Candlelight

Candlelight

1st-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous


Candlelight is an evocation spell that offers mastery over small flames, allowing the caster to effortlessly light or extinguish candles, torches, and similar sources of fire within range. This spell is a whisper to the primal force of fire, a subtle command that bends the flame to the caster's will. As you gesture and speak the incantation, the air around you seems to pulse with a latent warmth, as if responding to an unseen conductor's baton.

Upon casting Candlelight, you can choose a number of flames within range equal to your spellcasting ability modifier. With a simple gesture, you can either ignite unlit candles and torches or extinguish those that are already burning. The spell works with a precision and delicacy that mimics the natural ebb and flow of a flame, as if it were a living entity responding to your call.

The ability to control fire in this manner is more than a mere convenience; it is a subtle demonstration of the caster's connection to the elemental force of fire. In crowded taverns, grand halls, or during solemn ceremonies, the spell can be used to create an ambiance, setting the mood with the flicker of candlelight or the sudden extinguishing of torches.

Candlelight is a favored tool among those who appreciate the nuances of setting and atmosphere. It finds use among innkeepers for its practicality, performers for its dramatic effect, and clergy for its ceremonial significance. The spell is a quiet yet powerful reminder of the magic inherent in everyday life, the small wonders that exist in the manipulation of light and shadow.

While Candlelight is limited to small flames and does not have the power to control large fires or complex pyrotechnics, its beauty lies in its simplicity and elegance. The spell is a dance with the tiny, fluttering hearts of fire, a conversation in the language of light and warmth.

Classes: Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard
Source: Custom Creation


Candlelight is more than a spell; it is a poetic interaction with the element of fire, a gentle caress of one of nature's most fundamental forces. It embodies a respect for the flame, a recognition of its power and its role as a bringer of light and a banisher of darkness. In the subtle control of candlelight, there is a reflection of the balance between destruction and creation, a reminder of the delicate line that firewalkers tread.