Five D&D Rings to Rule Them All
They might not have been forged in the fires of Mount Doom, but these five D&D magic rings are very powerful.
Want a magic ring you can wear without falling under the influence of the Necromancer? That last and greatest servant of Morgoth Bauglir, locked away outside reality? He won’t be able to touch you. Because he didn’t have a hand in making these D&D magic rings. But they will help you rule them all. Or at the very least, some of them.
Ring of Animal Influence
Let’s start small. And it doesn’t get much smaller than animals. The Ring of Animal Influence gives you dominion over animals. It comes with three charges, which can used to call upon the ring’s powers. With it, you can speak to animals, make them frightened of you, or cast Animal Friendship to convince them to do something.
Ring of Elemental Command
This ring is actually four rings. There’s one ring for each of the four main elementals: earth, fire, air, and water. With five charges each, you can use 2 to cast Dominate Monster on an elemental of the corresponding type.
But these rings are a little better than that. They also absorb a fraction of an elemental’s powers if you help slay an elemental while wearing the ring of the appropriate type. For instance, slaying a fire elemental while wearing a ring of fire elemental command lets you cast fireball, burning hands, and wall of fire from the ring. And you’re also immune to fire.
It’s a neat way to give you more powers.
Ring of Djinni Summoning
This ring is tied to a particular kind of elemental. A djiini – and it’s one particular djinni per ring, apparently. You can conjure the djinnin from the plane of air, and they appear for up to one hour.
While the djinni is hanging around, it will be friendly to you and do as you ask. But you only get one djinni per 24 hours. So use it wisely.
Ring of Three Wishes
Does all that djinni summoning have you in the mood for wishes? Why not go straight to the source. This ring is perhaps one of the most powerful rings in the game. In fact the only reason it’s not at the top of the list is it only gives you three wishes.
Ring of Winter
The Ring of Winter, however, is limitless power. Well. Sort of. By the time you cross paths with it in an adventure, it’s pretty overpowered. It’s an artifact that has some limits – but it’s only per day. With it you cast a number of spells:
- Bigby’s Hand (immune to cold)
- Cone of Cold
- Flesh to Ice (like flesh to stone but it turns the target to solid ice)
- Ice Storm
- Otilukes Freezing Sphere
- Sleet Storm
- Spike Growth
- Wall of Ice
You can create an inanimate object made of ice, animate an ice creature of CR 2 or less for 24 hours (up to 3 per day) and there are potentially more powers you can unlock if you’re evil. Also while wearing it, you don’t age. Sure it’s sentient, and it will try and take control of you, but you’re a PC hero. If you can’t make a save every now and then, what can you do?
What are your favorite D&D magic rings?
