For the purpose of attacks made on lycanthropes, all melee (including a monk’s open-hand attacks) and thrown attacks made by the wearer are treated as if they were made by silver weapons. This ring does not literally transform the weapon into silver–it merely confers the effect that a silver weapon grants. Thus any melee or thrown weapon damage the wearer inflicts cannot be regenerated or healed by lycanthropes.
If a character wearing this ring becomes infected with lycanthropy,