Is there a tutorial somewhere that can show me how to edit an item's stats and give it certain effects? Would someone mind telling me how to do this?

I was expecting you to ask this in the your other thread if you were unfamiliar with CS but yer here is a link that may help, its where I first learned the basics of CS.

http://www.pcguide.com/vb/showthread.php?t=46979

I think this is roughly what your tring to achieve?

Oh and, ignore the first bit about custom enemy tactics and some goblin.