Early monsters spawning with items

[Velorien]

I think monsters' ability to spawn with items could do with being reviewed, at least in starting dungeons. I just died as an archmage in the Abashed Expanse because the Spatial Disturbance used a wand on the first turn of combat, dealing 99 damage versus my 97 max HP. As a Cornac, I didn't start with a shielding rune, meaning it was physically impossible for me to survive that attack, and since it was a direct hit from a wand, I couldn't have seen it coming and dodged it.