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Games such as [[RPG|RPGs]] featuring an inventory system are prone to giving you items that are [[Too Awesome to Use]]. It could be an item that heals all your stats and makes you invulnerable for an extended period of time. It could be a special power that lets you fly, or a [[Status Buff]] that lets you destroy the universe with the snap of a finger. It could be a [[BFG|Superweapon]] with an extremely limited amount of ammo, or an [[Infinity+1 Sword|ultimate sword]] that [[Breakable Weapons|breaks after a certain number of uses]].

It's useful, awesome, and practical - unfortunately, you're never going to see the item in use outside of maybe the last boss (as you wouldn't need it afterwards), either because you're afraid to [[What Measure Is a Non Unique|waste such a valuable treasure]] and will be waiting for that one good opportunity to use it, or maybe because it simply pains you to imagine having it [[Hundred Percent Completion|missing from your inventory]]. Of course you may save it until the last boss only to realize [[Contractual Boss Immunity|you can't use it during boss fights]]...

It's useful, awesome, and practical - unfortunately, you're never going to see the item in use outside of maybe the last boss (as you wouldn't need it afterwards), either because you're afraid to [[What Measure Is a Non Unique|waste such a valuable treasure]] and will be waiting for that one good opportunity to use it, or maybe because it simply pains you to imagine having it [[Hundred-Percent Completion|missing from your inventory]]. Of course you may save it until the last boss only to realize [[Contractual Boss Immunity|you can't use it during boss fights]]...

If a Too Awesome To Use item sticks around long enough, it can sometimes become [[Awesome but Impractical]] as it gets outclassed by a much more efficient or re-usable item; in a game with [[Character Level|Character Levels]], it may also just become useless as your characters' stats outstrip the item's power. In any case, the item may just become useful in the [[Bonus Dungeon]] if one exists in the game.

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* Rare coins and dollar bills:

** The 2-dollar bill. Some people give them as gifts, knowing that the recipient will keep it for this reason. Ironically they aren't rare at all. The U.S. Treasury has been sitting on shrink-wrapped piles of them for years, but banks rarely ask for them.

*** Well, they are rare compared to other bills at least. Rare enough that they can be used for currency tracking and to gauge economic impact. In 1989 the Geneva Steel mill in Utah county paid its employees in $2 bills. When the bills started showing up all over the place it proved the importance of the mill to the local economy as a counter-argument against environmental protestors who wanted to shut it down. For the record, Thomas Jefferson is the President on the $2 bill. The reverse side shows a modified reproduction of John Trumbull's [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Trumbull%27s_Declaration_of_Independence~~ Declaration of Independence].

*** Well, they are rare compared to other bills at least. Rare enough that they can be used for currency tracking and to gauge economic impact. In 1989 the Geneva Steel mill in Utah county paid its employees in $2 bills. When the bills started showing up all over the place it proved the importance of the mill to the local economy as a counter-argument against environmental protestors who wanted to shut it down. For the record, Thomas Jefferson is the President on the $2 bill. The reverse side shows a modified reproduction of John Trumbull's [[wikipedia:Trumbullchr(27)s Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]].

** To hard-core numismatists (look it up), Sacagawea and Eisenhower dollars are no different than the change we have in our pockets. However, there are other dollar coins made from precious metals that you would be an idiot to spend at face-value. A $3 gold coin (yes, they really exist) minted in 1854 and in near perfect condition (MS-67) is worth at least $95,000. A Flowing Hair Half Dollar minted in 1794 in MS-64 condition is worth over $450,000. There are even platinum coins out there. A platinum Eagle ($10) minted in 2000 is worth $7500 in perfect (MS-70) condition.

** This also goes for the Japanese ¥2000 note. Just having one is a conversation point, and no one ever spends them if they can avoid it.

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[[Category:Video Game Items and Inventory]]

[[Category:Too Awesome To Use]]

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