For context, they managed to successfully accomplish an impossible task (defeating a Lich with it’s minions) to save their tribe’s armoury and magical item stash. So their master, an Ancient Red Dragon, will give them an item from his own collection

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      Could be Alignment issues given that Konsi is probably Chaotic Good while an Ancient Red Dragon is Chaotic Evil.

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          Use Magic Device?

          Not sure what your question is. The item only applies it’s benefits to those that match it’s patron’s alignment exactly, including the attuned characters enemies. A Chaotic Good Character gains no benefits from a Chaotic Evil’s Candle, but Goblins or Kobolds might, to say nothing of Demons or Chromatic Dragons.

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            Not sure if it still exists in 5e but back in my day there was a skill that would allow you to activate a magic item you normally couldn’t, including spoofing your alignment.

            So a CG trickster cleric could conceivably BS the candle into letting her get its benefits. Including being able to Gate in a Genie…

            Edit: Also, if it’s sitting around in a red dragon’s collection, it probably doesn’t match his alignment, or he would’ve just used it himself.

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    11 months ago

    Had something similar a few sessions ago; party was raiding Vecna’s ancient submerged capital castle to find his Dark Library, and each one got to have one “secret” of their choice. Wizard took a diabolic contract, the quest item; Cleric took an amulet that can exorcise demons; Fighter got a divine message and took some oil of invulnerability, but he also got greedy and took a belt of storm giant’s strength.

    Of course, the trick is that Vecna wanted them to get those items because he’d been orchestrating the entire campaign for a payoff centuries in the future. He’s not even going to show up in the campaign, all he has to do is send his AD&D minions that have nonsense like STR-draining grapple attacks and the demilich “devour soul” variant action as a gaze attack to gatekeep the library after the fact, because old-school D&D monsters don’t care if you were born in 5e.

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    I’m a simple man, and will just ask for a AD&D 1e Unusual Sword +5 Holy Avenger, with an Intelligence of 17. Love me that 50% magic resistance in 5 foot radius, dispel magic at will, and +10 damage vs. Chaotic Evil.

    Since I’m choosing, I’ll assume optimum rolls for an “unusual sword”, and take: All 14 extraordinary powers: charm person, clairaudience, clairvoyance, determine direction and depth, ESP, flying, heal, illusion, leviathan, strength, telekinesis, telepathy, teleportation, and X-ray vision.

    Its Special Purpose should be slay “non-human monsters” disintegrating them on a hit unless they save (sure its special purpose should be slaying evil, but that’s so restrictive. It should speak 10 languages.

    Before I forget, it ought to match my alignment, so its ego doesn’t overwhelm mine and make me stab myself or something. But maybe that’s where the fun for the DM comes in?

    They sure don’t make 'em like they used to.

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        Yeah, you’d definitely want to keep a sword like that happy, since it might decide to disintegrate you. Plenty of other options for its goal (who it wants to stab) that might be more interesting narratively.

        I was just describing one the most OP swords possible in the original DMG — and when just about everyone is a “non-human monster” that’s the power option.

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        Which would also kickoff a fun side quest of finding a buyer, since the most expensive magical item in existence isn’t exactly something you can pawn off in a random towns general store lol

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      Funny thing is, there is one kobold in the team that would probably do it. Then offer it to the cheff of the tribe, Linéon Piedléger, a halfelin that is like Gordon Ramsey and likes to taste new meats…

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    I choose the Scroll of Konsi. When someone picks it up and reads it, the text changes and says something that makes them surprised.