Lore Item Placeable
Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY
This item is placeable in yards, guild yards, houses and guild halls.
STA: +9 MANA: +45
WT: 2.5 Size: SMALL
Class: NEC WIZ MAG ENC
Race: ALL
Slot 1, Type 7 (General: Group)
Book of Twilight
Lore Item Placeable
Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY
This item is placeable in yards, guild yards, houses and guild halls.
STA: +9 MANA: +45
WT: 2.5 Size: SMALL
Class: NEC WIZ MAG ENC
Race: ALL
Slot 1, Type 7 (General: Group)
At level 50 every 1 point of int or wis gives you 10 mana. This item at level 50 is the equivalent of 4.5 int. I believe the rule now is that you can have 10 mana per 1 int/wis all the way up to 255 int/wis. If that is a true fact then it will be pretty easy to determine which items are better based on stat bonus vs. +mana.
Cone of mystics and Stein of Moggok would be 2 cheap yet powerful caster items at level 50.... provided you can't get something more uber :).... this thing would be good to twink a level 1 for the tasty mana it would give :)
One int does equal 10 mana at 50, before the 200 cap. However after 200 the bonus is cut in half, so at 50th you get 5 mana per int. At 60th it's 12/6. Now keeping this in mind, most of the time 10mana is worth more than 1int. You can get to the 200 soft cap pretty easy, so try for mana gear over int gear and it'll pay off in the long run.
Int casters overrate intellegence completly. Maybe whoever explained the game to them told them to consetrate on int or something, not sure. But for a pre 25 caster, int is basically worthless. SO you get 8 more mana, means nothing.
At level 10 this item will essentially be like giving yourself an extra 22 int! At level 50 its worth about 10 int, stein of moggok is 10 int. Oh lesse you've had that stein since level 8 or so, think its time to upgrade? And also mana items will give you mana you can use even when you are drunk =)
The idea behind replacing items once you reach 200 int is to replace the lower int items. Most hand items are going to be 10+ int (stein of moggok, epic weapons, etc.) When you hit 200 and you have a choice between replacing a +5 int earring with a +35 mana earring or replacing a +10 int stein with a +45 mana book, it's a no brainer.
also a nice twink item as well. the stamina is nice for higher level necros as well (more hp equals more mana, hehe) and is nice for any caster really.