Ring of sustenance in something non-ring like ?

Iku Rex said:
That's a pretty radical house rule on those items. Has anyone ever actually used a ring of sustenance or a necklace of adaption in your campaign? Or is it basically a ban?
I feel the ring is ridiculously cheap for what it does for you. Turning the 1/3rd of one’s day spent asleep and vulnerable to 1/12th is already priceless IMO. There have been some good threads on these rings. And yes players use the rings. I also would still use them as well, ruled like this, when I play.

Hype nailed the right way to use the ring IMHO, it is there to save your life.

Ah, it looks like “begin nailing the wearer instantaneously ” got interpreted as “nailing the wearer retroactively

Ring gets dispelled, if the character has worn sufficiently long, first thirst nails the wearer, deal 1d6 subdual and then if enough time has passed, hunger chimes in for it’s 1d6 subdual and it’s fatigue kicks in.

After that the normal rules for Starvation And Thirst are followed.

Starvation And Thirst
Characters might find themselves without food or water and with no means to obtain them. In normal climates, Medium characters need at least a gallon of fluids and about a pound of decent food per day to avoid starvation. (Small characters need half as much.) In very hot climates, characters need two or three times as much water to avoid dehydration.

A character can go without water for 1 day plus a number of hours equal to his Constitution score. After this time, the character must make a Constitution check each hour (DC 10, +1 for each previous check) or take 1d6 points of nonlethal damage.

A character can go without food for 3 days, in growing discomfort. After this time, the character must make a Constitution check each day (DC 10, +1 for each previous check) or take 1d6 points of nonlethal damage.
Characters who have taken nonlethal damage from lack of food or water are fatigued. Nonlethal damage from thirst or starvation cannot be recovered until the character gets food or water, as needed—not even magic that restores hit points heals this damage.
 
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Base Price for your Ring of Sustenance is 2500gp

Base price for a Wondrous Item that has a continuous Create Food and Water Effect is 30Kgp. A little high.

Command word activated 1/day create food and water would run you 5400gp, but this would create enough for 3 people or one horse. Enough for just one person per day...sure...I'd give it to you for 2500gp, provided it was a neckace or a belt.
 

cmanos said:
Base Price for your Ring of Sustenance is 2500gp

Base price for a Wondrous Item that has a continuous Create Food and Water Effect is 30Kgp. A little high.

Command word activated 1/day create food and water would run you 5400gp, but this would create enough for 3 people or one horse. Enough for just one person per day...sure...I'd give it to you for 2500gp, provided it was a neckace or a belt.

So for 5400 I could get a ring of sustenance that will affect me and my two buddies?

Sweet!
 


Nail said:
Depends on what kind of buddies you are, I guess. Bosom Buddies, perhaps? Then a necklace would work.

:lol:

I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm alright
I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life
Go ahead with your own life, and leave me alone
 

frankthedm said:
Ah, it looks like “begin nailing the wearer instantaneously ” got interpreted as “nailing the wearer retroactively
Okay, thanks for the clarification. That makes it a lot more palatable (pun intended). :)
 

Infiniti2000 said:
Okay, thanks for the clarification. That makes it a lot more palatable (pun intended). :)
Oh, IMG the kingdom of magic Glantri has designed some Rings of Sustanence with "kill switches" that can cause fatal thirst and starvation. That is just not the standard model. :]
 

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