TOPIC: How does the ring of regeneration work?

I read the rules in the PDF, and I bet I am reading it a bit off.<br /><br />“Ring of Regeneration: When worn, this ring heals the character 1 hit point for each room entered.  This healing is performed at the beginning of each round.  Healing only applies to the ring wearer.”<br /><br />To me this reads that each round the wearer is healed a number of hit points equal to the number of rooms the wearer has entered.  So on the fifth room five hit points are healed each round.  That seems a bit overpowered, and I am sure it works differently. <br /><br /><br />

It does work differently, it's not nearly that powerful.  In fact, it is pretty underpowered, I think few people wear them in the dungeon, they are just neat collectibles.  <br /><br />The Ring heals the wearer one point each time he is wearing the ring and enters a room.  The person has to wear the Ring through the entire room, they can't just put it on right before entering each room.  It only heals one point, whether you are entering room 1 or room 7. 

I actually like my Ring of Regeneration... free healing is always good. <br /><br />Not sure about the "Thou must wear the RoR for the entire room" rule though.  As written, it appears that once you have healed at the beginning of the room, you can switch to something else, like a Ring of Fire Resistance.

<br /> The person has to wear the Ring through the entire room, they can't just put it on right before entering each room. <br />

<br /><br />I think the horn of plenty is the only token in the game with that restriction.    All other items can be used as needed.<br /><br />

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<br /> The person has to wear the Ring through the entire room, they can't just put it on right before entering each room. <br />

<br /><br />I think the horn of plenty is the only token in the game with that restriction.    All other items can be used as needed.<br /><br /><br />

<br /><br />I see that you are right as far as the Token Guide is concerned, the Horn of Plenty is the only token with that restriction.  Can we get a formal ruling on that?  Do you get healed by the Ring of Regeneration if you put it on right before you enter a room, heal your point of damage, and then replace the Ring of Regeneration with another Ring?  If that's the case, the only downside is if you need that other ring right when you enter the room, and lose a round swapping out for another ring.  <br /><br />If that is the case, I'm going to put my two Rings of Regeneration to MUCH greater use in the dungeon (let whichever two party members are most hurt wear them into each room).  <br /><br />Thanks!<br />Mike

As I recall, the ruling was you had to wear it for the whole room the last time this came up. That's why everyone started pitching them and the value plummeted. If the ruling is reversed, someone's probably going to be pissed.

I seem to recall that the ring rule was as follows:<br /><br />A player must have the rings they are wearing on display in some way that shows them as "active" at the time they enter the room.<br /><br />If a player wants to swap a ring it may be slipped off and exchanged as needed.<br /><br />Any ring may be taken off and swapped - there are no rings that need to remain on the entire duration of the dungeon.<br /><br />I'm not 100% sure this is the state of things today - I'm just pretty sure this was where things were when last I recall the Ring Rule.

<br />As I recall, the ruling was you had to wear it for the whole room the last time this came up. That's why everyone started pitching them and the value plummeted. If the ruling is reversed, someone's probably going to be pissed.<br />

<br /><br />That is how I remember the ruling as well, and it makes logical sense as well, that the Ring of Regeneration takes a room worth of wearing to heal a point.  <br /><br />If it is still the ruling that you have to wear the Ring for the entire room, it would work better in True Dungeon if you healed the point at the end of the room instead of when entering a room.  That way the DM would have better knowledge of whether you had been wearing it for the whole room before granting the healed point.  <br /><br />And of course, it there is still a restriction that it has to be worn the whole room, the guide should be changed to reflect that. 

Ya, that was the justification. That regen'ing is a slow process so it couldn't just be popped on and then popped off to get the effect. A duration of time had to pass.

Still don't remember the RoR that way - but I don't plan to ever use a RoR...so I'm pretty sure that is why.

I remember it being a whole room thing... if not, I think it would get used a whole lot more.<br /><br />And the point of having it heal at the beginning of the room was, I think, to give you a little more preparation for the battle ahead.

Yep, yep. Remains more of a cool collectable than anything else for those of us with rings to choose from.<br /><br />At best, it registers as a small blip on the screw-o-meter. Nothing has come close to topping the UR RoP yet.