{"id":6932,"date":"2026-02-16T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T06:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamemasters.com\/?p=6932"},"modified":"2026-02-16T06:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T06:00:05","slug":"the-ring-of-boccob-this-old-dd-item-could-unmake-magic-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamemasters.com\/?p=6932","title":{"rendered":"The Ring of Boccob This Old D&amp;D Item Could Unmake Magic Itself!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7kKiPSaDr8c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What if Dungeons and Dragons magic items weren\u2019t j<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/gamemasters.com\/?p=6932\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if Dungeons and Dragons magic items weren\u2019t just gear\u2026 but living parts of the world that could fight back?<\/p>\n<p>Today we dive into one of the strangest and most fascinating magic items of old school D&amp;D, the Ring of Boccob.  An item from the early days of Advanced Dungeons &amp; Dragons that could do something almost unthinkable by modern standards.. challenge other magic items\u2026 and even threaten artifacts. But this isn\u2019t just a conversion video. Instead of asking how to copy old mechanics from AD&amp;D into modern Dungeons &amp; Dragons, we\u2019re exploring a bigger question, what happens when you bring back the mindset behind them?<\/p>\n<p>Support this channel and become a Patreon member here :<br \/>\n|\u2688 Patreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/gamemasters<\/p>\n<p>Support this channel and become a youtube member here:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWPuY6qJNYTfvgLHFhQ3H_g\/join<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Boccob Ancient Magic<br \/>\n0:50 Who was Boccob<br \/>\n3:19 Ring of Boccob<br \/>\n7:20 5E Conversion<\/p>\n<p>How would you reforge this magic item?<br \/>\nLet me know in the comments!<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and please give this video a thumbs up \ud83d\udc4d!<br \/>\nThank you kindly for watching!<br \/>\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br \/>\n\ud83d\udce7 For marketing\/business\/sponsorship inquiries, email manager@gamemasters.com<br \/>\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc4d Support \ud83d\udc4d<br \/>\n|\u2688 Patreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/gamemasters<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcb5 Direct Donation: https:\/\/paypal.me\/GameMastersHere<br \/>\n\u293b Amazon Wishlist: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/hz\/wishlist\/ls\/2CF07OMJ3ZMIO?ref_=wl_share<br \/>\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br \/>\n\ud83e\udd8b\ud83d\udcfa Social Media \ud83e\udd8b\ud83d\udcfa<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcbb Website: http:\/\/www.gamemasters.com\u200b<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc26 Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/gamemasters<br \/>\n\ud83c\udf1d\ud83d\udcd9 Facebook: http:\/\/facebook.com\/GameMasterscom\u200b<br \/>\n\ud83e\udd16 Reddit: https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GameMastersHere\/<br \/>\n\ud83d\ude0e Discord: https:\/\/discord.gg\/yRmayaK9Gk<br \/>\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>GameMasters is first and foremost designed to bring entertainment to gamers of all walks.  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