my attempts to shift those old things (again, they're near-first-quest-tier in age or possibly older- artefacts such as 'Shadow Element' are notable here) to more reasonable formats! (Parts in green are my 'best guess' as to what should be in there/if they should be Unique or not). I won't try adding to them where I'm not confident (eg, putting in stat bonuses where there are none, adding gold amounts), but I'll do my best to otherwise fill in the gaps. Note that some of the gold values are wibbly for those that have them.
The Mysterious Lord Excelsior's Drops
*Excelsius Blade- (Weapon, Sword, Technology, # Gold) +608 Melee Attack, +5% Critical, Wielder's 'Melee Attack' actions may use STR or AGI as their Prime Attribute
*Photos Merrys- (Weapon, Sword, Light & Technology, # Gold) +516 Melee Attack, 2 hits against 1, Wielder's 'Melee Attack' actions may use STR or AGI as their Prime Attribute
*Kammordion- (Weapon, Sword, Darkness, # Gold) +602 Melee Attack, Wielder's 'Melee Attack' actions may use STR or AGI as their Prime Attribute
*Zaphyris- (Weapon, Sword, Air, # Gold) +302 Melee Attack, 3 hits against 1, Wielder's 'Melee Attack' actions may use STR or AGI as their Prime Attribute
From what I've seen of the 'oldest' weapons, these were incredibly powerful by their standards. They've not aged well, some nice multi-hit aside, but I figure they'd likely have become Uniques if they were ever picked up and made it through the forum-shifts to today.
Energy Blade- (Weapon, Sword, Technology, # Gold) +102 Melee Attack, Wielder's 'Melee Attack' actions may use STR or AGI as their Prime Attribute
This one, on the other hand, is much more generic.
*Verioxis Cannon- (Weapon, Gun, <Element>, # Gold) +606 Ranged Attack, 6 hits against 1, Wielder's 'Ranged Attack' actions use AGI as their Prime Attribute
Not sure what element would be appropriate here, but likely one of the original base elements.
Tome of Fifth Seal- (Permanent Consumable, Grimoire, <Element>, 1 Charge, # Gold) Teaches user "Fifth Seal" if user pays 25,000 XP
Tome of Ending Verse- (Permanent Consumable, Grimoire, <Element>, 1 Charge, # Gold) Teaches user "Ending Verse" if user pays 75,000 XP
Datacube: Paradox Ray- (Permanent Consumable, Datacube, <Element>, 1 Charge, # Gold) Teaches user "Paradox Ray"
Datacube is a lost item type! If it's not going to make a comeback, however, then it'll likely be an Enchanted Item, although I could also see it being a Source, depending on whether Datacubes were meant to be single-use or renewable. The only other Paradox item is Magic & Time element, but I'm not sure if Time was even a thing back then.
Datacube: Torrent of Energy- (Permanent Consumable, Datacube, Technology, 1 Charge, # Gold) Teaches user "Torrent of Energy"
This was before Energy as an element and before Energy as the Earth/Air/Fire/Water mix. Older 'energy' stuff was Technology element, so this gets that.
*Lumini Armor- (Armor, <Armor Type>, <Element>, # Gold) +70 Defense, +10% Technology Resistance, +10% Magic Resistance, +1% HP, Poison Immunity
This one's aged astonishingly well, considering. No idea what armour type it would be without knowing more about Excelsior.
*Lumini Gauntlets- (Accessory, Gauntlets, <Element>, # Gold) +25 Defense, +10 Melee Attack, +5% Technology Resistance, +5% Magic Resistance
*Lumini Boots- (Accessory, Boots, <Element>, # Gold) +20 Defense, +5% Fire Resistance
In fact, the whole Lumini set's come through rather well. The name suggests Light element, but Excelsior seems to be heavily Technology-focused, too. Either one or both would likely work.
