Ring of Dain Frostreaver IV  

 

yea i agree... imagine a lvl 10 toon with this rofl, what lvl is the affect?

Edited, Wed Aug 3 08:34:07 2005

It'll stack because there's 3 different damage shields rangers can use... all stackable individually. The self "Coat" kind, the targeted "shield" or "Call" kind and the self massive buffs that have multiple effects in them. The massives block shield and Call DS's, but not coats, the ring counts as one of these massives.... blocks shield and call, stacks with coats

If you click link for effect: frostweaver's blessing it will take you to spell effect description. Allows you to research things like this in future :)

To Answer the question though it is an -instant- similar to j-boots.

(edited some spelling errors original post)

Edited, Wed Aug 6 08:51:34 2003

we did that for my ring whenever a mob got to close to the city, we would just highsun them and go fight the things on there way there. If something got past the lines of defense though we had 6-8 bards up there just highsunning the MFers back to spawn point

dex and agi are relatively unimportant stats.
RoA - rate of advancement (how often you get a skill-up)

what they affect:

str: max melee dmg, carry weight (common stat on many items, not too important). smithing RoA if higher than your wis or int.

sta: hit points. you can never have too many. also affects your yellow stamina bar and breath meter. get sta to 100+ to suffer no ill effects (except being unable to jump) from an empty yellow bar.

agi: marginal impact on AC. defensive skill(dodge, parry) RoA. possibly increases "proc" rate of avoidance skills (ex. higher agi may make you parry more often). it's important to note that you suffer a severe AC penalty for having an agi below 75, whether by encumbrance or sucky starting stats. so when starting a caster, i suggest a minimum of 80 agi(for some leeway with encumbrance) before you start loading up on wis or int.

dex: proc rate, archery damage, offensive skill (kick, 1hs) RoA. thus, most useful for rangers using bows, people training weap skills, and folks with really good weapon procs. possibly affects fletching RoA if higher than your wis/int.

wis/int: mana pool, fizzle rate, magic skill (channeling, abjuration) RoA, general ability (sense heading, forage) RoA, language skill RoA, all tradeskill RoA

cha: npc vendor prices, outcome of select spells

so, on the one hand you have melees focusing on str, sta, hp, and regen(coldain rings), and on the other you have casters and priests worrying about int/wis, hp, and flowing thought(coldain shawls). hybrids long for both, and nobody really cares about dex or agi =P.

which, unfortunately, is why they're so hard to raise for the people who seek them.

My precious.....we wants it.

You CAN wear a lower ring and a higher ring at the same time, just not 2 rings of the same 'level.'

And why wouldn't a guild do this for a necro? Unless this is a guild who considers itself "uber" and doesn't give a wit about helping other members with quests if they so desire. Guilds who neglet other members to make sure the Holy Trinity has the best gear out there makes me sick.

And this is a great item for tanks, shamans, and necros.

Allowable Targets: Self

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Range to Target: 100 feet

So... you can be 100 feet away from yourself when you cast this?!? ;)

It will not stack with Okeil's Flickering Flame (big loss I know) or Call of Earth (a little more disappointing) or chloroplast. However the damage shield is more than twice of okeil's and call of earth and the regen is equal to chloroplast. basically it's like having both on you with one cast, great timesaver. The real advantage with stacking issues is the ATK bonus, it stacks with ALL other buffs that provide attack increases. For example a level 60 ranger could cast Strength of Earth and Call of the Predator on someone with this ring and all 3 attack bonuses would stack. That's a base increase of 75points to attack actual attack increase being noteably greater. So overall by using this effect your overall gain is 6DS equal regen and 10pts of attack. and the only loss is 26ac, if your not the one taking most of the lumps in a fight this is nothing but benefits. A primary tank may prefer to have chloroplast and call of earth on instead for the extra ac, but a damage dealer who fears getting aggro while wants to optimize attack will undoubtably have this as the preference.
Solaryn Lunarus
Ranger on Xev.