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'''Dancing Lights''' is a Evocation '''[[Spells#Cantrips|Cantrip]]'''. This spell allows spellcasters to create several magical orbs of light that brighten an area.
{{SpellPage
| name = Dancing Lights
| image = Dancing Lights.webp
| level = cantrip
| school = Evocation
| ritual =
| classes = Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard
| class learns at level 1 = Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard
| class learns at level 3 = Eldritch Knight, Arcane Trickster
| class learns at level 5 = Druid:via [[Wild Shape: Deep Rothé]]
| races =
| race learns at level 1 = High Elf, High Half-Elf, Drow, Drow Half-Elf
| granted by feats = Magic Initiate: Bard, Magic Initiate: Sorcerer, Magic Initiate: Wizard
| granted by items = Komira's Locket
| summary = It creates magical orbs of light that brighten an area.
| description = Illuminate a {{radius|m=9|ft=30}} radius.
| cost = action
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| concentration = yes
| range = ranged
| range m = 18
| range ft = 60
| aoe = radius
| aoe m = 9
| aoe ft = 30
| condition = Dancing Lights
| condition duration = 10
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* Unlike the tabletop version, the magical orbs can only function as one light source instead of having the option to spread them out in a chain of four separate lights. They also have the option to move them each turn as a Bonus Action.
** Additionally, the combined light has a far greater Area of Effect than the tabletop version which instead only has a 3 m / 10 ft radius of dim light.
* Dancing Lights has two incantations: '''Fiat Lux''', Latin for "let there be light", and '''Sol Invictus''', Latin for "unconquered sun".
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[[Category:Spells]][[Category:Cantrips]]
== External Links ==
 
* {{FRWiki|Dancing lights|long}}
[[File:Dancing Lights Icon 2.png|upright=0.8|thumb|right|{{AbilityInfobox
| title = <div style="font-size:105%; font-family:Georgia;">''"Create a wisp of light that illuminate a 12m / 40ft radius."''</div>
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<div style="text-align:center;">[[File:Action Icon.png|frameless|25px]] '''Action'''</div>
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| Range = 18m / 60ft
| School = Evocation
| Concentration = Required
| Class = [[Bard]], [[Sorcerer]], [[Wizard]]
}}]]
 
== Description ==
Create a wisp of light that illuminate a {{C|12m / 40ft}} radius.
 
== Properties ==
{{C|[[File:Action Icon.png|frameless|25px]] Action}}
 
''Available to level 1 [[Bard]], [[Sorcerer]] and [[Wizard]].
* Range: {{C|[[File:Range Icon 2.png|frameless|upright=0.1]] 18m / 60ft}}
* Concentration: {{C|[[File:Concentration Icons.png|frameless|upright=0.1]] Required}}

Latest revision as of 13:11, 24 April 2024

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Dancing Lights is a cantrip (Evocation). It creates magical orbs of light that brighten an area.

Description

Illuminate a 9 m / 30 ft radius.

Properties

Cost
Action
Details
 Range: 18 m / 60 ft
AoE: 9 m / 30 ft (Radius)
Concentration Concentration

At higher levels

Casting this spell at a higher level grants no additional benefit.

Condition: Dancing Lights

Dancing Lights Dancing Lights

Duration: 10 turns

Illuminates a 9 m / 30 ft radius.

How to learn

Classes:

Races:

(Character level is the sum of all class levels for a multi-classed character.)

Feats:

Granted by the following items:

Notes

  • Unlike the tabletop version, the magical orbs can only function as one light source instead of having the option to spread them out in a chain of four separate lights. They also have the option to move them each turn as a Bonus Action.
    • Additionally, the combined light has a far greater Area of Effect than the tabletop version which instead only has a 3 m / 10 ft radius of dim light.
  • Dancing Lights has two incantations: Fiat Lux, Latin for "let there be light", and Sol Invictus, Latin for "unconquered sun".

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