It's strange. In my second time through, I've found that I'm much luckier with the items' random stat. See, there was this random knight who tried to bully my warrior...
He dropped a bastard sword that, among other things, has frost (3), fire damage (2) and stun (3). Three charm slots.
My amulet of glory, this time, has Wisdom +1 and other stats. Many of the items I found early in the catacombs come with +1 to skillpoints, too, even though when I ran through it the first game, they were all crap. Eh.