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    Dwarf in the Playground
     
    SwashbucklerGuy

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    Default Candle of Invocation converted/nerfed into a UA-style incantation

    The main thing here is that all gate functionality is gone--hence the name change. Please PEACH. One thing I'm wondering is if 7th level is too high.

    Candle of Transcendence
    Conjuration
    Effective Level: 7th
    Skill Check: Knowledge (religion) DC 24, 7 successes
    Failure: Attack
    Components: V, S, M, F, XP
    Casting Time: 12 hours
    Range: Touch
    Area: 30-ft. emanation
    Duration: 4 hours
    Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)
    Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)

    You imbue a regular candle with the essence of one of the nine alignments. Simply burning the candle generates a favorable aura for the caster, and any characters within the area after the incantation is complete, if the candle's alignment matches that of the caster. Characters of the same alignment as the burning candle add a +2 morale bonus on attack rolls, saving throws, and skill checks until the candle burns out if they pass within 30 feet of the flame after the incantation is complete.

    Likewise, if passing within 30 feet of the flame and for as long as the flame burns, an adept, cleric, favored soul, or paladin whose alignment matches the candle's operates for the rest of the day as if two levels higher for purposes of determining spells per day, but he must prepare his spells just prior to or while the flame burns. He can even cast spells normally unavailable to him, as if he were of that higher level, but this effect functions only so long as the candle continues to burn.

    Failure
    The candle rapidly melts but doesn't ignite and, one round after the skill check is failed, is replaced with a single hostile extraplanar creature of CR 7 + 1 per point by which the skill check failed, and of the opposite alignment that the caster intended to infuse the candle with.

    Material Component
    3,000 gp worth of silver dust and 1,000 gp worth of special oils, which are spread around the candle's sides while the incantation is chanted.

    Focus
    A regular 1/2-pound candle engraved with symbols of religious or philosophical significance. The candle burns with a heatless flame, surrounded by an unearthly halo, for 4 hours upon successful completion of the incantation. It is possible to extinguish the candle simply by blowing it out, so users often place it in a lantern to protect it from drafts and the like. Doing this doesn't interfere with its magical properties. Once used for this incantation, the candle melts only if burned normally; subsequent uses of this incantation do not consume the candle's physical mass.

    XP Component
    100 XP.
    Last edited by OttoVonBigby; 2019-08-31 at 01:23 PM. Reason: adjusted the Failure fluff
    "This civilization has not yet fully recovered from the shock of its birth — the transition from the tribal or 'enclosed society,' with its submission to magical forces, to the 'open society' which sets free the critical powers of man." - Karl Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies, 1945

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    Troll in the Playground
     
    PirateGirl

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    Elemental Plane of Purple
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    Default Re: Candle of Invocation converted/nerfed into a UA-style incantation

    Why would a candle make a saving throw?
    P.E.A.C.H. Please Evaluate And Critique Honestly. Being nicer and kinder doesn't hurt either. Note I generally only critique 3.5 and Pathfinder material.
    Please, please, please when using non-core material, cite to the books. There are too many books to wade through to find the one with the feat, special ability or spell you use.
    my creations in homebrew signature thread

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    Ogre in the Playground
     
    OldWizardGuy

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    Vancouver <-> Dublin
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    Default Re: Candle of Invocation converted/nerfed into a UA-style incantation

    I'm not great at assessing the balance of invocations but this oozes flavour so I quite like it.

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