CapnJohn,Jan 25 2004, 10:40 AM Wrote:...does that mean when it says King's Grace only works in Swords and Scepters, I can also use it in a War Scepter?Yes, and it's more effective in a War Scepter than in a Scepter or Grand Scepter-- the average damage is slightly higher than the Grand Scepter's, and the speed is considerably quicker.
You'll be happy to know that suitable three-socket War Scepters can be purchased from Ormus [EDIT: Not Drognan, as I originally wrote :(] in Act III-- but only by a character of level 19 or less. (For characters 20 and above, Ormus displays only Magical items, and rune words do not work in Magical, Rare, Set, or Unique items.) Since you're not concerned with Paladin skills, they'll be cheap, too. B) A word of caution: Rune words in "Superior" items can be quite expensive to repair...
The Black and Honor rune words are very much worth your attention also-- but they're much harder to assemble. The Io rune required for Black is sufficiently rare that there's a good chance you'll find a suitable Exceptional or even Elite three-socket weapon by the time you have the rune. I personally would not consider putting Black in a Normal weapon; a Knout seems about right. Honor has the opposite problem: The runes are easy, but five-socket weapons don't spawn in Normal difficulty, and are, shall we say, less than common in Nightmare. JustAGuy's Divine Scepter is an outstanding chassis for Honor (much better than my Honor Flamberge! <_< Hey, it was the first five-socket weapon I ever saw...), and an Honor Knout would be effective as well.
Zyr