# Ring of protection

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Name

protection

Appearance

random

Base price

100 zm

Weight

3

Probability out of rings

3.57%

Probability out of items in:

containers

Rogue level

Gehennom

Elsewhere

0.179%

0.179%

0.286%

0.107%

A ring of protection improves your AC by its enchantment.

Identification
It self-identifies when worn for the first time, unless it is +0.

Effects
For example, a +1 ring of protection improves AC by 1. Conversely, it increases your AC by its enchantment if it's negative. The enchantment can be altered by charging.
A ring of protection also increases your magic cancellation by 1, to a maximum of 3. This does not depend on its enchantment, and it does not stack with a second ring of protection.
Eating a ring of protection with non-zero enchantment has a chance of conferring intrinsic protection.

History
The ring of protection started boosting magic cancellation in 3.6.0, as part of that version's many changes to magic cancellation.

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