There was a time where it was widely believed that we, mere mortals, could not possibly have items that give stat bonuses greater than the pitiful, pittance of +/- 7 as the original game provides.  But in the course of human events it may be said that many impossibilities are doomed from erosion by the curious effects of human attention.  This isn't one of those days, but the beginning of reaching them.

At first it might seem worthwhile to change the values on the items themselves.  Unfortunate