Candle of Invocation

Light Source

8,400 gp 3 lbs Wood

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 randomly.

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 BL/DL +20.

Any creature within that light whose alignment matches that of the candle makes attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks with advantage.

Alternatively, when you light the candle for the first time, you can cast the gate spell with it. Doing so destroys the candle.

The slender taper gleams with divine etchings, its wax infused with a subtle aura—paladin's gleam or demon's flicker—detectable only by sacred sight. When lit, golden or crimson flames dance upward, casting bright daylight twenty feet wide and dim shadows beyond, while the air hums with empowering resonance. Aligned souls within feel strength surge through limbs, rolls of fate tilting in their favor, until four hours claim the melting shaft in a final wisp of smoke.

V Current: 2
V Max: 2