Is a ring of anti-magic field possible?

[Wippit Guud]

I don't know if the mechanics of it work...

Activate ring, field comes on, but that makes the ring's magic not work, and the field shuts off.

Or is then an exception to the rules, and the ring would still work?

 

[hong]

I believe it was said somewhere that you can't have items of antimagic, possibly to avoid the paradox you mention. In any case, I wouldn't allow it. It seems far too easy to abuse.

 

[Hawkeye]

What about from a Ring of Spell Storing? I could ee that working, but not a ring that allows an Anti-Magic field X times a day.

Hawkeye

 

[Koldrag]

The Spell itself is paradox too, you use magic to create an antimagic field "and" you can dismiss it.

 

[Aust Diamondew]

I'd allow rings of Antimagic. THey'd cost alot but why not? when the spell itself contradicts itself.

 

[dcollins]

Is a ring of anti-magic field possible?

By the core rules, no.

 

[tleilaxu]

i believe green ronin's "societies of magic" has stuff on this topic

 

[Tagnik]

I'd like to hear more on this...

My friend has a character with an Anti-Magic Gem and tends to abuse it a lot. He keeps it in like... a led box that doesn't let the field open and then takes it out to turn off all magic around him for 30 ft. I believe.

Is this even possible?

 

[candidus_cogitens]

As long as it is a ring that does not operate perpetually, it should work fine. Basically, you trigger the ring to activate, it releases the spell-effect. At that point, the ring itself no longer needs to operate, since it has already activated the dweomer. There's no paradox.

(We are talking about an effect that's based on the Antimagic Field spell, right? If there's anything paradoxical, it would be that spell!)

 

[bret]

I wouldn't allow it.

I would allow someone to try and use a Ring of Spell Storing for that though.

The reason I wouldn't allow it is simple: what mage is going to hand such a ring over to anyone. Most mages wish the spell was never created, it makes them so helpless. Now you want one to create a ring that would allow any country bumpkin with a sword to shut down their magic?

Not likely to happen.