One:Light Domain
See Light Domain (disambiguation)
Design Note: Light Domain Updates
[1] Here are the main updates in this subclass since the Player's Handbook (5e):
- Bonus Cantrip has been replaced by Divine Order in the base class.
- Domain Spells contains several different spells, fleshing out the list with options that emphasize revelation.
- Warding Flare now has Improved Flare rolled into it, allowing the Cleric to use the feature on themselves and their allies.
- Revealing Light is a new 6th-level feature.
- Potent Spellcasting has been replaced by Blessed Strikes in the base class.
- Corona of Light now also benefits Radiance of the Dawn, and it no longer requires an action to deactivate early.
Light Domain [1] subclass
Light Domain is a subclass of the Cleric class.
Unofficial Description: The light domain focuses on light, truth, and punishing fire.
Light Domain Features
| Cleric Level | Features |
|---|---|
| 3rd | Domain Spells, Warding Flare, Radiance of the Dawn |
| 6th | Revealing Light |
| 17th | Corona of Light |
Subclass Features
Domain Spells
3rd Feature
Summary: At 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th levels you gain additional spells that you always have prepared.
Warding Flare
3rd Feature
Summary: A limited number of times per day use your Reaction to cause a nearby creature to have Disadvantage on an attack roll by causing a flare of light.
Radiance of the Dawn
3rd Feature
Summary: Use a Magic action and expend a use of Channel Divinity to project sunlight in a sphere that dispells magical darkness and damages enemies (Constitution saving throw for half [2] damage).
Revealing Light
6th Feature
Summary: Once per day cast See Invisibility without expending a spell slot as a Bonus Action on you and nearby allies. You also project Bright Light for a short radius until the spell ends.
Corona of Light
17th Feature
Summary: Use a Magic action to emit sunlight in a sphere for 1 minute. This causes enemies to have Disadvantage on your saving throws against your Radiance of Light and spells the cause Fire damage.
Light Domain Deities
33 official and unofficial deific beings.
| Deific Entity |
Type | Gender | Portfolio | Alignment | Domains | Plane | Symbol | Pantheon | Worshipers | Source Notes |
Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aphrodite | Deity | Female | Love and beauty | Chaotic Good | Light | Arborea | Sea shell | Greek | Humans | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Apollo | Deity | Male | Light, music, and healing | Chaotic Good | Knowledge, Life, Light | Arborea | Lyre | Greek | Humans | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Araleth Letheranil | Deity | Male | Light, stars, revelations | Chaotic Good | Knowledge, Light | Unstated | Shaft of Light | Elven, Seldarine | Elves | Canon, Pointer | Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes |
| Balder | Deity | Male | Beauty and poetry | Neutral Good | Life, Light | Ysgard (Asgard) | Gem-encrusted silver chalice | Norse | Humans | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Belenus | Deity | Male | Sun, light, and warmth | Neutral Good | Light | Unstated | Solar disk and standing stones | Celtic | Humans | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Berronar Truesilver | Deity | Female | Hearth, home, truth | Lawful Good | Life, Light | Unstated | Intertwined silver rings | Dwarven, Mordinsamman | Dwarves | Canon, Pointer | Varied, SCAG, MToF |
| Bleredd | Deity | Unstated | Labor, craft | Neutral | Forge, Light | Bytopia (Dothion, The Golden Hills) | Iron Mule | Gnomish | Gnomes | Canon, Pointer | Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes |
| Branchala | Deity | Male | Music | Neutral Good | Light | Unstated | Bard's harp | Dragonlance | Unstated | Canon, Pointer | Player's Handbook (5e) |
| Corellon Larethian | Deity | Androgenous | Elves, Art, and Magic | Chaotic Good | Arcana, Life, Light, War | Unstated | Quarter moon or starburst | Elven, Seldarine | Elves | Canon, Pointer | Varied, PHB5, SCAG, MToF |
| Darahl Tilvenar | Deity | Male | Fire, earth, metalwork | Lawful Neutral | Forge, Light | Arvandor | Flame between hands | Elven, Seldarine | Elves | Canon, Pointer | Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes |
| Dol Arrah | Deity | Female | Sunlight and honor | Lawful Good | Light, Twilight, War | Unstated | Rising sun | Eberron, The Sovereign Host | Unstated | Canon, Pointer | Player's Handbook (5e) |
| Eilstraee | Deity | Female | Freedom, moonlight, song | Chaotic Good | Life, Light, Nature | Unstated | Sword-wielding, dancing female drow silhouetted against the full moon | Elven, Dark Seldarine | Elves | Canon, Pointer | Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes |
