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** ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' has various "glowing globes" and "driftglobes" as a fairly common fixture. The first variant appeared as one of Ed Greenwood's contributions in [[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]] #41, then in ''The Magister'': [[Reinforce Field|surprisingly resilient]] glass globe with brightness controlled from nothing to ''continual light'' level to momentary blinding flash and following its owner (bound on touch and unbound on ''remove curse'', death or leaving the plane without grabbing it), bargain cost 200 gp - expensive, but not quite luxury item .<ref>for comparison, in Aurora's emporium "standard" hooded lantern costs 7 gold, a 24-vials case of common inks or bound book of 100 blank parchment pages costs 175</ref>. There are many variations, of course, including "always on" version, immobile ones (used with nets or brackets) and free-roaming "driftlights". Some procure matching sets with custom hues and/or advanced programming: e.g. driftglobes used in Myth Drannor as "street lamps" were parked in special urns during the day, then once the sensitive gem on an urn's surface is not illuminated enough, they float out and proceed on predetermined path along the street. There's also spell "Nchaser's Glowing Globe" that permanently enchants a basic version - bound to the owner, with brightness attenuated remotely, but without flight part.