This slender taper is dedicated to a deity and shares that deity's alignment. The candle's alignment can be detected with the detect evil and good spell. The GM chooses the god and associated alignment or determines the alignment randomly.
d20 | Alignment |
1-2 | Chaotic evil |
3-4 | Chaotic neutral |
5-7 | Chaotic good |
8-9 | Neutral evil |
10-11 | Neutral |
12-13 | Neutral good |
14-15 | Lawful evil |
16-17 | Lawful neutral |
18-20 | Lawful good |
The candle's magic is activated when the candle is lit, which requires an action. After burning for 4 hours, the candle is destroyed. You can snuff it out early for use at a later time. Deduct the time it burned in increments of 1 minute from the candle's total burn time.
While lit, the candle sheds dim light in a 30-foot radius. Any creature within that light whose alignment matches that of the candle makes attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks with advantage. In addition, a cleric or druid in the light whose alignment matches the candle's can cast 1st- level spells he or she has prepared without expending spell slots, though the spell's effect is as if cast with a 1st-level slot.
Alternatively, when you light the candle for the first time, you can cast the gate spell with it. Doing so destroys the candle.
Notes: Advantage: Saving Throws, Advantage: Ability Checks, Advantage: Melee Attacks, Advantage: Ranged Attacks, Advantage: Spell Attacks, Buff, Consumable
This is a fun item. Warlocks should be able to use it though.
Should a DM see that fit, it very much can. Can also work for paladins in that respect then.
Why would it require attunement?
Moreover, why would you bother attuning to it if you can get the benefits ("any creature whose alignment matches") without attuning?
Well, it require’s attunement to light it maybe? Magical items can have odd requirements.
Though if you feel it doesnt make sense, ask the DM if you can skip the attunement. Rules can be adapted for each group/campaign, as long as everyone is fine with it.
I just noticed that the picture of the candle looks a lot like the Spire and Sigil in the Outlands, nice detail
Order Cleric X / Stars Druid 2 utilizing this gets to cast all Cleric and Druid spells at 1st level for free, so unlimited Goodberry, Healing Word, Bless, Guiding Bolt, etc so long as the candle is available.
And because of Order Cleric, whenever you target an ally, they can make an attack with their Reaction. Since Sneak Attack is once per TURN and not per ROUND, the party Rogue is going to love you.
Why Stars Druid 2? So you can use Dragon or Chalice forms to maintain Concentration or really stretch that healing.
That's a great buff, only the alignment restriction keeps it from being legendary
It should be legendary. It's basically a spell scroll of gate. I get the alignment restriction, but there are ways to get around that.
Uhhh they can.