Gear in Deathbound has a pretty big impact. You really only have three slots for Gear in this game, despite technically playing as 7 characters at all times. You get two slots for Rings, and an Artefact Slot, and that's all of your gear. So, picking the right Ring is pretty important in this Soulslike game, even more so when you take the Mystic and Ancient Upgrade Effects into consideration. To elaborate, you essentially have two different 'paths' you can go down with each Artefact or Ring in Deathbound.