New Magic Ring: Please Critique

[Sigurd]

I imagine this ring is mostly going to be for NPC's but I still would like to make it balanced. Tell me what you think.


Ring of Elven Blessing

These extremely potent rings are occasionally forged by elves for the most esteemed leaders of other races. Ritual magic allows a circle of elves to confer far longer natural lifespan on the wearer of these rings.
The bearer of this ring ages very slowly. While she wears this ring her body gets a degree of fragile timelessness. After 24 hours wearing the ring a character gets a magic sleeplesness. She takes a -1 to constitution but ages as a high elf. If she does not already have it, she receives Elven low light vision and a +2 to listen and search. The wearer of this ring may elect to spend some of the night in meditation, see elf, rather than sleep.
Characters who have progressed into an age category are not made younger but the upper limit of that category is extended as if the character was a high elf.

eg. A venerable wizard given one of thes rings would remain venerable, but might live another 500 years as an old man.

Elves feel dissoriented and sick while wearing these rings but are otherwise unaffected.

A Character who tries to remove this rings after their original lifespan has passed must make a will save (DC15) to do so. Without their ring these characters age at 10x the usual rate through whatever fraction of their native age category is left to them.

This ring may only be made by 7 or more elves using Ceremonial magic.
Strong Evocation (if Miracle is used); CL 20th; Forge Ring, wish or miracle; Price 97,950gp; Cost 11,475gp+15,918xp.

I stole the creation cost from the ring of 3 wishes and I wonder if it is too high.

Affects -1 con, Elf Lifespan, Elf Senses.
Price 97,950gp; Cost 11,475gp+15,918xp.


What do you think?



Sigurd

 

[Balgus]

IMO- price is too high.

In all campaigns I have played and stories iA have heard, age rarely takes affect. Especially hundreds of years worth of aging. And you balanced that out with -1 Con. Plus, aging reduces con further.

My initial; response is "who would use this ring?"
And the answer is 1/2 orcs, halflings, and humans.

I guess my real question is "Is there an in game reason for the ring?" Because as a player, paying 100,000 for a ring that will make me live (basically) forever is a little pricey.

Plus, if the Dm is molding thegame to the characters, then having a couple humans in the group (which is almost inevitable) who do not want the ring will force the DM to slow down th epassgae of time to one manageabl;e by the etie group.

 

[Cheiromancer]

I like it. I wonder at the -1 to Constitution; shouldn't it be the same as the -2 racial mod of the elves? Maybe add the +2 Dex bonus too. I think if the ring is removed, they should age 10 times as fast until the extra time the ring granted to them is made up for.

And as for cost- well, it won't be an item that adventurers would value. It doesn't have much use in combat or adventuring. But for plot and campaign related purposes (near-immortal kings and so forth) it would be very valuable indeed.
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[Herobizkit]

Based on that model, why not just make your ring in the similar vein of a Girdle of Dwarvenkind, and price appropriately?

Otherwise, I like the flavour and concept you have in mind.