Hi there!
One of my players came up with the idea of a shirt (vest) with a permanent "Lesser Vigor". For sake of easy reference: Lesser Vigor (SpC p. 229, Cle 1) gives you fast healing 1 but does not restore HP lost from starvation, thirst or suffocation and does not allow the regrowth and attament of lost body parts.
If you do the math you come up with 8,000 GP for this item or 12,000 Gp if you follow the rule for body slot affinities (DMG p. 288).
The closest item in the DMG is the ring of regeneration (RoR), which gives you back 1 HP/h/lvl insetad of 1 HP/day/lvl and it allows the regrowth and attament of lost body parts. Price is 90,000 GP. It's based on regeneration (Cle 7).
My campaign, whic is running now for several years, has not seen a single body part lying aroung separated from her owner, which limits the usefulness of the second property of the RoR and one might aurgue to cut the price in half, down to 45,000 GP. Which ist still far away from the GP 12,000.
Now to my questions:
Would you perceive an item, which gives you an unlimited amount of HP at a rate of 1HP/round, broken?
What price tag would you put on it?
It should be said, that the player is looking for a way for his PC to become automatically stable once he is below zero HP. Which is a reasonable request in my eyes. I vaguely remember, that there was a feat, which does exactely this. But how to price a feat based magic item?
A potential solution could be achieved by capping the max HP, which can be restored (15HP/day).
Or to build an item based on the cleric spell "Stabilize" (SpC p. 204), which is normally an area effect and a swift action, which gives stabilizes everybody (save undeads) in this range. This would cost:
2 (Spell-Level) x 3 (min. CL) x 4 (Duration in rounds or less)= 48,000 GP
Since it works only for the bearer of the shirt, I would half the price -> 24,000 GP
Since it occupies an uncustomary space, I would increase the rpice by 50% -> 36,000 GP
For this price the item would be automaticall activated, if the PC's HP fall below zero.
Thanks for reading all this. Every Input is welcomed!
One of my players came up with the idea of a shirt (vest) with a permanent "Lesser Vigor". For sake of easy reference: Lesser Vigor (SpC p. 229, Cle 1) gives you fast healing 1 but does not restore HP lost from starvation, thirst or suffocation and does not allow the regrowth and attament of lost body parts.
If you do the math you come up with 8,000 GP for this item or 12,000 Gp if you follow the rule for body slot affinities (DMG p. 288).
The closest item in the DMG is the ring of regeneration (RoR), which gives you back 1 HP/h/lvl insetad of 1 HP/day/lvl and it allows the regrowth and attament of lost body parts. Price is 90,000 GP. It's based on regeneration (Cle 7).
My campaign, whic is running now for several years, has not seen a single body part lying aroung separated from her owner, which limits the usefulness of the second property of the RoR and one might aurgue to cut the price in half, down to 45,000 GP. Which ist still far away from the GP 12,000.
Now to my questions:
Would you perceive an item, which gives you an unlimited amount of HP at a rate of 1HP/round, broken?
What price tag would you put on it?
It should be said, that the player is looking for a way for his PC to become automatically stable once he is below zero HP. Which is a reasonable request in my eyes. I vaguely remember, that there was a feat, which does exactely this. But how to price a feat based magic item?
A potential solution could be achieved by capping the max HP, which can be restored (15HP/day).
Or to build an item based on the cleric spell "Stabilize" (SpC p. 204), which is normally an area effect and a swift action, which gives stabilizes everybody (save undeads) in this range. This would cost:
2 (Spell-Level) x 3 (min. CL) x 4 (Duration in rounds or less)= 48,000 GP
Since it works only for the bearer of the shirt, I would half the price -> 24,000 GP
Since it occupies an uncustomary space, I would increase the rpice by 50% -> 36,000 GP
For this price the item would be automaticall activated, if the PC's HP fall below zero.
Thanks for reading all this. Every Input is welcomed!
