D&D 5E Which would you rather have?

Which ring would you take?

  • Ring of Bless

    Votes: 8 18.6%
  • Ring of Blur

    Votes: 3 7.0%
  • Ring of Haste

    Votes: 32 74.4%

Ondath

Hero
Having made the error of giving a player Boots of Haste once, I've seen firsthand the destructive potential such an item would have even when it is limited to 1 use per Long Rest. To have an always active Ring of Haste would basically make many builds godlike, so that's the obvious choice.

It also gets an instant ban at my table but that's neither here nor there...
 

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Haste by a mile. Even for some back line caster type being able to dash, disengage, or hide every turn, with double movement, +2 to AC, and advantage on Dex Saves, is more powerful than Blur or Bless. Particularly if and when the DM lets you cheese that hide action for cover and advantage. If the DM is hiding adverse you still absurd movement to just leave the battlefield at the end of your turn and return on the next one, which, when feasible, is more powerful than the defensive benefits of Blur or Bless. And on the turns when none of the better uses of your extra action works for you you can still make a free attack with a lame light crossbow or something.

Now making Haste really shine requires leaning into a playstyle that takes advantage of it, so I can see wanting one of the others as the more playstyle neutral option. But in terms of raw power potential, breaking the action economy is always going to come out on top.

I usually avoid Haste as a spell because the "lose a turn when it ends" mechanic combined with concentration makes it extremely risky to cast on oneself, and it has too many bits and pieces to cast on a less experienced players character for them to really get the most out of it. But divorced from the consequences and with a player being able to treat its benefits as permanent class features they can actually get the hang of making the most out of I think it's pretty hard to beat.
 

For real me? Ring of Haste. It's the 21st century, the age of many-things-at-once. Also, I'm not in the military, uniforms nor do I do fighting (pro or street), so Bless and Blur greatest effects would be rendered useless.

If I put my dogs in the equation, though: Ring of Blur! They deserve phasing me for their own amusement...
 


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