Effect. The flame did not cause any damage or heat and could not be quenched or smothered as it did not need oxygen. Other than its magical nature, the flame looked normal, cast as much light as a torch and could be covered to dim the light. The flame would remain until it was dispelled.
Can you move a continual flame?
You could not cast continual flame on your familiar A flame, equivalent in brightness to a torch, springs forth from an object that you touch. The effect looks like a regular flame, but it creates no heat and doesn’t use oxygen. A continual flame can be covered or hidden but not smothered or quenched.
Does continual flame dispel darkness?
There’s no increase in that effect of Darkness if you cast it at higher levels. It will always only effect 2nd level and lower light spells. Then Darkness doesn’t dispel it and then we need to look at the other interesting line from Darkness: “…
Can a continual flame spell be cast at any level?
The rules say clearly that you can cast a spell with any slot of equal level or higher, and that the spell becomes that level. Continual Flame gains nothing mechanically from being upcast, but it can be upcast like any other 8th or lower leveled spell. What it does gain is being harder to dispel with dispel magic.
What happens if you cast continual flame on a creature?
A creature is not an object. As such (credit to enkryptor for making this point), if you tried to cast continual flame on your familiar, according to Xanathar’s Guide to Everything’s (optional) rules on invalid targets (XGtE p. 86, bold added):
What happens if you touch a continual flame?
A flame, equivalent in brightness to a torch, springs forth from an object that you touch. The effect looks like a regular flame, but it creates no heat and doesn’t use oxygen. A continual flame can be covered or hidden but not smothered or quenched. If it doesn’t produce heat, it presumably does not burn whatever it is touching.
How does a continual flame work in RuneScape?
Continual Flame. A flame, equivalent in brightness to a torch, springs forth from an object that you touch. The effect looks like a regular flame, but it creates no heat and doesn’t use oxygen. A continual flame can be covered or hidden but not smothered or quenched.
