wyrmâs Ascent [Palette shift to green]
Unique Wyrmhide Boots
+50% Faster Run/Walk [The point is to mimic ascent, or flight; slap on burst of speed and youâre flying across the screen]
+20% Heal Stamina
+13 to Dexterity
+9 to Strength
+23% Poison Resistance
-3 to Light Radius
+3 to Dragon Flight (Assassin Only) [Wyrm = dragon, wyrmhide, heh; ahh, themes]
+1 to Dragon Talon (Assassin Only)
+1 to Dragon Claw (Assassin Only)
) Tigerstalking [Palette shift to orange, with black stripes, heh] [tigerâs stalking? Or stockings? Oh, the levels]
Unique Myrmidon Boots
-20% Run/Walk Speed [Gasp! Hey, youâre stalking]
+20% Enhanced Damage [Ah, we see now. Like stealth skills in other games, where you get damage bonuses for being the sneaky little git you are]
+27% Deadly Strike
+17 to Strength
+1 to Fade [Fade like a tiger, baby]
+1 to Cloak of Shadows [more stalking]
+3 to Tiger Strike [gogo Tigers]
) Warprincess [Palette shift to red]
Unique War Fist
230-250% Enhanced Damage
+ (1 Per Character Level) 1-99 Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)
+40% Increased Attack Speed [looks excessive but war fists are the slowest katars]
+20% Crushing Blow
All Resistances +10
Level 1 Blade Shield When Equipped
+2 to Shadow Disciplines (Assassin Only)
) Runeweaver [Palette Shift to purple]
Unique Runic Talons
175% Enhanced Damage
Adds 150-200 Magic Damage
+50% Magic Resistance
+30 to Dexterity
+10 to Strength
Sockets (3) [mmm, runes]
Necromancer Items:
) Dreadgeneral [Palette shift: none. Looks more like a bleached skull, not the ugly green like Vamp Gaze]
Unique Bone Visage
+2 to Necromancer Skill Levels
+75% Enhanced Defense
+10% Faster Cast Rate
+30 to Dexterity
-20% Run/Walk Speed [He has to order his army around!]
+1 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only)
+3 to Revive (Necromancer Only)
1% Reanimate As: Oblivion Knight
) Darkpeace [Palette shift to purple]
Unique Polished Wand
+6 to Curses (Necromancer Only)
50% Faster Cast Rate
30% Faster Run/Walk
100% Enhanced Defense
50% Faster Hit Recovery
+3 to Bone Wall
+3 to Bone Prison
) TrangâOulâs Fangs [Palette shift to gold] [Hidden Bonus: Worn with full TrangâOulâs Avatar Set, partial bonus is included, as well as an extra +2 to All Skills in the full set bonus]
Unique Winged Knife
270% Enhanced Damage
72-112 Poison Damage Over 6 Seconds
30% Increased Attack Speed
25% Chance to Cast Level 20 Teeth on Attack
Ignores Targetâs Defense
Replenish Quantity [35]
+10 to Teeth (Necromancer Only)
+3 to Poison Dagger [Wearing 4 TrangâOulâs Items]
+50% to Poison Damage [Wearing 5 TrangâOulâs Items/Full Set]
) Nihlathakâs Temptation [Palette shift to black] [Has a higher chance to drop from Nihlathak?â¦]
Unique Minion Skull [As in Nihlathak was Baalâs minion in the end]
+3 to Necromancer Skills
+30% Faster Cast Rate
+35% Fire Resistance
+35% Cold Resistance
132-194 Poison Damage Over 6 Seconds
-50% Poison Resistance [temptationâs price!]
-5 Life Drain
+1 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only)
+2 to Corpse Explosion (Necromancer Only)
5% Chance to Reanimate Corpse on Kill (Reanimate as Enslaved) [Or whatever the hell Nihlathakâs minions are]
Barbarian Items:
[Guess the only kind of Barbarian I find fun playing]
) Sounding Bell [Palette shift to gold, though theyâre all gold anyway]
Unique Hyperion [Hyperions look like bells, in a way. They are also shields that are quite uncommon on characters, in my opinion; all the more reason to promote them]
150% Enhanced Defense
25% Increased Blocking
+30 to Mana
20% Faster Cast Rate
25% Chance to Cast Level 11 Battle Cry When Struck
+2 to Warcries (Barbarian Only)
) Minstrelâs Horn [Palette shift to gold]
Unique Giant Conch [Conch, horn⦠cheese]
100% Enhanced Defense
Regenerate Mana +50%
10% Faster Cast Rate
25% Chance to Cast Level 11 Warcry When Struck
+2 to Warcries (Barbarian Only)
) Bardking [Palette shift to gold]
Unique Legend Sword [Bards, legend⦠cough]
190% Enhanced Damage
Increase Maximum Mana 15%
30% Faster Cast Rate
111-222 Magic Damage
150% Bonus to Attack Rating
+3 to Warcries (Barbarian Only)
) Madawcâs Prophecy [Palette shift to red]
Unique Guardian Crown
+1 to Combat Skills (Barbarian Only)
+1 to Warcries (Barbarian Only)
20% Increased Attack Speed
10% Faster Run/Walk
10% Enhanced Damage
25% Chance to Cast Inner Sight On Attack
+3 to Shout
+2 to Double Throw
+2 to Throwing Mastery
Sorceress Items:
) Enchantress [Palette shift to white: Diamonds!]
