Ring of eiemental resistence, extra minor

[Coredump]

the current rings give

DR 10.....12K
DR 20.....28K
DR 30.....44K

What about a ring that gives DR 5 for fire? How much should it be worth?

 

[jgsugden]

There is no set formula to calculate what you want. However, by looking at the apparent formula used to generate the rings you list, we can approximate a good amount.

The formula used to get these values appears to be:

Resist Energy Base Spell = Spell Level 2
Caster Level for Res 10 is 3, Res 20 is 7, Res 30 is 11.

Base Spell Level X Caster Level X 2000 = cost.

Now, if the minimum efficiency for the 2nd level spell would be 10 resistance, then a spell granting resistance 5 should probably be 1st level. As such, it should be available at 2st level.

Using the above formula, we get a total cost of (1 X 1 X 2000) 2000 Gold.

Is that appropriate? The only way to tell is to compare it to other 2,000 gold rings.

The first one is protection +1. Would a low level PC want to trade a +1 ring of protection for a resistance 5 ring? Maybe ... Some would, some would not. As such, that is a pretty good indication that a price of 2,000 gold is probably pretty fair.

I'd go with 2,000 as the price.

 

[Lord Morte]

Ring of Least Elemental Resistance?

You made me look in my 3.0 DMG
It wasn't in there though.

Gut-reaction is 6K, reduced to 4K by a sense of the actual value.

According to the rules, well...
Rings of elemental resistance replicate the 2nd spell resist energy and provide a continous spell effect. DMG [3.5] table 7-33 gives the formula for pricing an item like this as spell level x caster level x 2K, which the rings match up to as resist energy scales with caster level, becoming more effective at 7th and 11th level.

Now the spell starts at energy resistance 10 and I can't think of a spell that gives just resistance 5, so let's assume you can scale back resist energy when making a ring. Reducing the caster level on the ring down to one seems the best way to represent the change in cost, so we get the formula 2 [spell level] x 1 [caster level] x 2K = 4K!

So final answer: 4K

 

[dcollins]

Standard disclaimer: "New items" aren't really part of the core rules. They are allowed only under a Variant rule in the DMG. Pricing is entirely subjective and up to the individual DM. Existing item prices should be compared first, forumla guidelines used only as a last resort.

That having been said, note that the elemental resistance prices follow a perfect linear formula of P = R * 1600 - 4000 (P is the price, R the resistance amount). Following the same pattern, a resistance 5 ring could possibly be priced at P = 5 * 1600 - 4000 = 4000 gp.

Of course, this theory totally breaks down at resistances of 2 or less, so be warned. A DM that said 6000 gp, because it's half as good as the resistance 10 ring, would also be on solid ground.

 

[boolean]

You made me look in my 3.0 DMG
It wasn't in there though.

Try the Ring of Warmth, which in 3.0 gave Cold Resistance 5.

Of course 3.0 also had Endure Elements giving <insert chosen element> Resistance 5 for 24 hours.

 

[Alzrius]

Each increase costs an additional 16,000 gp. Because of that, an amount that just feels right would be to subtract half of that (8,000 gp) from the price of the minor version. So 12,000 minus 8,000 would be a 4,000 gp ring.

 

[Coredump]

Cool, thanks. I was thinking about 5K, but it didn't really seem 'worth' 5K.

It is mostly academic, since they found the ring, and probably wont sell it. But it will be handy to know when I am figuring PC wealth. (And who knows, they *may* sell it, they seem to do everything else opposite of what I predict.....

 

[frankthedm]

In a desert it will be. ANy critter with fire vulnerability would take it, if they could not get a stronger one.

Almost immune to alchemist fire is pretty nice too.