Mirage Cape- (Accessory, Cloak, Magic, # Gold) +25 Defense, +20 AGI, Possessor's opponents gain -5% To Hit when targeting possessor
Depending on its intended power, it could be Illusion today, but this is old-school so Magic it is.
Old Enemy Drops
Drop of Magic Honey- (Consumable, Food, Earth, 1 Charge, # Gold)- Heals 20 HP and 20 MP
A tenth of the power of the Jar of Magic Honey, and likely just the one charge. I don't see this breaking 1,000 Gold.
Petrified Vine- (Accessory, Magic Item, Earth, # Gold) +1 Defense against Earth, +1% Petrified Resistance
On the one hand, it used to drop from the Vinefiend and has a very low defense bonus. On the other, Petrified resistance. Tricky to price.
Necromancer's Knife- (Weapon, Knife, Darkness, 300 Gold) +3 Melee Attack, +1 Magical Attack
Lost Shop Items
Beam Saber- (Weapon, Sword, Technology, 5,000 Gold) +20 Melee Attack, +1% Critical
Great Axe- (Weapon*2, Axe, Physical, 1,000 Gold) +8 Melee Attack
Handgun- (Weapon, Gun,, Technology, 1,500 Gold) +9 Ranged Attack
Katana- (Weapon, Sword, Physical, 1,000 Gold) +6 Melee Attack
Medium Shield- (Weapon, Shield, Physical, 500 Gold) +3 Defense
Sniper Rifle (2)- (Weapon, Gun, Technology, 2,500 Gold) +15 Ranged Attack, +5% Critical
There's already a Sniper Rifle, but this was noted as distinct from that due to the added Critical bonus. Probably needs a value-bump.)
Short Sword- (Weapon, Sword, Physical, 300 Gold) +3 Melee Attack
Shurikens- (Weapon, Throwing Weapon, Physical, 700 Gold) +5 Ranged Attack
Bulletproof Vest- (Armor, Light Armor, Physical, 500 Gold)- +4 Defense
This was pre-weapon-subtype-defense, I believe. Then again, at that price, it's unlikely to have anything so specialised)
Amulet of Pure Spirit- (Accessory, Amulet, <Element>, 5,000 Gold) Stat Drain: SPI Drain Immunity
This might have been intended to flat-deny Drain damage on SPI, but that's a little too powerful for its price)
Antique Pocketwatch- (Accessory, Trinket, <Element>, 7,000 Gold) Impaired: Slow Immunity
Bell of the Everclear- (Accessory, Trinket, <Element>, 5,000 Gold) Impaired: Silence Immunity
Boots of Dexterous Movement- (Accessory, Boots, <Element>, 5,000 Gold) Stat Drain: AGI Drain Immunity
Bracers of Unstoppable Force- (Accessory, Wristwear, <Element>, 5,000 Gold) Stat Drain: STR Drain Immunity
Cloak of the Eternal Warrior- (Accessory, Cloak, <Element>, 10,000 Gold) +1% XP gained after battle
A scaled-down Proof of Conquest without the value-killing downside.
Heartless Broach- (Accessory, Broach, <Element>, 7,000 Gold)- Charm Immunity
Merchant Baron's Ring- (Accessory, Ring, <Element>, 10,000 Gold) +1% Gold gained after battle
Precisely scaled-down Trophy Seal.
Mirror of Reflection- (Accessory, Magic Item, <Element>, 7,000 Gold)- Petrify Immunity
Way more powerful now, especially for its value, than it was then. Presumably this was pre-status-effect-tiers.
