MELE wrote:Testing a Gold Ring – Once you have a gold ring, you can “test” it to determine what kind of special ring it is. When you test a gold ring, you must make a roll and add any applicable modification (due to the test card and other cards). The gold ring card will indicate what special rings may be played based upon the modified roll.
If the roll indicates a special ring that you have in your hand, you may replace the gold ring with that ring and discard the gold ring. Otherwise, you just discard the gold ring (i.e., it was not that special). If the roll indicates more than one special ring in your hand, you choose which to play.
"Playable only with a Gold Ring and after a test indicates The One Ring."Balrog wrote:Ring special items are more complicated to play than normal items. First, you must play a gold ring item at an appropriate site. Then you must have a card or effect that tests the gold ring. When you test a gold ring, make a roll. On the gold ring item will be a list of results, and what ring special items you can play. If you have one of the indicated special ring items in your hand, you may replace the gold ring item with the special ring item. In any case, discard the gold ring item when it is tested.
"Playable only with a Gold Ring and after a test indicates a Dwarven Ring."
"Playable only with a Gold Ring and after a test indicates a Magic Ring."
It's clear enough that the Special Ring Item is "played" as a result of a ring test, replacing the gold ring. Ringlore is still a test.