Louis Glick asked Garon Whited:

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Garon Whited The ring fused into his hand was only somewhat useful, being caused by an unpredictable effect. Duplicating it could be problematic. However, implanting a gem or other object inside himself is worse; his body tends to reject anything not "native" when sunrise or sunset rolls around.
As for blocking the light of the sun, that may well be possible. There are a few reasons for not doing it: Routinely trusting his life to a magical effect seems more adventurous than he might like. Also, who said it was the actual light that caused him to combust? What happens if he develops a solar filter and discovers it creates a perfect darkness--but doesn't block whatever quasi-mystical force actually does the damage? And then there's the reliability question. He spends a lot of time in low-magic zones, so his sun filter might not charge completely between uses.
Regardless--even with a cleaning spell--he's still going to want someplace private to do his sweating. It's not subtle. At best, an observer will think he's extremely ill. He may as well do it somewhere dark.

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