Legacy of Cania: Flame Blade

This article is about the Mephistopheles tiefling variant of the spell. For the normal spell, see Flame Blade. For the weapon, see Flame Blade (weapon).

Legacy of Cania: Flame Blade is a level 2 evocation spell. It is a racial spell variant of

 Flame Blade which allows Mephistopheles tieflings to summon a temporary flaming blade once per rest, starting at level 5.

Description

Conjure a flaming  Scimitar in your hand for 10 turns that deals 3d6⁠⁠Fire damage. It sheds a bright light in a 3 m (10 ft) radius and a dim light in a 6 m (20 ft) radius.

The blade can be unequipped and equipped again, but must stay on the spellcaster's person.

Properties

Cost:  Bonus Action
Details:  Range: Self;  Recharge: Long rest; Duration: 10 turns

At higher levels

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

Technical details

UID

Shout_FlameBlade_MephistophelesTiefling

Spell flags

HasSomaticComponent, HasVerbalComponent, IsSpell, NoCooldownOnMiss

Item: Flame Blade (weapon)

Flame Blade – Duration: 10 turns

Damage: 3~18

3d6

⁠Fire

Properties

 Scimitars
 Melee
 Martial
 One-handed

 Price: 30 gp
 Weight: 0.5 kg (1 lb)

How to learn

Races:

Character level 5: Mephistopheles Tiefling

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

Notes

Compared with the weapon summoned by the normal  Flame Blade spell, attacks with the racial variant count as a melee weapon attack instead of a melee spell attack. This means it behaves like an ordinary weapon for all relevant interactions. For example, it benefits from  Arcane Synergy while a normal Flame Blade does not.
The ability modifier used for the attack roll is always Charisma, regardless of the caster's class. This is also true when used with  Booming Blade (unlike the normal Flame Blade).
The summoned weapon does not interact with  Gloves of Battlemage's Power or  Pyroquickness Hat, unlike with the normal spell.
Other aspects of this weapon are the same as the normal Flame Blade; refer to the notes of that spell for more details.