Unique Diamond Mail
+1 to Sorceress Skill Levels
130% Enhanced Defense
30% Faster Cast Rate
+35 to Dexterity
-15 to Vitality
Increase Maximum Mana by 10%
+2 to Fire Mastery (Sorceress Only)
+2 to Cold Mastery (Sorceress Only)
+2 to Lightning Mastery (Sorceress Only)
+5 to Enchant (Sorceress Only) [yay]
) Spellprism [Palette shift to gold, though unnecessary]
+1 to Sorceress Skill Levels
All Resistances +30
Magic Damage Reduced by 15-20
+20% to Cold Damage
+20% to Fire Damage
+20% to Lightning Damage
) Rod of the Vizjerei [Palette Shift to Red] [As you can see, this would be a nice alternative to the Occy; Iâd use this, because the teleport chance is too deadly and irritating on the Occulus, and I like the chance to get a minion. The minion doesnât make the sorceress overpowered, because it has fleeing AI, not melee AI. It makes her overly cool, though. Heh. I didnât feel the need to make a trade-off on the sorceress weapon because I feel sheâs very handicapped in v1.10 compared to other characters, in terms of versatility and power (you have to choose either specialty+effectiveness or versatility+weakness, which slaps the faces of my beloved trielementalists). Except for the teleport aspect of the Occulus, it is the more defensive sorceress weapon when compared to this one.]
Unique Dimensional Shard
+3 to Sorceress Skill Levels
+10% Resist All
60% Faster Caster Rate
-10% Enemy Cold Resistance
-10% Enemy Fire Resistance
-10% Enemy Cold Resistance
5% Reanimate As: Vizjerei [a new subclass Iâd like made for this item, of the âZakarum Priestâ class, including Hierophants, Cantors, and Sextons. Basically they could be âVizjereiâ in name only, and just be regular reanimated âHierophants.â Theyâd be lovely spell support, and not tanks, which would be a bit unbalanced, Iâd say]
+1 to Telekinesis [Can you say âgoodbye obligatory lightning investmentâ?]
+1 to Teleport
+1 to Energy Shield
) Vortexcloud [Palette shift to blue]
Unique Vortex Orb [Vortex Cloud, Vortex Orb; me = sucker for themes as you well know]
+2 to Lightning Skills (Sorceress Only)
+2 to Cold Skills (Sorceress Only)
+25 to Energy
-20% Fire Resistance
-10% Enemy Lightning Resistance
-10% Enemy Cold Resistance
100% Chance to Cast Level 1 Fist of the Heavens when Struck
+5 to Thunderstorm (Sorceress Only)
+5 to Blizzard (Sorceress Only)
Paladin Items:
) Faraâs Vision
Unique Armet
+1 to Paladin Skill Levels
175% Enhanced Defense
Ignores Target Defense
10% Increased Attack Speed
15% Chance to Cast Level 9 Inner Sight When Struck
+7 to Light Radius
Level 5 Blessed Aim When Equipped
+2 to Offensive Auras (Paladin Only)
) Path of Light [Palette shift to gold]
Unique Mirrored Boots [Mirrors. Light. Cheese!]
170% Enhanced Defense
+30 Defense vs. Demons
+30 Defense vs. Undead
30% Faster Run/Walk
+1 to Paladin Skills
-1 to Necromancer Skills [no soup for you! Not that theyâd wear these anyway, but hey, itâs the theme]
+20% Enhanced Damage vs. Demons
+20% Enhanced Damage vs. Undead
+15% to Magic Damage [Would benefit Blessed Hammer, Sanctuaryâs pulse damage, Holy Bolt, Fist of the Heavens, Berserk, and Magic Arrow, I believe. And Bone Spirit/Spear and Teeth, if a Necro were so inclined⦠having the â1 skills is rather unsavory though]
Level 1 Prayer When Equipped [aw, how righteous. I donât think itâs overpowered but someone can contest]
+20% Requirements [I think that the damage and skill increase from simple boots is too good without a trade-off. Plus, extremely pious people usually need to work hard to delude themselves, I mean, maintain strong faith]
) Crusaderâs Instruction
Unique Crusader Gauntlets
100-150% Enhanced Defense
2% Mana Stolen Per Hit
10% Chance of Deadly Strike
+75 to Attack Rating
+1 to Combat Skills (Paladin Only)
) Clericâs Contemplation [Palette shift to gold]
Unique Sacred Targe
+3 to Combat Skills (Paladin Only)
125% Enhanced Defense
40% Faster Cast Rate
+5% to Magic Damage
50% Chance to Cast Level 13 Slow Missiles When Struck
+3 to Meditation
) Benediction [Palette shift to gold]
Unique Seraph Rod
+1 to Paladin Skill Levels
20% Faster Cast Rate
Increased Maximum Mana 10%
+5% to Experience Gained
-100% Requirements
+2 to Combat Skills (Paladin Only)
