Continual Flame

This spell is an essential feature in many strongholds. With a continual flame you don’t have to worry about feeding fires, refilling lanterns, or replacing candles. The continual flame burns endlessly and cannot be put out by normal means. As an extra bonus in hotter climates, it creates no heat, which means you can sit beneath or near one without becoming uncomfortably warm.

Some guards carry torches lit by a continual flame. This simple device makes it easy for them to always find an inextinguishable light source, one that burns brightly in the strongest winds and the wettest rains.

To shut the light off from time to time, you need only hide it under a shield or basket. Since the continual flame doesn’t burn, this shade could even be made of straw or wood if you like, although some people prefer steel for its solidity and opacity.

Continual flames mounted around the exterior of your stronghold provide security lighting, making it hard for rogues or other ill-intentioned louts to skulk in the shadows. You can also have a continual flame cast into a lantern, allowing you to carry it from place to place with you. If the lantern has a shutter, then you can hide the light whenever you wish.

Casting: 110 gp (Wiz3) or 130 gp (Sor4) or 200 gp (Clr5)