1) Cursed box-found treasure. Now I’m not talking about items, which give you a negative AS/DS that you cannot drop. I like to see things along the lines of a wand, which appears to work normally, until you are in a group, at which point the spell is directed at your party members. You know more devious type of cursed items. Things, which will make people, think twice about using what they find in boxes.
2) Uber items associated with quests. What if just prior to the main Banaltra (spelling?) invasion, a super weapon was found which allowed the wielder to fight the Banaltra well beyond his level should allow. Once the threat was vanquished, the weapon disappeared, with a promise to return if needed. Imagine the RP that could be played if a year or so later, someone did in fact find this weapon. Rumors would be heard that the Banaltra have returned, perhaps hunting parties would form to seek out where they might be hidden, etc. I just see this as a way to make the players in GS more proactive in quests, rather than waiting for the invasion to come to them.
reg