Ring of regeneration

[hornedturtle]

Would a ring of regeneration work on a Warforged character? If so would it be only at half strength?

Is there any other way to get a self repairing effect to such a character?

 

[blargney the second]

Vital Recovery from Tome of Battle is very handy for warforged.

 

[moritheil]

Lots of classes/feats grant Fast Healing.

Any warforged mage or artificer can use repair construct.

I'm really not seeing what it is that you're having trouble with - there ought to be plenty of options.

 

[hornedturtle]

My concern was that it might not work because Warforged Don't have natural healing for the ring to improve.

 

[moritheil]

My concern was that it might not work because Warforged Don't have natural healing for the ring to improve.

Hmm, does the ring improve natural healing, or does it give healing that counts as natural healing? There's a distinction there.

 

[Jack Simth]

Hmm, does the ring improve natural healing, or does it give healing that counts as natural healing? There's a distinction there.

Regeneration: This white gold ring continually allows a living wearer to heal 1 point of damage per level every hour rather than every day. (This ability cannot be aided by the Heal skill.) Nonlethal damage heals at a rate of 1 point of damage per level every 5 minutes. If the wearer loses a limb, an organ, or any other body part while wearing this ring, the ring regenerates it as the spell. In either case, only damage taken while wearing the ring is regenerated.

Strong conjuration; CL 15th; Forge Ring, regenerate; Price 90,000 gp.

In this case, it doesn't specify it's like natural healing. However, it is healing that only affects living creatures - how is the Warforged limitation on things worded?

 

[hornedturtle]

As living constructs, warforged can be affected by spells that target living creatures as well as by those that target constructs. Damage dealt to a warforged can be healed by a cure light wounds spell or a repair light damage spell, for example, and a warforged is vulnerable to disable construct and harm. However, spells from the healing subschool and supernatural abilities that cure hit point damage or ability damage provide only half their normal effect to a warforged.

So is the ring equivalent to a healing spell or does it just accelerate normal healing?

 

[Rvdvelden]

This white gold ring continually allows a living wearer to heal 1 point of damage per level every hour rather than every day.

So the question to be answered is: "does the warforged heal hit points every day, as described under the resting rules?" If so, the ring works; if not, the ring doesn't work.

 

[moritheil]

According to that text, it improves healing. I could see an argument that there is nothing there to improve.