Ring of Warmth
- Category: Ring
- Rarity: Uncommon (Requires Attunement)
If you take Cold damage while wearing this ring, the ring reduces the damage you take by 2 d 8 .
In addition, while wearing this ring, you and everything you wear and carry are unharmed by temperatures of 0 degrees Fahrenheit or lower.
Tactical Applications
Cold Resistance: Provides resistance to cold damage and immunity to extreme cold environments. Exceptional for arctic exploration, cold-based combat, and survival in freezing environments.
Class Synergies:
- Any Class: Universal utility for cold protection regardless of class or environmental resistance
- Arctic Explorers: Perfect for characters focusing on cold environment exploration and arctic adventures
- Cold Survivors: Essential for characters requiring protection from freezing temperatures and cold damage
- Environmental Specialists: Excellent for characters dealing with extreme weather and climate challenges
Build Considerations: Provides ongoing cold protection without attunement requirement. Most valuable for characters frequently encountering cold environments and freezing temperatures.
Acquisition Methods
Crafting Requirements: Requires warmth magic, cold resistance enchantments, and fire essences. Creation cost 2,000-5,000 gp and takes 8 weeks.
Common Sources:
- Cold resistance specialists and warmth enchanters
- Treasure hoards of legendary arctic explorers and cold-resistant creatures
- Commission from enchanters specializing in environmental protection
- Found in the collections of arctic specialists and cold environment experts
- Sometimes discovered in cold environments or obtained from cold-resistant creature encounters
Alternative Acquisition: Often found in locations with extreme cold or arctic themes.
Value & Trade
Estimated Value: 3,000-7,000 gp, with higher demand among arctic explorers and cold environment specialists.
Trade Considerations: Popular among cold-weather adventurers and anyone requiring protection from freezing temperatures.
Character Integration
Roleplay Elements: Suggests experience with cold environments, arctic exploration, or professional roles requiring cold resistance.
Character Concepts:
- Arctic specialist with cold resistance expertise and freezing environment experience
- Cold survivor using warmth protection for extreme weather navigation and arctic survival
- Character with extensive experience in cold environments requiring temperature protection
- Environmental expert combining cold resistance with traditional survival techniques
Adventure Hooks
The Arctic Expedition: Adventures in freezing environments where cold resistance provides crucial survival advantages.
The Ice Challenge: Scenarios where cold protection enables exploration of frozen regions and ice-based obstacles.
The Freezing Crisis: Situations where cold resistance determines survival and protection from extreme temperatures.
The Winter Mission: Exploration missions where warmth protection advances discovery and cold environment navigation.
Variants & Customization
Greater Ring of Warmth (Rare): Enhanced cold protection and additional warmth effects with improved temperature control.
Ring of Climate Control (Very Rare): Includes protection from multiple environmental extremes and comprehensive climate resistance.
Explorer's Warmth Ring (Uncommon): Optimized for arctic exploration with enhanced cold survival and environmental protection.
Specialized Variants:
- Arctic Survival Ring: Enhanced for extreme cold with improved freezing resistance and arctic navigation
- Winter Combat Ring: Optimized for cold weather battle with enhanced cold damage resistance and tactical warmth
- Climate Explorer Ring: Specialized for environmental exploration with enhanced weather resistance and temperature adaptation
Lore & History
Origins: Created by ancient arctic explorers who needed reliable protection from the deadly cold of their polar expeditions.
Historical Significance: These rings enabled crucial arctic discoveries and the survival of expeditions in the harshest cold environments.
Cultural Impact: Represent the mastery of environmental protection magic and the human conquest of extreme cold through magical warmth.
Magical Craft: Demonstrates understanding of environmental magic and the processes required for temperature protection.
Balancing Notes
Introduction Timing: Appropriate for levels 3-10 when cold environments become common and temperature protection provides significant advantages.
Campaign Impact: Provides meaningful environmental protection balanced by specific climate focus and no attunement requirement.
Climate Focus: Most valuable in campaigns featuring arctic environments and cold-based challenges.
Encounter Design
Recommended Challenges:
- Cold environment scenarios where warmth protection enables arctic exploration and freezing temperature survival
- Weather encounters where cold resistance provides tactical advantages and environmental navigation
- Survival challenges where temperature protection advances progress and cold environment adaptation
- Climate situations where warmth enables exploration of frozen regions and ice-based obstacles
Temperature Adjustments: Encounters may need to account for cold resistance and enhanced survival in freezing environments.
Related Items
Environmental Items: Other items that enhance climate protection and provide weather resistance.
Arctic Equipment:
- Items that improve cold weather survival and arctic exploration effectiveness
- Equipment for temperature protection and environmental adaptation
- Tools for warmth magic and climate resistance
Complementary Equipment: Items that enhance environmental abilities or provide additional climate benefits.
Roleplay Opportunities
Environmental Mastery: Characters develop expertise in cold resistance and arctic survival techniques.
Climate Leadership: Warmth protection capabilities create opportunities for leading arctic expeditions and cold environment missions.
Survival Excellence: Cold resistance enables impressive survival demonstrations and extreme environment navigation.