Spider army?

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Crown of Blackthorn. Nice item, because you can wear it to slow down the rate at which your Rage dissipates.
[I had one game where after every battle I would go over to the Hero screen and change like five different things--put on Blackthorn (to slow down Rage loss), switch to the two Gold Rings and Cloak of Archmage (higher max mana == higher mana recovered), and so on--and then *before* the next battle I would have to go through another wardrobe change to get into my action clothes (put on the Crystal Helm for damage, switch to the Rage Eater and Dead Skull instead of the Gold Rings, et cetera).]

Originally Posted by namad

except it loses morale because all those summoned stacks of thorns die and i think the way morale works on that item is anytime a stack of thorns die -morale and anytime none die in a battle +morale? not sure any confirmation?

What's the worry? All that means is that you get the opportunity to face another Keeper battle, increasing your chances for experience gain. My current game I think I'm using five (5) different things with morale-based Keeper battles: the two (2) Staves of the Great Druid (weapon) I mentioned yesterday, Tactics Treatise (artifact), Robber boots, and Cloak of the Archmage (armor). And if I could track down one or more Snake Rings, I would happily switch to those, too.