Wand of Whispers (Patreon)

Wand, rare (requires attunement by a spellcaster)

These wands are sometimes found in the hands of clandestine mages posing as simple townsfolk. Its magic wax and iron design resembles a candle and candlestick. The wand produces a harmless, magical flame that is indistinguishable from normal candlelight, although the wax never melts or changes shape. The flame is harmless and casts bright light in a 5-foot radius and dim light for another 5 feet. While holding the wand, you can extinguish or relight the flame as a bonus action.

This wand has 7 charges. While holding the wand, you can use an action to expend some of its charges to cast either the message (no charges) or sending spell (3 charges) from it. Alternatively, when you cast a spell of 5th level or lower while holding the wand, you can expend 1 of the wand's charges per spell slot level to ignore the spell's verbal components. Any spell that requires a target to hear its verbal component gains no benefit from this property.

The wand regains 1d6 + 1 expended charges daily at dusk. If you expend the wand's last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the magical flame burns out and the wand becomes a mundane candle and candlestick.

Reading by candlelight, Olivia’s eyes flared open as she read the contents of the intercepted letter. What looked like a candle in her hand was actually her treasured wand. She gripped its iron handle tightly.

With a flick of her wrist, the tip's dull flame began to sparkle with new arcane purpose.

“My lord, I’ve found it," she said. "The next full moon: less than three nights away. They are after Her Majesty.”

As she spoke, her words formed strange shapes in the air and melted into wisps of candle smoke. A nearby open window seemed to whisk it away into the cool evening air, but she knew that the message was already gone. She may be half way across the kingdom, but she knew her job was done.

She snuffed out the wand's light without a word, and was gone.