It is a common misconception that there are magic candles.
Well, there are, but it is much more common for a 'magic candle' to actually be a quality-made candle in a magic candlestick.
1. Candlestick of Clues
This handsome silver candlestick grants a temporary boost to the bearer's Perception attribute and their Spot skill. The candlestick has major limitations, as it can only be used at night, in the dark, by a person actively looking for something, not just a tool to be pulled out in the middle of the afternoon to grant the stat boost for an archer to let off a few arrows. The Candlestick of Clues is used by spiritualists, ghosthunters, detectives, and heads of household staff, and accordingly, it should be a bit heavy and baroque in its design.
2. Candlestick of Seances I
This candlestick creates an aura around it that allows the unseen to become visible, thus when summoning spirits they can be seen by people who are not attuned to the netherworld or have any spiritualist abilities. Likewise, these candlesticks can be used in places like mausoleums, catacombs, and crypts to reveal the lurking spirits of the dead and help protect the bearer, as these spirits are typically very timid if they know they are visible, and most will retreat when feeling the aura of the candlestick. Nethermancers can use this is a potent tool for the summoning and binding of the weakest of ghosts.
3. Candlestick of Seances II
This candlestick has a minor enchantment that causes minor illusions to appear in the shadows on the edge of its light. These tenebrous tremulations are easily confused with ghosts and spirits, especially if the other people in the vicinity of the candlestick have consumed mind-altering potions, herbs, or strong drinks.
4. Candlestick o'Flame
The Candlestick o'Flame can be used to start fires. By making the proper gesture with the candlestick, the flame from the candle will dramatically increase in size for a few seconds, enough to ignite curtains, a fire in a hearth, a proper dungeon torch, or even a wayward hooligan's cloak.
5. Femur Candlestick
This candlestick is made of a large animal's femur and any candle put on it and lit produces a gory red light, very suitable for evil lairs and haunted catacombs, sepulchres, and nightmare soaked dungeons.
6. Chimera's Candlestick
A large and iridescent steel candlestick, this stick has the magical power of making the flame the candle produces change color. It has no other power and is purely cosmetic. They are expensive, but popular among sorcerers, bards, and lords of leisure.
7. Candlestick of Revelations
This wirey candlestick grants the bearer the ability of True Sight
so long as the candle is lit, and they are in a dark room. Within the
light of the candle, the invisible is made visible to them, as well as
being granted the ability to see through disguises, facades, costumes,
and other attempts at deception. A side effect of this is that they see
everyone through their clothing, a voyeuristic thrill or puritanical
nightmare. those with higher perception scores can start seeing
into people, discerning their auras, their spirit, their heart, and
this can be very unsettling, and the most disturbing thing is that this
power works on the bearer too and if they look into a mirror while
holding the candlestick, they will see into themself as they truly are,
and most people are not prepared for this.
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Update: This started as an idea, and I got these two done, but they felt too powerful and really took too long for the ideas that I had. These are basic items, not items of wondrous power
1. Gniewomir's Candlestick
Gniewomir was a necromancer hunter and was versed in a great deal of
necromantic magic herself. In her pursuit of the defilers of the dead,
she was routinely beset by ghosts sent by her quarry. As an
investigator, she seldom had the luxury of operating from a sanctum or
holy place, she needed a form of protection as mobile as she was. The
answer was to create her own candlestick. The stick itself is made of
funeral gold and grave silver offerings, and the femur of a pious man.
The stick has three powers. It has a constant passive effect to reveal
incorporeal beings in its presence. While most commonly exposing ghosts,
it can also reveal astral projections, incorporeal dimensional beings,
and any other sort of incorporeal beings. Its second power is to project
a circle of protection from undead within the range of its light,
though this is a focused power and only works so long as the candle
holder concentrates on the power. They can talk, move, and other basic
actions, but maintaining the ward means they cannot cast magic spells or
engage in combat. The final power of the candle requires a magic user
to activate, and it allows the wielder to summon the undead and compel
them to answer questions or undertake a basic task.
Gniewomir was a woman of creativity and intellect and abhorred violence. She would speak with the dead frequently and would use her powers to liberate ghosts from the control of necromancers, and then either help them move on or would send them on tasks to out or inconvenience the necromancer she was hunting. Her most successful hunt involved dealing with a necromancer known as the Corpse Hoarder, who was also a regular hoarder as well. She sent one vengeful ghost back to its master with two instructions, spill an oil lantern, and knock over a lit candle. The necromancer's tower was well protected from magic attack, and mundane assault, but had no sort of fire prevention, and in case of a fire, there was no way to stop it from spreading. The Corpse Hoarder survived the burning and collapse of his tower, but bereft of tools and tomes, he was quickly and easily subdued and taken into custody.
2. Holnek's Candlestick
A very serviceable candlestick made of well-worn brass, unadorned and
simple. Holnek himself was a stoic majordomo who oversaw a large manor
almost by himself. He was remembered for his large frame, polite manner,
and his ability to just get things done. Part of this was simply the
fact he was an old and industrious man. Part was that he bore a staff
of the majordomo. The last part was that Holnek had horrible bouts of
insomnia and frequently would have his circadian rhythm horribly out of
sequence. As such, he worked most nights and mornings and slept through
the afternoon.
The power of the candlestick is twofold and simple. The bearer (once attuned to the item) can use mage hand at will, and can summon Unseen Servant a number of times a day equal to their intelligence or wisdom bonus. Holnek would wander the manor at night, and as he saw things that needed attending, he would mage hand the small tasks, or summon an unseen servant to manage the larger tasks. If he found a major problem, he would send his servant to fetch his staff, and then set a gang of unseen servants on fixing whatever mess he found.