Top 5 favourite items in your game

[maltz]

(1) Dragon slayer sword (weapon)

+5 attack AND +50% damage to dragons. Makes many fights a lot easier. One guaranteed sword from the Darion tournament.

(2) Telescope (Artifact)

Telescope + 2 elven hunter/archer = happiness

(3) Rage Predator (Artifact)

Every turn converts 5 points of rage into mana.
Suddenly all the difficult fights become nearly 0-loss cakes.

(4) Elven crown (Helmet)

There are also pretty good alternatives such as the Tournament Helmet, Dwarf's Search light helmet, etc. If you have the telescope better wear the crown, too.

(5) +20 mana painting (Artifact)

Mana is always in short supply - this guaranteed painting is essential.