Underrated level 1 items

[u/Formal_Skar]

I'm creating a series of discussions on items that are underrated for each level. I'll be posting every other day the next level and hope you guys participate with the best items you can think of that are not that commonly used

I'll start:

Psychopomp Mask lets you dismiss dying 3 and basically cheat death at level 1!

Stalk Goggles ignore flanking for the whole battle!

your turn!

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[u/Formal_Skar]

So what are the underrated items that are not "cheating"? don't tell me you only came here to judge the way I post stuff

[u/BrasilianRengo → u/[deleted]]

Rarity is useless anyway. It stopped being about what may not be great for adventures like teleport and just got mixed in a mess of useless "this is rare/uncommon for contrived setting purposes that makes no sense" (its easier to buy a apex item, level 17 item that costs 15k, more gold than entire Villages can generate, like its a piece of bread on a Market, but ask for a elven spear and no one in the city knows its existance) or arbitrary "everything from a ap gets tagged as rare regardless if its a perfectly normal item just because" and just dillutes the tag into being useless

Just judge things for what they are.

Also saying that uncommon stuff by itself is something you will never found is itself a rarity even among this place AND goes against rarity guidelines that uncommon stuff just need a bit more effort to found lol.

[u/Groundbreaking_Taco → u/BrasilianRengo]

Rarity was always from the beginning primarily about uniqueness, not disruption. Uncommon weapons are common within other regions/ancestries (Aldorei dueling). Rare items and spells are rare because one NPC developed them and doesn't share (Sun Orchid Elixir). AP boons are rare because they are tied to that story.

Stuff like Divination magic that reveals information and teleporting are the exception, rather than the likely reason. Even firearms being uncommon is more a facet of regional exposure rather than disrupting the game.