Do other groups use this item??
If you have no idea what im talking about the "Healing Vest" is in one of the Dragon mags i think, and it basicly heals you once per round for 1D8+1 if you have been hit.
Dont sound like much well i can tell you that it has changed games/deaths a number of times!!
Lets say you get dropped to -7 for exsample and instead of the nerve racking "crap i gotta roll and 1 or 2 to live!!" this bloody vest goes off in your turn and you get back up!!
And i cant even say how many times a character has died and then he/she says oh my vest went off the other round and i didnt add it on so im really on -3 and stable.
(and im thinking s@+~, i almost had his sword!!)
We have a house rule that if it goes off when your in negitives your stable but dont get back up untill you get a propper heal etc, and dont bother saying just dont buy one because once one person has one we all want one =)
And the fact that they're only just over a grand dont help either!
Any other partys have this problem because at higher levels 1d8 dont do much but when your 3-4 level that can make a big diff.