Most Iconic & Unique Items in RPG History

[0sacred]

El's Drinker from Dark Sun.

The Amulet of Balance from Ultima VII Serpent Isle.

Bloodlust from Wizardry 8 (so good early on you want to spec your party to use it)

 

[Desiderius]

The Precious

 

[DraQ]

Boots of Blinding Speed from Morrowind.

Yeah it increases your speed by 200 and makes you super fucking fast, faster even than if you maxed out your speed stat naturally.

But it also makes you blind and your screen turns black.

BUT you can equip items that grant magic resistance, then put on the boots, and the negative effect will be blocked.

BoBs are the perfect scrub detector:
Why even look at them* if you can make your own Icarian Daedalian Flight spell/item?

*

Technically in an un-MCP'd blindness erroneously boosted rather than debuffed to-hit, but eh.

Also, they have a fairly JF-specific drawback:

Spoiler

They are boots.

 

[c u in da ballpit ashren]

https://baldursgate.fandom.com/wiki/Bottle_of_Wine_(Durlag's_Tower)

"This wine was obtained after placing the eerily glowing grapes in the winepress and starting the engine. When you breathe deeply, memories of lost loves come rushing back and you find your eyes filling with tears."

It does absolutely nothing, I just love the description of it. Simple things like this stand out to me.

 

[d1r]

Scroll of Icarian Flight from Morrowind

It was just mindblowing to see that it was possible to jump over half of the game world.

 

[ValeVelKal]

Hoe of destruction.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Severed Arm (Yours)

 

[Catacombs]

Lilarcor

I recently picked up this bad boy

 

[Outlander]

The cursed Girdle of Femininity and Masculinity, a rare yet oft-discussed magical item, is wrought with a most powerful magic. Anyone unfortunate enough to secure it around their waist instantly finds their gender to be transformed. It is said that not fifty years past, a nameless court jester was beheaded for presenting the girdle as a gift to Duke Lobelahn's lover.

 

[Lady Error]

 

[DaveO]

For me, it will always be the +7 greatsword in Alvis' tower in the Eternal Dagger game. Sure, it only does physical damage. But that 28 cut damage is very hard to resist and the only other sword you can get is one that does fire damage. This is decent, but there are plenty of ways to burn your enemies using fireball with your mages.

 

[Moaning_Clock]

Scroll of Icarian Flight from Morrowind

came here to write the same. That was just really fun

Skyrim has instead iconic Cheese Wheels and Sweet Rolls. Yeah.

 

[octavius]

The Dragonlance, maybe.

 

[octavius]

For me it was the Mentor's Ring from Morrowind. It was a genre-defining item for me from the first open world sandbox crpg I played. Finding that ring for the first time showed so tangibly that there are items of tremendous power out there, and all I have to do is to go out there and find them.

Very rewarding to follow up that rumour in Seyda Neen and actually find that ring. One of many nice experiences from when I still loved Morrowind.

However, I would still say that the most iconic item in rpg history must be the Stone of Jordan from Diablo 2. Really, has there ever been an item that had a similar meaning to almost an entire generation of gamers?

I completed D2 with all classes on Hell and never saw a SoJ. An entire generation of gamers must have been doing a tremendous amount of farming (or duping), or maybe I just used the wrong patch (1.09)?

 

[Thal]

I completed D2 with all classes on Hell and never saw a SoJ. An entire generation of gamers must have been doing a tremendous amount of farming (or duping), or maybe I just used the wrong patch (1.09)?

Yes this was actually one of my points. I was also talking about battle.net mainly. In the early years, esp. before LoD, SoJ was almost a mythical item due to it's power and rarity (mechanics for spawning it weren't widely know). I would say it was definitely the most sought after item, perhaps aside from dual-leech rings, but only dupers and those in the know seemed to have one. So it was at the same time used as a currency, but a large part of the playerbase never had even a single one, including me. I didn't possess one for many years, and by then you already had runewords and whatnot.

 

[DDZ]

>What are the most interesting and unique items you've come across
Knights of the Chalice 2:
Darkheart:

Belt of the Battle Skill:

Polar Dagger:

Xiphon:

I especially love Belt of Battle Skill for my monk! No more medium BAB for me, no sir!

Why does this have 4 brofists, this post is obviously a joke right? Did people give joke brofists? What is going on, what is real???

 

[Vladimuar]

 

[RPK]

that's the item that made me finally throw in the towel on the stupid "humor" and quit that game.

 

[ferratilis]

Moonlight Greatsword, an iconic item appearing in almost all FromSoft RPGs in some form, going all the way back to King's Field.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Lockpicks.

 

[Bumvelcrow]

Lilarcor is the sentient weapon

 

[Ol' Willy]

El's Drinker from Dark Sun. Good damage and leeches HP from enemies.

Axe of the Lost Time from Arcanum. Slowest weapon ever - 1 speed; insane max damage - 6-72, but fluctuates wildly; also can haste enemies or allies. Very cool to use.

Bangellian Scourge from Arcanum. Awesome damage, casts Harm, Lightning and Quench Life, but drops your karma to the minimum. The sword with a backstory.

 

[Radiane]

Definitely one of the most iconic items ever: Always a great joy to behold when you grab em the one and only that makes you strong:

 

[Sykar]

Lilarcor

I recently picked up this bad boy

EE, ewwww.

 

[Sykar]

Godly Plate of the Whale.

Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac!