My Dark Elf Merchant found a wooden shield (+3) [+6, +4) today in the small cave. It's the biggest outlier of an item that I can remember finding so now I'm wondering how close it is to the best possible stats for the item
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Is this the best wooden shield possible?
My Dark Elf Merchant found a wooden shield (+3) [+6, +4) today in the small cave. It's the biggest outlier of an item that I can remember finding so now I'm wondering how close it is to the best possible stats for the item
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Yes, it is indeed the best possible variation. +3 is the maximum bonus to the base stats.
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More variation is possible at higher DLs. Wishing at DL 50 produced some wooden shields with up to 7 DV, 7 PV, and +4 to-hit. +/- 3 is a pretty good rule of thumb though and seems to hold true at DL 1.Originally Posted by Cactus
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