The Blood of Lathander

The Blood of Lathander is a legendary + 3 Mace found through the ⁠Find the Blood of Lathander quest. It continuously sheds light, blinds nearby Fiends and Undead with its light, can prevent death as well as heal its wielder, and allows the wielder to cast  Sunbeam.

Properties

Damage

1d6 + 3 (4~9) + Strength modifier ⁠Bludgeoning

Details

 Maces

 Rarity: Legendary

Enchantment: + 3

 One-Handed

 Dippable

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5 ft

 Weight: 1.8 kg / 3.6 lb

 Price: 640 gp

UID

S_CRE_BloodOfLathander

Stats

CRE_BloodOfLathander

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  UID

  UNI_CRE_HUM_Sun_Mace_BloodOfLathander
  
  UUID

  96a35552-0c05-4df0-9974-2a8f142e4be6
  
  Stats

  CRE_BloodOfLathander
  
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  UID

  WPN_HUM_Sun_Mace_Lathander_Blood_A_Glow
  
  UUID

  7b961f08-46c1-46b1-99bc-c59283831a0b
  
  Stats

  CRE_BloodOfLathander
  

Special

The holder of this item gains:

 Sunbeam ()

Cast as a level 6 spell ( Recharge: Long rest.)

Lathander's Blessing

Once per Long Rest, when your hit points are reduced to 0, you regain 2d6⁠⁠hit points. Allies within 9 m / 30 ft also regain 1d6⁠⁠hit points.

Lathander's Light

Sheds holy light in a 6 m / 20 ft radius. In combat, fiends and undead standing in the light are  Blinded if they fail a DC 14 Constitution throw.

Weapon actions

If you have proficiency, equip in main hand to gain:

 Concussive Smash ()

Hit an enemy with all your might to deal damage and possibly  Daze them. ( Recharge: Short rest.)

Where to find

• Crèche Y'llek X: 1068 Y: -779: On a locked altar in the Secret Chamber

Notes

• The version of  Sunbeam granted by this item does not allow recasting on subsequent turns.
• Within the game files, this item has multiple variations with different names, but same functionality:
  • UUID: 96a35552-0c05-4df0-9974-2a8f142e4be6 (Blood of Lathander). This version of the item has a quote unlike the ingame version, which may have been intended for the usable version: The large chunk of amber set into the handle of this luminous mace supposedly holds four drops of godly blood, fallen to the earth in a battle between an avatar of Lathander and a maddened Chosen of Mystra.
  • UUID: 7b961f08-46c1-46b1-99bc-c59283831a0b (Dawngrip Mace). This is the current usable variant.

Regarding Lathander's Blessing:

• Lathander's Blessing does not activate if the wielder is not in the active party. For example, a companion who is left at camp and receives damage via  Warding Bond which reduces their hit points to zero does not cause this effect to trigger.
• Lathander's Blessing does not protect against being shoved, thrown, or otherwise forcibly displaced into chasms.

Regarding Lathander's Light:

• Unlike  Light, the Lathander's Light condition works even when wielding a ranged weapon.
• The light emitted by Lathander's Light has the following properties:
  • It does not apply to allies, meaning you won't blind your own summoned undead.
  • It dispels the  Shadow Curse, removing the need to equip a  Torch.
  • It enables effects that require the target be illuminated, such as applying the damage from the  Callous Glow Ring.
  • It is considered sunlight for the purpose of triggering  Sunlight Hypersensitivity but is not for  Sunlight Sensitivity.
  • It applies to neutral creatures (including neutral Undead), potentially making them hostile.

Bugs

Regarding Lathander's Blessing:

• Lathander's Blessing does not heal allies of the wielder, but rather only active party members nearby.
  • Due to the way the heal is coded, the attacker who triggered Lathander's Blessing is considered to be the source of the healing. As a result, the healing will not trigger on-heal effects such as Blessed Mercy from  The Whispering Promise when equipped by the wielder.
• Due to an incorrectly set TargetConditions field, the additional 1d6⁠⁠hit points affects the wielder in addition to the 2d6⁠⁠hit points.
• Due to a timing limitation caused by the method in which healing is applied, the wielder may not always receive all of the healing they are stated to have received in the combat log; they often receive only 1⁠⁠hit points (from being stabilized) or 1d6⁠⁠hit points, rather than the stated 1d6+2d6⁠⁠hit points. It is also possible for the wielder to receive healing, yet still remain dead, showing their lootable corpse with remaining hitpoints.
• Due to a missing technical condition (MAG_LATHANDERS_TRACKER) resulting from The Blood of Lathander being spawned in-game via a "Local Item", this passive's "Once per Long Rest" cooldown only refreshes for the wielder during a Long Rest. Equipping the weapon on another character that did not wield the weapon during a Long Rest does not allow this passive to trigger. Additionally, Lathander's Blessing is not reset when consuming a  Potion of Angelic Slumber or when affected by  Divine Intervention: Opulent Revival.

Gallery

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  Concept art by Andy Ho