D&D 5E DM Question: Player died and entered Ring of Mind Shielding. How shall he (and his party) get him out?

[KahlessNestor]

Look at the concepts for creating a warforged.

Some origins for that race say that to activate a warforged's body, a soul must be infused to it.

Nothing 5e-official has come out yet for the warforged race, other than one Unearthed Arcana article. There has been at least one offering on the DM's Guild (although that might have been pulled), and a number of postings here on ENWorld you could look at.

Another possibility is a 3PP - Kobold Press has a variant warforged called a gearforged in their Midgard Heroes for 5E publication, available through DTRPG.

There are a number of people working at 5e updates for the Eberron setting, pending an official roll-out.

I've got to say, you've thrown a fascinating idea into the thought arena.

Keith Baker has his own warforged 5e build. Could check out his site.

 

[MarkB]

Have the scattered pieces of his stone body start rolling together and reforming, T-1000 style, until they become an animated, articulated statue. Turns out that he's inadvertently transformed himself into the world's first GeoLich, and the ring is now his phylactery.

 

[mflayermonk]

Have the scattered pieces of his stone body start rolling together and reforming, T-1000 style, until they become an animated, articulated statue. Turns out that he's inadvertently transformed himself into the world's first GeoLich, and the ring is now his phylactery.

Doesn't this also happen in Time Bandits?

 

[JeffB]

Sorry for your loss.

Might want to think about easing up on the rest of the players. It's just a game, you know.

 

[Redthistle]

Have the scattered pieces of his stone body start rolling together and reforming, T-1000 style, until they become an animated, articulated statue. Turns out that he's inadvertently transformed himself into the world's first GeoLich, and the ring is now his phylactery.

This. Ooo-oh, yea-ah. This. I laugh, but I love this idea.

Spring this one on your players. That isn't a mere Ring of Mind Shielding, it's a unique artifact, the Ring of the GeoLich.

 

[KahlessNestor]

This. Ooo-oh, yea-ah. This. I laugh, but I love this idea.

Spring this one on your players. That isn't a mere Ring of Mind Shielding, it's a unique artifact, the Ring of the GeoLich.

Make him able to cast Stoneskin without the expensive material component?

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[Redthistle]

Make him able to cast Stoneskin without the expensive material component?

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He is the material component, so this makes sense.

 

[LordEntrails]

Lots of good ideas. Many of which you can resolve in a single session. Though the ideas along the lines of constructs work nicely. I personally like the idea of a body that lost its soul (through something like Mind Jar) that has been entombed or protected by it's former friends in hopes of restoring it, but they have pasted into myth or such.

Of course, I think having some possible draw backs ("Grandma, your alive!", or the body having been some great evil bad guy who's likeness is well known, etc) would add to the story and possible a new trope for the players.

 

[77IM]

The ring becomes an intelligent magic item. The PC is the intelligence. And like all good intelligent magic items, he will try to possess the wearer!

Of course the other PCs don't want to be possessed. And it would be kind of unethical to just find some innocent schlub to possess. But slapping the ring on a BBEG, now there's a fun plan...