Ring of Clear Thought- (Accessory, Ring, <Element>, 5,000 Gold) Confusion Immunity
Ring of Movement- (Accessory, Ring, <Element>, 5,000 Gold) Paralysis Immunity
Ring of Stout Body- (Accessory, Ring, <Element>, 5,000 Gold) Stat Drain: CON Drain Immunity
Serpant's Ring- (Accessory, Ring, <Element>, 2,000 Gold) Poison Immunity
Spectacles of True Sight- (Accessory, Eyewear, <Element>, 5,000 Gold) Impaired: Blind Immunity
Stone of Incalculable Thought- (Accessory, Amulet, <Element>, 5,000 Gold) Stat Drain: MIN Drain Immunity
Oddities wrote:Mind's Circlet- (Accessory, Crown,, <Element>, 10,000 Gold) Spell Lock Immunity
Again, I'm assuming Spell Lock was intended to be its own thing, like the status effect I came up with in Seirei. It's distinct from Silence, which already has its own counter-accessory, and is rather more valuable by back-then standards
Gauntlet of the Warlord- (Accessory, Gauntlets,, <Element>, 10,000 Gold) Physical Binding Immunity
Notably distinct from Paralysis, much as the Mind's Circlet with Spell Lock was distinct from Silence. A similar value-jump, too. I can't tell if spells were originally intended to be split between 'magical' spells and 'physical' spell-like abilities- in which case this would be redundant and taken care of by Spell Lock immunity- or if Physical Binding was meant to work on Abilities, or perhaps something else, like Move Rows actions.
Aqua Bolt- (Spell, Elemental Magic, Water, 20 MP, 1,000 Gold) +7 Magical Attack
Alternatively, Wizard Magic, like most of the subsequent Elemental Magic on this list. The current Wizard Magic list has equal-attack-but-cheaper-MP variants.
Cure- (Spell, Healer Magic, Light, 15 MP, 1,000 Gold) +3 Magical Attack, Heals
Energy Orb- (Spell, Force Magic, Technology, 20 MP, 1,000 Gold) +7 Magical Attack
Force Magic needs some love, even if this is rather overpriced for it and potentially the wrong element. Magic, perhaps? Alternatively, Hypertech.
Flying Stones- (Spell, Elemental Magic, Earth, 20 MP, 1,000 Gold) +7 Magical Attack
Ice Strike- (Spell, Elemental Magic, Ice, 20 MP, 1,000 Gold) +7 Magical Attack
Laser Beam- (Spell, Hypertech, Technology, 20 MP, 1,000 Gold) +7 Ranged Attack
Rather than have a convoluted 'can't inflict Magic Damage', I thought it simpler to just make it a Ranged spell.
Shadow Strike- (Spell, Wizard Magic, Darkness, 20MP, 1,000 Gold) +7 Magical Attack
Touch of Acid- (Spell, Wizard Magic, Acid, 20MP, 1,000 Gold) +7 Magical Attack
Wind Slash- (Spell, Elemental Magic, Air, 20 MP, 1,000 Gold) +7 Magical Attack
Cure Potion (2)- (Consumable, Potion, Magic, 1 Charge, 100 Gold) Heals 100 HP
Flaming Oil- (Consumable, Potion, Fire, 1 Charge, 500 Gold) Deals 100 Flat Fire Damage
Grenade- (Consumable, Lethal Item, Technology & Fire, 1 Charge, Deals 200 Flat Fire & Technology Damage
Rather than having two different sets of damage applied twice...
Heal Potion- (Consumable, Potion, Magic, 1 Charge, 100 Gold) Cures Poison
Knockout Gas Grenade- (Consumable, Lethal Item, Technology & Air, 1 Charge, 800 Gold) 50% Inflicts Fatigued: Asleep
Mana Crystal- (Consumable, Enchanted Item, Air, 1 Charge, 800 Gold) Heals 100 MP
Medical Kit- (Consumable, Medicine, Technology, 1 Charge, 800 Gold) Heals 100 MP, Cures Poison
The Periodic Variance Cannon
Presumably a potential insta-kill in its day, it's now a hilariously weak, crippled weapon by today's standards. This one... is a bit of a weird one to bring up to modern standards, simply because the system's now different.
