Ring of Fast Healing

[Azmyth]

First of all, a rings with a 1st level spell 'in it' doesn't work the way the OP wants! If you want a wand of CLW, easy enough. But a ring that hits you with a CLW every round?! Any GM that would allow this item needs to have his head checked! And the suggested creation cost of a little over 3k?! Don't steer away from the Ring of Regeneration, let it bring you back to reality on this subject!

You aren't able to find rules to create the ring because its broken.

 

[wysiwyg]

The problem with CLW is that it is probably the most common need that every PC has. Constantly. Unlike feather fall, which is needed once in every blue moon.

Here's my gut feeling about this -

Let's say we're going to base it on the ring of regeneration due to lack of any other precedent. The RoR costs 90,000 and cure 1HP/round plus other benefits too that are not as common or needed as our good ol' CLW.

Does 45,000gp sound like to little/much to pay for a ring that will only cure 1HP/round?

Now imagine you could couple the effects of this ring with a periapt of wound closure thus doubling the healing rate (plus other benefits of the PoWC). The cost would now rise to 60,000gp giving 2HP/round of curing.

So we're down to a 60k ring that acts like a PoWC plus cures 2HP every round. The cost of this ring is probably only affordable to a +/- 10th level PC. Is it going to be a game balance train-smasher for a PC of this level to heal 2HP per round?

Alternatively, what about stepping the power of the ring down and reducing it's cost. How about something like this -
For half the price one could get the same effects. The only difference is that the healing can only start taking effect once the wearer is not doing any strenuous activity (like combat). So in fact one is basically only gaining the ability to wean off the party healer's CLW.

Feedback?

 

[Jhaelen]

Feedback?

There's no way I'd ever allow that kind of item. I assume you're the player, here? Ask your DM!

 

[wysiwyg]

There's no way I'd ever allow that kind of item. I assume you're the player, here? Ask your DM!

Nope. Well, my PC is currently at 2nd level so my prospects of affording this item are several levels away. I was just curious to know how to handle this when (if) the need came up.

 

[Anguish]

Nope. Well, my PC is currently at 2nd level so my prospects of affording this item are several levels away. I was just curious to know how to handle this when (if) the need came up.

The point that's been made is that the RAW formula doesn't apply to this item because it's got a value that exceeds the formula results. That's where the RAW clause kicks in saying that the formula doesn't always work and is just a guideline. Which is where you're invited to refer to my post regarding what is reasonable, on the sensible basis that RAW tells you to be reasonable, not a slave to the formula.

 

[renau1g]

Just buy a few wand of Cure Light Wounds and you're good. They're pretty cheap (750gp) and you can heal up to full between battles pretty easily with them. But yeah that ring is increda-broken for anything less than an Epic level item.

 

[DaveMage]

A ring of CLW is like having fast healing 6.

I want one for my characters.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

7th level NPC to forge ring (7th level NPC * 10g per level) 70
Cure Light Wound cast by 1st level cleric as constant effect (1 x 1 x 2000) 2,000
Cure Light Wounds has no material components -
Cure Light Wounds has no Xp components -
thus base gold cost = 2,070
xp creation cost = 5(base/25) = 414
cost of basic supplies cost = base/2 = 1,035
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final cost = 3,519gp

Result is a ring which heals 1d8+1 hit points per round while worn by an injured creature.
Presume 5hp if you dont feel like rolling each round.

At $3,500, its slightly more expensive than a Ring of Feather Falling ($2,200) which also continously generates a first level spel effect and thus seems reasonably within the pricing ballpark.

This won't work. You can't make an instantaneous spell continious. It makes no sense.

 

[wysiwyg]

This won't work. You can't make an instantaneous spell continious. It makes no sense.

I got news for you buddy: there already are items that do just that in RAW.

 

[wysiwyg]

The point that's been made is that the RAW formula doesn't apply to this item because it's got a value that exceeds the formula results. That's where the RAW clause kicks in saying that the formula doesn't always work and is just a guideline. Which is where you're invited to refer to my post regarding what is reasonable, on the sensible basis that RAW tells you to be reasonable, not a slave to the formula.

I agree with you. In fact, if you look at my calculation, even though it took a different route than yours, we both came to more or less the same ball park figure of 60k for a ring that cures 2HP/round.