OK then... well I'm still unsure of the random loot thing, or if I'm just getting screwed with this playthrough. I just got to maxos temple and I've cleared EVERYTHING pretty much up to this point and in the mirror room trial I saved before opening the chests as I wasn't sure if it would fail the trial. 1st opening I got gold and a cpl of potions in both chests... reloaded to see if there would be better stuff and found MY FIRST SCROLL AS LOOT up to this point in the game.
I can understand maybe balancing the game out for powerful stuff, but I really have found very, very little weapons/armor in drops or chests... this is my 1st scroll and I'm almost at the 1/3 mark of the game?? wooow this is rough.. oh and I've got about 10k with extremely little spending done... bought maybe 20 things including potions.