Ring of invisibility overpriced?

[Captain Sir Hexen Ineptus]

Pinky's Brain wrote:

"By activating this simple silver ring, the wearer can benefit from invisibility, as the spell."

The spell has caster level based duration, so the effect has caster level based duration (which is the standard way for command word activated items to operate).

.... Ever think that detail was put in there for the simple fact that you lose it when you attack?

Then how many times per day/week/month/year/ever?

When do you get that time back, because by this same leap of logic it is a single use item that burns out after time is used.

P.S. Or we could simply assume that since a duration or times per day in not presented, that there is none intended.

[Pinky's Brain]

Captain Sir Hexen Ineptus wrote:

Ever think that detail was put in there for the simple fact that you lose it when you attack?

That as well ...

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Then how many times per day/week/month/year/ever?

At will.

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When do you get that time back, because by this same leap of logic it is a single use item that burns out after time is used.

This interpretation makes the item description invalid after the first use ... which makes it the wrong interpretation. It's just a bog standard (apart from the price) command word operated at will item.

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Or we could simply assume that since a duration or times per day in not presented, that there is none intended.

You could ... but almost everyone else interprets command word operated spell items as casting the spell with a caster level dependent duration.

It's the consensus opinion, language is infinitely flexible and there is no capital T Truth to be found in anything expressed in it ... but your truth is not the truth of most others.

[Ravingdork]

Pinky's Brain wrote:

You could ... but almost everyone else interprets command word operated spell items as casting the spell with a caster level dependent duration.

ALMOST everyone indeed. Several people have clearly shown they are of the opposing opinion, including a game developer or two.

[Gauss]

Ravingdork: Where is the game developer opinion that is opposed? Not disagreeing with you I just can't find it.

- Gauss