Light Domain (5e24)

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Player's Handbook (5e24)

Light Domain 
Cleric subclass

Bring Light to Banish Darkness

Unofficial Description: Clerics of the Light Domain focus on the revealing, cleansing, and nurturing aspects of light.

Light Domain Features

Cleric Level	Features
3rd	Light Domain Spells, Radiance of the Dawn, Warding Flare
6th	Improved Warding Flare
17th	Corona of Light

 

Light Domain Spells

3rd level Light Domain feature.
Unofficial Summary: These Clerics have the following spells always prepared and they count as Cleric Spells for them.

Light Domain Spells

Cleric Level	Spells
3rd	Burning Hands, Faerie Fire, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility
5th	Daylight, Fireball
7th	Arcane Eye, Wall of Fire
9th	Flame Strike, Scrying

 

Radiance of the Dawn

3rd level Light Domain feature.
Unofficial Summary: Use a Magic action and use of Channel Divinity to cause an Emanation of light around the cleric. Magical Darkness within range is dispelled. Creatures of the cleric's choice take Radiant damage (Constitution save for half damage). 

Warding Flare

3rd level Light Domain feature.
Unofficial Summary: Use a Reaction (Trigger: Creature makes an Attack Roll) to cause a flash of light and impose Disadvantage on the Attack Roll. The cleric can do this a limited number of times between Long Rests. 

Improved Warding Flare

6th level Light Domain feature.
Unofficial Summary: Warding Flare uses renew after a Template:5e24 Rest. Also, Warding Flare also gives Temporary Hit Points to the target of the attack. 

Corona of Light

17th level Light Domain feature.
Unofficial Summary: A number of times between Long Rests, the cleric can use a Magic action to emit light for a period of time. Enemies in that light have Disadvantage on saves against Radiance of the Dawn and spells that cause Fire or Radiant damage. 5e24

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Light Deities

Light Deities
(34 official and unofficial deities)

Deity	Deific Type	Portfolio	Alignment	Suggested Domains	Plane	Symbol	Pantheon	Source
Aphrodite	Deity	Love and beauty	Chaotic Good	Light	Arborea	Sea shell	Greek	SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1
Apollo	Deity	Light, music, and healing	Chaotic Good	Knowledge, Life, Light	Arborea	Lyre	Greek	SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1
Araleth Letheranil		Light, stars, revelations	Chaotic Good	Knowledge, Light		Shaft of Light	Elven, Seldarine	Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Balder	Deity	Beauty and poetry	Neutral Good	Life, Light	Ysgard (Asgard)	Gem-­encrusted silver chalice	Norse	SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1
Belenus	Deity	Sun, light, and warmth	Neutral Good	Light		Solar disk and standing stones	Celtic	SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1
Berronar Truesilver		Hearth, home, truth	Lawful Good	Life, Light		Intertwined silver rings	Dwarven, Mordinsamman	Varied, SCAG, MToF
Bleredd	Deity	Labor, craft	Neutral	Forge, Light	Bytopia (Dothion, The Golden Hills)	Iron Mule	Gnomish	Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Branchala		Music	Neutral Good	Light		Bard's harp	Dragonlance	Player's Handbook (5e)
Corellon Larethian	Deity	Elves, Art, and Magic	Chaotic Good	Light, Arcana, Life, War		Quarter moon or starburst	Elven, Seldarine	Varied, PHB5, SCAG, MToF
Darahl Tilvenar		Fire, earth, metalwork	Lawful Neutral	Forge, Light	Arvandor	Flame between hands	Elven, Seldarine	Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Dol Arrah		Sunlight and honor	Lawful Good	Light, War, Twilight		Rising sun	Eberron, The Sovereign Host	Player's Handbook (5e)
Eilistraee	Deity	Freedom, moonlight, song	Chaotic Good	Life, Light, Nature		Sword-wielding, dancing female drow silhouetted against the full moon	Elven, Dark Seldarine	Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Ephara	Deity	the polis	Lawful Neutral	Knowledge, Light		Urn pouring water	Theros	Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Forseti	Deity	Justice and law	Neutral	Light	Ysgard (Asgard)	Head of a bearded man	Norse	SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1
Frey	Deity	Fertility and the sun	Neutral Good	Life, Light	Ysgard (Asgard)	Ice-­blue greatsword	Norse	SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1
Frigga	Deity	Birth and fertility	Neutral	Life, Light	Ysgard (Asgard)	Cat	Norse	SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1
Hathor	Deity	Love, music, and motherhood	Neutral Good	Life, Light		Horned cow's head with lunar disk	Egyptian	SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1
Heimdall	Deity	Watchfulness and loyalty	Lawful Good	Light, War, Unity	Ysgard (Asgard)	Curling musical horn	Norse	SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1
Heliod	Deity	the sun	Lawful Good	Light		Laurel crown	Theros	Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Helm	Deity	Protection	Lawful Neutral	Life, Light		Staring eye on upright left gauntlet	Forgotten Realms	Player's Handbook (5e)
Lathander	Deity	Birth and renewal	Neutral Good	Life, Light		Road traveling into a sunrise	Forgotten Realms	Player's Handbook (5e)
Milil	Deity	Poetry and song	Neutral Good	Light		Five-stringed harp made of leaves	Forgotten Realms	Player's Handbook (5e)
Odur	Deity	Light and the sun	Chaotic Good	Light	Ysgard (Asgard)	Solar disk	Norse	SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1
The Path of Light	Philosophy	Light and self-improvement	Lawful Neutral	Life, Light		Brilliant crystal	Eberron	Varied, PHB5, ERftLW
Pelor	Deity	Sun and healing	Neutral Good	Life, Light		Sun	Greyhawk	Player's Handbook (5e)
Pholtus	Deity	Light and law	Lawful Good	Light, Order		Silver sun or full moon partially eclipsed by a smaller crescent moon	Greyhawk	Player's Handbook (5e)
Re-Horakhty	Deity	The sun	Lawful Good	Life, Light		Solar disk encircled by serpent	Egyptian	SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1
Segojan Earthcaller	Deity	Earth, the dead	Neutral Good	Grave, Light	Bytopia (Dothion, The Golden Hills)	Glowing gemstones	Gnomish	Varied, SCAG, MToF
Sehanine Moonbow		Dreams, death, travel, and the Moon	Chaotic Good	Grave, Knowledge, Light		Crescent moon, Full moon under a moonbow	Elven, Seldarine	Varied, PHB5, MToF
Sheyanna Flaxenstrand	Deity	Love, beauty, passion	Chaotic Good	Light	Bytopia (Dothion, The Golden Hills)	Two silver goblets	Gnomish	Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
The Silver Flame		Protection and good	Lawful Good	Life, Light, War		Flame drawn on silver or molded from silver	Eberron	Varied, PHB5, ERftLW
Sun King		Sun, Retribution, Teukros-Royalty, Law, Tekran-Fire, Revenge	Lawful Good (Teukros) Lawful Neutral (Tekran)	Light	Court of the Sun King	Golden crown displaying a Sun disc (Teukros), A Burning Orb with a open maw (Tekran)	Court of the Sun King
Sune	Deity	Love and beauty	Chaotic Good	Life, Light		Face of a beautiful read-haired woman	Forgotten Realms	Player's Handbook (5e)
Tharmekhul		Fire, forges, molten rock	Neutral	Forge, Light		Fiery axe	Dwarven, Mordinsamman	Varied, MToF

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