Your AC reward is approved! Please make sure to reflect the points deduction in your AC.
The nerfs are... nenya business.
Joking.
What we've agreed to is more situational than hard nerfs on the ring's abilities, since it's all very vague. As it was told to us, a native would be able to use the ring to power small acts of magic (lighting candles, etc.) without serious immediate effect, would feel disoriented and drained if relying on it to power the types of spells typically used for spell slots in the games, and would require bed rest and begin experiencing adverse psychological effects such as obsession with the ring if it were used for more than one of those spells per day.
For Galadriel and someone of her abilities, the same general progression applies: she can do small spells like conjuring light or cleaning objects without adverse effect, progressing to a limited ability to do larger things like freeze a significant amount of water or cast a shield as long as it was limited to once a day/thread, to being noticeably fatigued and shaky after anything more significant than that. For serious magic, the effects would become permanent and debilitating.
We asked Bubbles to keep us informed in advance if there was ever a plan for any of the "serious" magic to be employed, as that is currently not entirely and specific uses of significant magic might need to be nerfed. So if the ring were in anyone else's possession, the same would apply: it's fine to use it as an external power source for abilities that were already approved for characters, with adverse effects as appropriate based on the strength of that magic, but anything major/new would need to be brought to us in advance.
Also, just as a formality and a note for the future, if you're buying the ring with Thranduil's points you should list this as a purchase for Thranduil, even if you intend to have him give the ring to Galadriel. We allow characters to give AC reward items to each other IC, but you can't make OOC transfers, i.e. players can't transfer points to other players or purchase things directly for another player's character, which is essentially the same thing. The ring will be your property for OOC purposes if you're the one using points to purchase it.
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Your AC reward is approved! Please make sure to reflect the points deduction in your AC.
The nerfs are... nenya business.
Joking.
What we've agreed to is more situational than hard nerfs on the ring's abilities, since it's all very vague. As it was told to us, a native would be able to use the ring to power small acts of magic (lighting candles, etc.) without serious immediate effect, would feel disoriented and drained if relying on it to power the types of spells typically used for spell slots in the games, and would require bed rest and begin experiencing adverse psychological effects such as obsession with the ring if it were used for more than one of those spells per day.
For Galadriel and someone of her abilities, the same general progression applies: she can do small spells like conjuring light or cleaning objects without adverse effect, progressing to a limited ability to do larger things like freeze a significant amount of water or cast a shield as long as it was limited to once a day/thread, to being noticeably fatigued and shaky after anything more significant than that. For serious magic, the effects would become permanent and debilitating.
We asked Bubbles to keep us informed in advance if there was ever a plan for any of the "serious" magic to be employed, as that is currently not entirely and specific uses of significant magic might need to be nerfed. So if the ring were in anyone else's possession, the same would apply: it's fine to use it as an external power source for abilities that were already approved for characters, with adverse effects as appropriate based on the strength of that magic, but anything major/new would need to be brought to us in advance.
Also, just as a formality and a note for the future, if you're buying the ring with Thranduil's points you should list this as a purchase for Thranduil, even if you intend to have him give the ring to Galadriel. We allow characters to give AC reward items to each other IC, but you can't make OOC transfers, i.e. players can't transfer points to other players or purchase things directly for another player's character, which is essentially the same thing. The ring will be your property for OOC purposes if you're the one using points to purchase it.