I think I may have got myself stuck

[Akimbo]

Boots of the Mystic didn't appeal to me much, but I had a whole set of snake/spider based items which I used to great effect earlier in the game. I also picked up a lot of pirate/robber based items but never really tried them out

Looking at the list of boots ( funnily enough the Bronze boots arn't on there :-/ ) the "best" are probably:

Kerian Shoes - +3 defense ( meh )
Knight's Boots - +300 Leadership +5 to the Defense of Swordsmen, Guardsmen, Horsemen, and Knights ( would make me consider humans in my army :S )
Twinkling Boots - 15% physical reduction

[Ryastar]

The ogre sandals are pretty good. +2 def is ok, but the real bonus is +1 speed to ogres and giants. This doubles the speed of giants, turning them from a slow tank that doesn't die but also can be tough to actually get into combat to one that is easy to get into combat. It also means that you are one square closer to enemies, so earthquake does more damage.

[Thisismyusername]

MasqueradeCry just press shift and ~ when the screen comes up type money <#>. So money 100000 should give you 100k gold.

[Elwin]

but thats cheating ...

[Akimbo]

Originally Posted by Thisismyusername

MasqueradeCry just press shift and ~ when the screen comes up type money <#>. So money 100000 should give you 100k gold.

I get that much from 2-4 ( possibly 5 ) chests.