| Ephara | Deity | Female | the polis | Lawful Neutral | Knowledge, Light | Unstated | Urn pouring water | Theros | Unstated | Canon, Pointer | Mythic Odysseys of Theros |
| Forseti | Deity | Male | Justice and law | Neutral | Light | Ysgard (Asgard) | Head of a bearded man | Norse | Humans | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Frey | Deity | Male | Fertility and the sun | Neutral Good | Life, Light | Ysgard (Asgard) | Ice-blue greatsword | Norse | Humans | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Frigga | Deity | Female | Birth and fertility | Neutral | Life, Light | Ysgard (Asgard) | Cat | Norse | Huamns | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Hathor | Deity | Male | Love, music, and motherhood | Neutral Good | Life, Light | Unstated | Horned cow's head with lunar disk | Egyptian | Humans | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Heimdall | Deity | Male | Watchfulness and loyalty | Lawful Good | Light, War, Unity | Ysgard (Asgard) | Curling musical horn | Norse | Humans | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Heliod | Deity | Male | the sun | Lawful Good | Light | Unstated | Laurel crown | Theros | Unstated | Canon, Pointer | Mythic Odysseys of Theros |
| Helm | Deity | Male | Protection | Lawful Neutral | Life, Light | Unstated | Staring eye on upright left gauntlet | Forgotten Realms | Unstated | Canon, Pointer | Player's Handbook (5e) |
| Lathander | Deity | Male | Birth and renewal | Neutral Good | Life, Light | Unstated | Road traveling into a sunrise | Forgotten Realms | Unstated | Canon, Pointer | Player's Handbook (5e) |
| Milil | Deity | Male | Poetry and song | Neutral Good | Light | Unstated | Five-stringed harp made of leaves | Forgotten Realms | Unstated | Canon, Pointer | Player's Handbook (5e) |
| Odur | Deity | Male | Light and the sun | Chaotic Good | Light | Ysgard (Asgard) | Solar disk | Norse | Humans | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| The Path of Light | Philosophy | n/a | Light and self-improvement | Lawful Neutral | Life, Light | Unstated | Brilliant crystal | Eberron | Unstated | Canon, Pointer | Varied, PHB5, ERftLW |
| Pelor | Deity | Male | Sun and healing | Neutral Good | Life, Light | Unstated | Sun | Greyhawk | Unstated | Canon, Pointer | Player's Handbook (5e) |
| Pholtus | Deity | Male | Light and law | Lawful Good | Light, Order | Unstated | Silver sun or full moon partially eclipsed by a smaller crescent moon | Greyhawk | Unstated | Canon, Pointer | Player's Handbook (5e) |
| Re-Horakhty | Deity | Male | The sun | Lawful Good | Life, Light | Unstated | Solar disk encircled by serpent | Egyptian | Humans | Canon | SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Segojan Earthcaller | Deity | Male | Earth, the dead | Neutral Good | Grave, Light | Bytopia (Dothion, The Golden Hills) | Glowing gemstones | Gnomish | Gnomes | Canon, Pointer | Varied, SCAG, MToF |
| Sehanine Moonbow | Deity | Female | Dreams, death, travel, and the Moon | Chaotic Good | Grave, Knowledge, Light | Unstated | Crescent moon, Full moon under a moonbow | Elven, Seldarine | Elves | Canon, Pointer | Varied, PHB5, MToF |
| Sheyanna Flaxenstrand | Deity | Unstated | Love, beauty, passion | Chaotic Good | Light | Bytopia (Dothion, The Golden Hills) | Two silver goblets | Gnomish | Gnomes | Canon, Pointer | Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes |
| The Silver Flame | Deity | Unstated | Protection and good | Lawful Good | Life, Light, War | Unstated | Flame drawn on silver or molded from silver | Eberron | Unstated | Canon, Pointer | Varied, PHB5, ERftLW |
| Sune | Deity | Female | Love and beauty | Chaotic Good | Life, Light | Unstated | Face of a beautiful read-haired woman | Forgotten Realms | Unstated | Canon, Pointer | Player's Handbook (5e) |
| Tharmekhûl | Deity | Male | Fire, forges, molten rock | Neutral | Forge, Light | Unstated | Fiery axe | Dwarven, Mordinsamman | Dwarves | Canon, Pointer | Varied, MToF |
Sources and Notes
- Jeremy Crawford, et. al.. UA 2023 Player's Handbook Playtest 6 (Dungeons and Dragons One D&D) (2023-06-29). Wizards of the Coast. Licensed: © Wizards of the Coast (used under 'fair use' clause). ↑ 1.0 1.1
- Rule Tip: Round Down. Whenever you end up with a fraction in the game, round down, even if the fraction is one-half or greater, unless a rule explicitly tells you to round up. - Player's Handbook (5e) p.7, UA 2020 Subclasses Part 3. ↑
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