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Ring of Animal Influence

Ring Of Animal Influence
  • Category: Ring
  • Rarity: Rare

This ring has 3 charges, and it regains 1 d 3 expended charges daily at dawn. While wearing the ring, you can expend 1 charge to cast one of the following spells (save DC 13) from it:

  • Animal Friendship
  • Fear (affects Beasts only)
  • Speak with Animals

Tactical Applications​

Beast Control: Provides animal friendship, fear, and speak with animals abilities for beast interaction and control. Exceptional for wilderness navigation, beast communication, and tactical animal manipulation.

Class Synergies:

  • Rangers: Perfect for rangers wanting enhanced beast interaction and wilderness control capabilities
  • Druids: Essential for druids requiring additional animal communication and influence options
  • Beast Masters: Excellent for characters specializing in animal companions and beast tactics
  • Wilderness Specialists: Outstanding for any character requiring reliable beast interaction abilities

Build Considerations: Provides ongoing beast control capabilities with daily charge regeneration. Most valuable for characters frequently encountering animals and wilderness environments.

Acquisition Methods​

Crafting Requirements: Requires animal magic, influence enchantments, and beast essences. Creation cost 3,000-8,000 gp and takes 10 weeks.

Common Sources:

  • Beast magic specialists and animal enchanters
  • Treasure hoards of legendary druids and beast masters
  • Commission from enchanters specializing in animal magic
  • Found in the collections of wilderness experts and animal trainers
  • Sometimes discovered in druidic sanctuaries or obtained from beast creature encounters

Alternative Acquisition: Often found in locations with strong connections to animal magic and wilderness environments.

Value & Trade​

Estimated Value: 5,000-12,000 gp, with higher demand among rangers and wilderness specialists.

Trade Considerations: Popular among beast masters and anyone requiring enhanced animal interaction capabilities.

Character Integration​

Roleplay Elements: Suggests experience with animal training, wilderness survival, or professional roles requiring beast interaction.

Character Concepts:

  • Beast master with animal influence expertise and wilderness control experience
  • Wilderness guide using animal communication for navigation and survival advantages
  • Character with extensive animal training and beast magic background
  • Druidic specialist combining animal influence with traditional nature magic

Adventure Hooks​

The Beast Alliance: Adventures requiring animal cooperation where influence provides crucial tactical advantages.

The Wilderness Navigation: Exploration missions where animal communication enables safe passage and guidance.

The Beast Investigation: Scenarios where animal witnesses provide crucial information and evidence.

The Wild Diplomacy: Encounters where beast influence enables peaceful resolution and cooperation.

Variants & Customization​

Greater Ring of Animal Influence (Very Rare): Enhanced range and additional beast control abilities with improved influence capabilities.

Ring of Beast Mastery (Legendary): Includes domination effects and comprehensive animal control with enhanced communication.

Ranger's Animal Ring (Rare): Optimized for ranger builds with enhanced companion bonuses and wilderness synergy.

Specialized Variants:

  • Trainer's Animal Ring: Enhanced for animal training with improved teaching and conditioning bonuses
  • Scout's Beast Ring: Optimized for reconnaissance with enhanced animal surveillance and information gathering
  • Guardian's Animal Ring: Specialized for protection with enhanced beast ally capabilities and defensive coordination

Lore & History​

Origins: Created by ancient druids who needed reliable methods for animal communication and beast cooperation.

Historical Significance: These rings enabled crucial wilderness explorations and the development of beast magic traditions.

Cultural Impact: Represent the mastery of animal magic and the harmonious relationship between civilization and nature.

Magical Craft: Demonstrates understanding of animal magic and the complex processes required for beast influence.

Balancing Notes​

Introduction Timing: Appropriate for levels 5-13 when animal encounters become common and beast influence provides significant advantages.

Campaign Impact: Provides ongoing animal interaction enhancement balanced by limited daily charges and specific creature focus.

Wilderness Focus: Most valuable in campaigns featuring extensive wilderness exploration and animal encounters.

Encounter Design​

Recommended Challenges:

  • Animal encounters where influence enables peaceful resolution and cooperation instead of combat
  • Wilderness scenarios where beast communication provides navigation and survival advantages
  • Investigation missions where animal witnesses advance plot development and evidence gathering
  • Exploration challenges where animal allies provide tactical support and reconnaissance

Animal Adjustments: Encounters may need to account for enhanced animal cooperation and beast influence capabilities.

Beast Items: Other items that enhance animal interaction and provide beast-related capabilities.

Wilderness Equipment:

  • Items that improve wilderness survival and animal training effectiveness
  • Equipment for beast communication and animal magic
  • Tools for wilderness navigation and animal influence

Complementary Equipment: Items that enhance animal abilities or provide additional beast-related benefits.

Roleplay Opportunities​

Beast Mastery: Characters develop expertise in animal influence and wilderness control techniques.

Wilderness Leadership: Animal influence capabilities create opportunities for leading wilderness expeditions and beast cooperation missions.

Nature Harmony: Beast communication enables deeper connection with natural environments and animal communities.