| Dragon | Dragon 45 | Magic Items | Rings | 1st Edition AD&D |
This is a magickal item not usually found
in treasure hordes, and its
application is somewhat limited. Nonetheless,
it can be of some use to
adventurers. A Ring of Oak is a simple,
flexible band of wood which,
when taken from the home tree of a dryad
and worn on the finger, allows the dryad to move out of the vicinity of
her tree and roam as an
adventurer. Few (if any) true dryads have
the wanderlust, but some
PCs may find themselves reincarnated,
through the
druidic spell of the same name, as a dryad,
and may wish to continue
adventuring.
A small,
green twig is taken from the dryad’s tree and is woven into
a ring shape. Then an Astral
Spell and a Wish must
be cast on the
ring, and it is thereby attached by a
silver cord through the astral plane
to the home tree; the cord has a 1% chance
per month of breaking
through any outside influence. The dryad
will NOT voluntarily remove
the ring when more than 36” away from the
home tree. If the ring is
lost or the cord breaks, the dryad loses
1 point of STR per day
until the ring is returned or she finds
her way back to within 36” of her
oak tree. If her STR reaches 0, she will
die; she will undergo a
similar loss of STR if her home tree is
destroyed while she is
absent, unless a Wish is used to
“resurrect” the tree. STR is recovered at 1 point per day if death
is avoided by the recovery of the
Ring of Oak or a return to
within 36” of the tree.
Experience point value: 500
Gold piece sale value: 2,000