Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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Why use the Ioun Stone of Regeneration when you could get the ring of regeneration? The Ioun Stone of Regeneration gives 15 hit points an hour while the ring gives 1d6 and the ring gives it every 10 minutes (6d6 an hour). It's just strictly better. Additionally, the rarities are messed up. the Ioun Stone of Regeneration costs more than the ring!
Most characters don't get to just take any magic item they want.
Shops. If you get an Ioun Stone of Regeneration just sell it and look for a shop for magic items.
Yeah, the lack of previous editions' magic item economy means that the party is dependent on the items that the GM gives them. They don't get to go shopping at Wizardmart for whatever magic items they want.
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Assumes that you can both find a buyer and a seller. Of course, a smart munchkin buys a bag of holding and a bunch of healing potions.
It's not always that easy. Towns and villages probably do't have a magic shop. Maybe you can find some potions or a few random common items. Cities may or may not have a magic shop, but even if they do, they only have whatever the DM says is in stock and it mgiht be random, plus there may be price gouging. There is an anime about a Heavy Knight where they want 4-5 million gold on the black market (the only option he has) for the skill book he needs.
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I've joked about "finger slots" for rings in the past, but then I realized that toes, ears, belly buttons, and other spaces exist for them.
I think this is an AL-related question?
Because I'm a little out of date in that regards.
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Technically the magic item rules do require that a magic ring be worn on a finger, specifically, to take effect. But if you're at my table I'm not going to tell you you can't have an Eyebrow Ring of Mind Shielding if you want one.
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The basic difference between a ring of regeneration and an ioun stone of regeneration is:
Thus, the rarity difference, while odd, mostly doesn't matter.
That's actually a really good idea, now I cant unsee it.
damn, i loved me some "The Exiled Heavy Knight know how to game the system" post, be it in its anime form or in its marvelous manga form. That and Goblin Slayer should be in the same universe
Replace the concept of "magic items" with "military grade guided rocket launchers" in this response and you'll see how it's not a trivial thing to sell one and buy another
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They're mostly for between-combat recovery, which can be a big deal on long adventuring days.
(And limb loss, while it can't happen by a defined way in the rules, is absolutely a thing that can happen in the narrative.)
The real difference is that the ioun stone is far, far, cooler.