Shadow Lantern

Shadow Lantern is a unique type of Moonlantern which does not produce light and grants a unique summoning spell.

Encased in a cocoon of shadow within the lantern, the mangled pixie lies like some deformed pupa, its mouth slack, and those same shadows crawling over its graying tongue.

Properties

Damage

1d4 (1~4) + Strength modifier Bludgeoning

Details

 Clubs

Rarity: Rare

Enchantment: None

 One-Handed

 Light

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

 Weight: 0.9 kg / 1.8 lb

Price: 190 gp

Special

The holder of this item gains:

•  Conjure Shadow Lantern Wraith: Can cast once per Long Rest.

Where to find

• Obtainable from Balthazar's hidden room in Moonrise Towers when Gale is in the party:
• To access Balthazar's hidden room, interact with the top right Protruding Book and insert one of the human hearts from the room into the small Ancient Altar.
• Within the hidden room, interact with the ritual circle with Gale and combine a Dead Pixie with a Broken Moonlantern.

Notes

• This item is only obtainable with Gale in your party, and Gale has exclusive dialogue about Mystra and shadow magic before and after creating the lantern.
• Allowing Gale to destroy the ritual instead grants him Mystra's Benevolence ( Advantage on Concentration checks until the next Long Rest). If the player destroys the circle, no benefit is granted.
• Despite being tagged as a Rare item, the ingame tooltip for the Shadow Lantern is coloured as a Story Item, like other Moonlanterns.
• As the flavour text suggests, unlike other Moonlanterns, the Shadow Lantern does not emit a bright sphere of light. Contrary to what the description may indicate, it also does not produce shadows, unlike Darkness.
• Since this special lantern doesn't emit light, it provides no protection from the Shadow Curse.