in case you have researched a clicky root and ended up here and are hunting this and have not seen it yet- and wondering "does this even drop any more?" yes, it does. keep at it.
i cleared the island at least 50 times, mayhaps more- over the course of a year or so.
i estimate the drop rate to be 5% or less, it could be as low as 2%. usually the guy has nothing special, and more often the grimoire, which i saw maybe 5 to 8 times.
i sought this as a wizard for those rare occasions when grouping and no root is memmed and suddenly is needed to prevent disaster. (for example: too many adds and no crowd control present) with the wondrous aid of the bandolier, 2 key presses and the problem is solved.
i found it also comes in excellently handy when kiting in tight quarters where root is needed. why not just use the memmed root? what with 12 spell slots and all...... because of gift of amazing exquisite uber colossal radiant mana! now when it goes off and the next spell i have to cast is root or i am getting bashed- i no longer have to waste that gift of mana on a root. ;)
now to camp this for another stretch of time with the enchanter.....
Edited, Apr 14th 2010 2:00am by starwhisp