Talvaroff:
I happened to thumb through the Magic Item Compendium today, and though I didn't buy it (I wanted to wait until I got my paycheck before I decide how to fritter my money) an item did catch my eye, but now I've forgotten its statistics. It was a pair of gauntlets called the Gloves of... Sommat Combative, and it increased your critical hit damage. If you could tell me what it was and what it cost again (it was in the range of the birthday gift, that's all I remember), I think I would like that for my special item, and maybe one or two potions to fill up the rest.
Devastation Gauntlets?
Swift Action to activate
Devastation gauntlets are prized by anyone who earns gold by fighting in melee, from raging barbarians to wily swashbucklers. These gauntlets have 3 charges, which are renewed each day at dawn. Spending 1 or more charges grants you a bonus to the damage dealt by a critical hit you make in melee. You activate the gauntlets after you have confirmed a critical hit, but before damage is rolled.
1 charge: +2d6 points of damage.
2 charges: +3d6 points of damage.
3 charges: +4d6 points of damage.
2000gps.
This one? You still got 1000 left...
-K