A Ring of the Ram can create a spectral ram's head that pushes and damages an enemy or breaks an object.
Description[]
This ring has a maximum of three charges, and the wearer can use an action to expend up to three charges to make a ranged spell attack against a creature they can see within 60 feet.[1] Activating the ring creates a burst of divine-white energy that coalesces into a large, circular portal from which a giant, ghostly ram's head springs toward the target.[2] For each charge used, an attack that hits deals a certain amount of force damage, and pushes the target 5 feet away from the wearer.[1]
Alternately, the charges can be expended to attempt to break an object the wearer can see within 60 feet. The ring makes a Strength check with a +5 bonus for each charge expended.[1]
History[]
Campaign One: Vox Machina[]
Fan art of Tary using his Ring of the Ram on the marid, by Lap Pun Cheung.[art 2]
Taryon Darrington had one of these rings, and he used it against a marid—a water genie—who was part of a crew of attacking pirates that was boarding the ship that Vox Machina was taking to Vesrah. The ring scored a critical hit and slew the marid as the spectral ram's head ejected the creature into the sea. Taryon was surprised by the ring's power.[3]
Tary's subsequent uses of the ring were not successful:
- After arriving at Vesrah, Keyleth was given a task that placed all of Vox Machina in the path of a kraken, which got a tentacle around Taryon. Taryon attempted to use the ring on that tentacle, but because he was restrained, he couldn't quite score a hit.[4]
- Later, Tary was similarly unsuccessful trying to push Utugash out of the pit fiend's own Wall of Fire.[5]
- Finally, Tary tried to use the ring on Symphior, the Withered Planetar, but the creature was too hard to hit.[6]
Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep[]
One of the ancient baubles the Allegiance of Allsight expedition found in the underwater ruins of Cael Morrow was a Ring of the Ram. Xot, the research technician in whose collection the ring can be found, can be persuaded to part with it.[7]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 See D&D: Dungeon Master's Guide (2014), 5th ed., p. 193.
- ↑ See "Onward to Vesrah" (1x87) at 1:43:44.
- ↑ See "Onward to Vesrah" (1x87) from 1:42:09 through 1:44:16.
- ↑ See "Tangled Depths" (1x88) at 4:29:52.
- ↑ See "Bats Out of Hell" (1x93) at 1:25:44.
- ↑ See "The Mines of the Many" (1x98) at 3:44:24.
- ↑ See Call of the Netherdeep, p. 127.
Art:
- ↑ Depiction of a Ring of the Ram from Dungeon Master's Guide (2014), p. 193. This page contains unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Wizards of the Coast Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.
- ↑ Fan art of Tary using his Ring of the Ram on the marid, by Lap Pun Cheung (source). Used with permission.