Which Magical Item Should I Take?

[TremorFang]

I am building a new character for our current Pathfinder game as my last character had extreme conflicts with the party (due to his personality, "profession" - serial killer, and of course alignment). The DM has happily taken him over and will be using him and his massive disguise skills for possible fun in the future.

Judging by our current party, they will need someone either extremely good for range or that has a lot of useful skills, such as disable device, sleight of hand, etc...

My group consists of a power gamer that seems to be focusing on the feint maneuver and high damage, another one that seems to specialize in melee combat and a magic user. We are at level 3 so there currently is only so much our magic user can do.

I've decided on trying to make a solid fighter archer to fill the range gap and this is where the question comes in. I am looking at either a Ring of Sustenance or asking if I may have a Ring of Continuous Gravity Bow bought for my character. We usually go off of the made cost at least when first making characters, so it looks like the Gravity Bow ring would cost around 2,000 gold vs the Sustenance ring's 2,500 gold.

Flavor wise the sustenance ring is useful; never having to eat, drink and only needing to sleep 2 hours a day can come in handy. However, a ring of gravity bow (if the DM allows it) would greatly help add some extra damage to my archery.

So which item do you think is worth it? [We are starting at the normal lv. 3 wealth. I.e. 3,000 gold.]

If you want any more details, just let me know. Thanks.

 

[Wycen]

What is a Ring of Continuous Gravity Bow?

 

[TremorFang]

Something that recently I have realized that I cannot take / get anyways, due to me forgetting about the whole 1 minute duration of a spell = x2 for the cost of the item.

The item itself would have been a use activated ring, allowing the use of the spell gravity bow.

However now that is a moot point. Apologies for the wasted post. I guess I will actually just get the Efficient Quiver item.

 

[Fooly_Cooly]

I bought a ring with a few charges of gravity bow in it and that was 1800...Ive never heard of one that does continuous gravity bow let alone for only 2000 gold. That is way to nice of an time for that price. That is doubling an archers damage output permanently for only 2000.

 

[frankthedm]

So which item do you think is worth it? [We are starting at the normal lv. 3 wealth. I.e. 3,000 gold.

Table: Character Wealth by Level can also be used to budget gear for characters starting above 1st level, such as a new character created to replace a dead one. Characters should spend no more than half their total wealth on any single item. For a balanced approach, PCs that are built after 1st level should spend no more than 25% of their wealth on weapons, 25% on armor and protective devices, 25% on other magic items, 15% on disposable items like potions, scrolls, and wands, and 10% on ordinary gear and coins. Different character types might spend their wealth differently than these percentages suggest; for example, arcane casters might spend very little on weapons but a great deal more on other magic items and disposable items.

 

[TremorFang]

[MENTION=6688511]Fooly_Cooly[/MENTION] Yeah, like I said above I miscalculated and it's actually 4,000 do to the multiplier, so definitely out of my range.

[MENTION=1164]frankthedm[/MENTION] Yeah, I that would be the most balanced way to do it. I guess I could just get an Ioun Torch, maybe a Campfire Bead and a potion.

 

[Noumenon]

I bought a ring with a few charges of gravity bow in it and that was 1800...Ive never heard of one that does continuous gravity bow let alone for only 2000 gold. That is way to nice of an time for that price. That is doubling an archers damage output permanently for only 2000.

Yes. I believe an item that increases your average bow damage from 4.5 to 7 is called a +3 longbow. This "ring" (whose ability doesn't resemble any other ring's) should cost around 40,000 gp, since it also stacks with magic weapons.