I've never seen one of these used before, but it got randomly generated in our last session as part of a treasure cache.
As far as I can tell, the 'see through objects' aspect is fairly straightforward, but I'm a little confused about how it might work with other effects/conditions.
The Ring says you see like as if under normal illumination - so a wearer without darkvision could see in absolute darkness? What about magical darkness?
How does the X-Ray vision work with other visual things like concealment? Illusions?
Guidance is appreciated - thanks!
I've never seen one of these used before, but it got randomly generated in our last session as part of a treasure cache.
As far as I can tell, the 'see through objects' aspect is fairly straightforward, but I'm a little confused about how it might work with other effects/conditions.
The Ring says you see like as if under normal illumination - so a wearer without darkvision could see in absolute darkness? What about magical darkness?
How does the X-Ray vision work with other visual things like concealment? Illusions?
Guidance is appreciated - thanks!
On command, this ring gives its wearer the ability to see into and through solid matter. Vision range is 20 feet, with the viewer seeing as if he were looking at something in normal light even if there is no illumination. X-ray vision can penetrate 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, or up to 3 feet of wood or dirt. Thicker substances or a thin sheet of lead blocks the vision.
So within 20', yes you'd be able to see in perfect darkness, nut everything beyond that would be blank, just like you had Darkvision 20'. However, anything you wouldn't be able to see (within that area) if it was lit by normal illumination you still won't be able to see. That includes seeing illusions (or not seeing, in the case of invisibility), being blinded by magical darkness, and so on.
The caveat to that is that if you can't see though an illusion of a wooden wall the way you can see the actual wall, that'd probably count as automatically disbelieving the illusion.
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someone's got to say it.
Use it to evaluate the REAL charisma scores of your fellow players.
That said, I believe it would be invaluable for trapfinding and disarm, you could easily see most pitfalls unless they were lead lined, but even then if you always peered 4 inches into the stonework and suddenly saw only the surface, you'd know.
Imagine how easily you could disable gear traps if you could look more indepth to it.