What about those magic items found early in a character's career? Can we do better than a +1 weapon? 

Call-ins from:

Jason from Nerd's RPG Variety Podcast

Spencer (Free Thrall) from Keep Off the Borderlands

Joe (The Blind Rat) from Hindsightless

Evil Jeff from Minions and Musings

Lieren from Updates from the Middle of Nowhere

Colin Green from Spikepit

T. J. Drennon from Malodorous Miasma Meltdown and Occult Orifice Outrage