Random Goblin dropped Medium Shield +1

SomeSort

Today I was taking a freshly-imported archer through Chateau Irenicus and, to my surprise, one of the goblins in the first hallway dropped a Medium Shield +1. I have no idea how many times I did Chateau Irenicus on BG2, but it had to be more than 30, (and would have been higher had I not discovered Dungeon-Be-Gone). This is now my sixth trip through in BG2EE. To my knowledge, this is the first time I have ever seen any of those goblins drop anything other than gold or some junk gems/scrolls.

Is this something they were always able to do, albeit extremely rarely? Is this a new BG2EE feature? A fortunate glitch? I mean, a Medium Shield +1 ultimately isn't that big of a deal in BG2, even this early, but the whole situation is kind of blowing my mind.

TheArtisan

It's possible. There are some random drops with very, very low odds of having something ridiculously good in both BG1 and BG2 - iirc sometimes goblins have a chance to drop full plate mail or something. In BG1 it's possible for ghouls to drop a Wand of Fire which throws early difficulty out the window.

lroumen

There is also a closet near the clone which has a high chance to contain a high level scroll. Nice start though, right?

OrlonKronsteen

One time I fought some low level guards at the very beginning of Chapter 2 (I was 8th level): one of them dropped a Mordenkainen's Sword scroll, while another dropped Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting and a third dropped the Death spell scroll. Ever since I have religiously checked every corpse after every battle, even with trash mobs.

lroumen

Try picking some pockets around town. Soldiers can carry surprising items

Kurona

If you don't have the SCS component to add more scrolls or alternatively Item Revisions these random drops are the only way to find some scrolls (like Spell Trigger) before Saradush in ToB. Pickpocketing Amnish Guards works as well.

Though maybe the Red Wizard Enclave changed that, I don't remember well.

lunar

Nice find! IIRC there are five tiers of random treasure in most enemies and chests. The lowliest treasure tiers often give a few gp and low value gems and the occasional identify/shocking grasp scrolls etc. BUT they have a low chance to roll up something from the upper tiers as well. Goblins have the low tier treasure so they often drop crap, but with a very good luck you can get something golden. I got a lightning wand and a full plate mail once from goblins in the first dungeon, abeit in maybe more than 100 play throughs.

So you were very, very lucky. Kind of getting a rare or unique item from a trash mob in diablo 2. Possible, but a very rare occurence.

Skeleton warriors drop high tier treasure, you can get Laerals tears necklaces that sell for very good price, or precious scrolls like spell trigger, horrid wilting, or even spell trap. If you are unlucky you may also get a sphene gem. It depends on luck.

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lroumen said:

There is also a closet near the clone which has a high chance to contain a high level scroll. Nice start though, right?

Yeah, I once got a scroll of Spell Trap. That really blew my mind.

Dharius

Sometimes +2 weapons and armor turn up as random items as well as +1 ones, which can be really useful in the earlier half of the game.

DJKajuru

lroumen said:

There is also a closet near the clone which has a high chance to contain a high level scroll. Nice start though, right?

Once I got a abi dhalzin scroll!

tbone1

HalfCelestial said:

lroumen said:

There is also a closet near the clone which has a high chance to contain a high level scroll. Nice start though, right?

Yeah, I once got a scroll of Spell Trap. That really blew my mind.

DJKajuru said:

Once I got a abi dhalzin scroll!

"I got a rock." - Charlie Brown

lroumen

Charlie sounds like noober now.

bdtgazo

Artemius_I said:

It's possible. There are some random drops with very, very low odds of having something ridiculously good in both BG1 and BG2 - iirc sometimes goblins have a chance to drop full plate mail or something. In BG1 it's possible for ghouls to drop a Wand of Fire which throws early difficulty out the window.

Yep, just had a goblin drop Full Plate Armor two days ago.

Now, of course, every time it doesn't drop, I feel cheated.

sluckers

Draug Fea's group once gave me a pair of spell triggers.

Always when I'm not playing with a mage...

Skatan

I've never seen'em drop anything but axes, gold and bows/arrows, methinks. Lucky find!