Originally Posted by
Chronos
If we can find the reference for "throwing +1 rings of protection in the trash", then that would imply that for every member of the party, at least one of two things is true: They already have a Ring of Protection, or they already have two unspecified other rings that they prefer to +1 AC.
Vaarsuvius, we know, has a Ring of Wizardry, which e would probably be correct to value more than the AC, but we don't know anything about another ring for em, nor (I think) about anyone else's rings.