) Halbuâs Faith [Palette shift to white]
Unique Loricated Mail
+1 to Paladin Skill Levels
+25% Resist Fire
+20% Resist Lightning
Replenish Life +15
Damage Reduced by 15-17
+5% Requirements
+7 to Prayer [Intended to be good for either Paladins (though Iâm aware of the +3 only feature), regular characters, and hopefully Mercs, though Iâm not sure if this feature would benefit them]
Druid Items:
[Blizzard: Please make Hurricane useable in shifted form. How would that be unbalancing? It would only be good⦠and make many more people play the druid; you score stylistic points through the roof.] [Similar to the Barbarian, guess which character subclass I champion]
) Oakenthorn [Palette shift to green]
Unique Bramble Mitts
150% Enhanced Defense
+15% to Poison Damage
46-78 Poison Damage over 12 Seconds
10% Increased Attack Speed
Attacker Takes Damage of (4 Per Character Level) 4-396 (Based On Character Level)
+3 to Rabies (Druid Only)
+5 to Poison Creeper (Druid Only)
) Grove God [Palette shift to green; yay!] [Character Level 85 Required]
Unique Shadow Plate
+200% Enhanced Defense
+2 to Druid Skills
30% Faster Cast Rate
+40 to Vitality
+70% Poison Resistance
+50% Cold Resistance
Damage Reduced by 15%
-40% Fire Resistance [The forest isnât too resistant to fire or lightning]
-30% Lightning Resistance
-50% Requirements
+2 to Elemental Skills (Druid Only)
+3 to Oak Sage (Druid Only)
+2 to Carrion Vine (Druid Only)
) Forestlord [Palette shift to green] [My favorite, favorite theme item!]
Unique Shillelagh [Blizzard couldnât have made a more perfect druid base item]
+3 to Druid Skills
250% Enhanced Damage
+ (2 Per Character Level) 2-198 Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)
Ignores Targetâs Defense
30% Faster Cast Rate
100% Enhanced Defense
) Sunstorm [Palette shift to gold] [intended for elementalists; why have a Jalalâs Mane + Shapeshifting Skills and no equivalent for the other trees? Same instance with Arreatâs face + Combat Skills and the other class specifics]
Unique Sun Spirit
+1 to Druid Skills
150% Enhanced Defense
60-97 Fire Damage
+20% Resist All
30% Faster Cast Rate
Regenerate Mana +30%
+3 to Elemental Skills (Druid Only)
+2 to Armageddon
Runewords
1) Adept Novice
HelShaelKoElSol (5 Socket Maces/Staves)
+13 to All Active Level 1 Skills [No masteries or summons are affected]
+170-190% Enhanced Damage
+19 to Minimum Damage
+35 to Dexterity
20% Increased Attack Speed
30% Faster Cast Rate
-10% Damage to Unique Monsters
+100 to Attack Rating
+1 to Light Radius
Requirements â20%
[The next two, Divinity and Dominion would be virtually IMPOSSIBLE to make. Way worse than Breath of the Dying. But imagine how glorious it would be to assemble them! Assembling and equipping the pair would give a set-like bonus graphic of glowing wings to the character (similar to Hadriel, in the River of Flame) and grant Level 1 Energy shield activated at all times]
2) Divinity
BerIoJahFalChamZod (6 Socket Armor) [yes, I know there is no 6 socket armor. Is there a chance my items would ever be made? Yep, thatâs the point.]
+300% Enhanced Defense
+100 Defense
+3 to All Skills
+50% to Maximum Life
+20 Strength
+20 Vitality
Damage reduced by 50%
1% Chance to Cast Level 20 Whirlwind When Struck
10% Chance to Cast Level 13 Armageddon When Struck
50% Chance to Cast Level 13 Fist of the Heavens When Struck
Level 13 Thunderstorm When Equipped
Level 7 Salvation When Equipped
Level 1 Fade When Equipped
+10 to Holy Bolt
Cannot Be Frozen
Indestructible
3) Dominion
OhmShaelLoMalZodEth (6 Socket Weapons)
+3 to All Skill Levels
+450% Enhanced Damage
100-250 Magic Damage
+50% Increased Attack Speed
50% Faster Cast Rate
+30% Deadly Strike
-50% Targetâs Defense
50% Chance to Cast Level 1 Mindblast on Attack
+1 to Convert
Increase Maximum Mana 50%
Prevent Monster Heal
Ignores Targetâs Defense
Indestructible
4) Queen
JahUmSur (3 Socket Crown/Circlet)
+3 to All Skills
Increase Maximum Life 30%
Increase Maximum Mana 30%
+30 to All Attributes
All Resistances +30
[Can only be worn by female characters]
[Edit1: typos, Unless: suggestion for Gotterdamnerung's resistance aspects, Pren: Divinity's sockets address]
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