Version 1: Straight Conversion of Fail wrote:*Periodic Variance Cannon- (Weaponx2, Gun, <Element>, 15,000 Gold) Weilder's "Ranged Attack" actions deal -5,000-5,000 Flat <Element> Damage in place of the normal damage, weilder may not use any other equipment or items in conjuncton with this weapon when taking actions or generating effects that are considered "attacks", weilder may not use this weapon for actions that are not "Melee Attack", "Magical Attack" or "Ranged Attack" actions, weilder may choose, at any point in battle, to blank out this item's text
Basically it's gone from a potential 'kill anything' button to 'You can't use any weapons, spells, accessories or non-default ability attacks. While interesting to see against today's items, this is pretty much now in straight-up Cursed Item territory. Unless it can be built up enough to drastically increase that damage range. As a note, it didn't have a 'turn back on' function in the original text, which I've maintained here.
First Quest Rewards
*VonDurion Crossbow- (Weapon, Bow, <Element>, # Gold) +20 Melee Attack, 10% 2 hits against 1
*Hunter's Scimitar- (Weapon, Sword, <Element>, # Gold) +27 Melee Attack
Notably, VonDurion's other piece of signature equipment- the Hunter's Whip- is an artifact. I made these uniques at the very least to reflect the guy's weirdo-good gear.
Globe Bolt (Spell, Wizard Magic, <Element>, 5 MP, #Gold) +15 Magical Attack
Reinforced Leather Armor- (Armor, Light Armor, Earth, #Gold) +10 Defense
Miscellaneous Items
Betherion-Charged Laser Rifle- (Weapon, Gun, Technology, # Gold) +12 Ranged Attack, +1% Critical
Stone Armor- (Armor, Grand Armor, Earth, # Gold) +15 Defense, -29 AGI, Weilder must possess 120 STR or else has a 1% chance of failing to act each round
*Entrarum Orbs- (Spell, Psychic Power, Psychic, 350 MP, # Gold) +50 Magical Attack, 3 Hits against 1
Came from a unique enemy who had this as a signature attack, hence interpreted as unique.
Miscellaneous Combos and Results
Wind Blade + Shadow Essence + Heartless Broach = Byrmathis (No Ability)
Byrmathis- (Weapon, Sword, Darkness, # Gold) + 12 Melee Attack Power, +2 Magical Attack, Charm immunity
Fishbone Spear + Shadow Essence = Bane Talon (No Ability)
Bane Talon- (Weaponx2, Spear, Darkness, #Gold) +15 Melee Attack, 50% Inflicts Poison
Drop of Magic Honey + Rare Cheese + Exotic Spice + Alchemist's Stone = Feast Potion (No Ability)
Feast Potion- (Consumable, Potion, <Element>, # Gold) +1,500 HP
Alchemist's Stone seems to have vanished into the void somewhere. I can't find an example. Probably an Antiquity or Material. Exotic Spice, however...
Exotic Spice- (Consumable, Food, <Element>, 350 Gold) +100 HP, Cures Confusion and Paralysis
Beam Saber + 5 Hypertech Crystal + Programming Augmentation + Technomancy Ability = Energy Sword (No Ability)
Energy Sword- (Weapon, Sword, Technology, # Gold) +150 Melee Attack, +2% Critical
Hypertech Crystal and Programming Augmentation have likewise vanished into the mists of time. Likely a Material and Antiquity, respectively. Given the sword's power relative to everything else at the time, the crystals may have been Technology Crystals instead.
Broken Blade + Villain's Seal = *Baneshadow (No Ability) (First Time Only)
*Baneshadow- (Weapon, Sword, Darkness, # Gold) +20 Melee Attack, +12 to all stats, +5% Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Light Resistance, +12% Darkness Resistance, +3% Critical, Opponents gain -1% To Hit
Interesting note- Despite having 'Dark' Resistance, the weapon's element was noted as 'Shadow'. I've put both as Darkness for now.