ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Instead of being a +5 source of light make it add +1 or +2 to your light when carried and make its ability usable from inventory. I don't think it really gets used now because constantly switching stuff around is too tedious for an ability that's situational at best.

I like this alot (and would include the early light phial for this as well); the illuminate ability is a convenience and it would be nice to be able to use it without encouraging tedious swapping. I'd prefer that this be reserved for things more directly useful in battle.

Summertide Phial gives a quite useful Healing Modifier bonus now, though, as well as being a big light source and a light damage/resistance booster.

I mean, it's probably not as good as Wintertide since it lost the neat Celestial/Light cooldown bonuses, but I don't think it needs to be changed into a tool. It's a solid lamp.

I don't have any problem with the Burning Star getting changed in this way, though. +2 Lite would feel right.

Why turn the phial into a tool? Leave it an equippable light, just allow its active to be used while unequipped. It'd be nice.