Spell components

Azthoran has learns his magic by finding and exploiting anomalies and abberations in the laws of reality. These secrets have been pulled from the mind, such as it is, of his patron: Dumathroth.

Using these quirks of nature to produce an effect usually require him to recite a phrase or make a series of gestures. Occasionally it also requires some physical component, which he keeps in a special set of pouches.

Known Spells

Eldritch Blast

Verbal Components

oeul, a word from the dead language of Fost, which is the word for a shooting star

Somatic Components

Pressing fingers into one's palm in a specific pattern and rhythm

Description

Azthoran's palm emits something that appears as a section of the night sky: a dark void dotted with frosty white and distant amber stars with occasional violet clouds. As the blast moves, the stars and cloud fields remain stationary to the viewer(s) while the borders move. It looks as if a window to deep space were moving.

The entire effect - projection, traversal and collision - is silent, save for the verbal component and any sound uttered by the target.

Guidance

Verbal Components

om'l nuorath straen - translates to "remember what will have happened" in Common

Somatic Components

Open the Book of Shadows, scan the page inscribed with the Guidance cantrip

Description

Shimmering gemstone reflections surround Azthoran's hand and fade when he touches them for the spell.

Light

Verbal Components

doru - means "shimmer" in an old dialect of Draconic

Material Components

A clump of phosphorescent moss

Description

The moss' glow fades, transferring to the target. When the spell ends, the moss' light returns.

Mind Sliver

Verbal Components

ivenoach glouph - meaning unknown

Description

According to the Book of Shadows, these words burrow into the target's mind, temporarily disorienting them. The psychic dissonance is apparently quite painful.

Minor Illusion

Somatic Components

Crossing the pinky and ring fingers while making a ring with the middle finger and thumb and also crooking the index finger

Material Components

A bit of fleece

Description

For visual illusions, the light briefly bends and refracts while forming the image. If needed, shadows congeal into a fluid almost-substance which is sculpted into the illusion as well. These elements remain (or appear) when someone understands the illusory nature of the vision.

For auditory effects, the sound simply occurs.

Spare the Dying

Verbal Components

termiamt - translates to "stop" in common

Somatic Components

Open the Book of Shadows to the page inscribed with the Spare the Dying cantrip and several anatomical diagrams then place pressure on the image where the target has their most serious injury.

Description

A starry cloud briefly passes over the target while they stabilise

Armor of Agathys

Verbal Components

agrath - the kind of cold that builds rime in the demesne of an outer being

Somatic Components

Tossing water into the air above.

Material Components

A cup of water

Description

The water flash-freezes over Azthoran, covering him in a spectral layer of jagged ice.

Detect Thoughts

Verbal Components

A few words in a forgotten language from the Underdark, which sound like slithers and clicks.

Somatic Components

Shaking fingers on both hands, from little to index, and then clapping them together.

Material Components

a copper piece

Description

The target's thoughts sound in Azthoran's mind as if they were being echoing inside a cave or tunnel.

Dispel Magic

Verbal Components

Hanten moraiye - this does not appear to have any meaning in any language

Somatic Components

Pinching fingers together, as if snuffing out a candle

Description

Shining, crystalline facets pass over the place where the magic was (if successful).

Hideous Laughter

Verbal Components

ver'dona miskearmn - a phrase that roughly translates to "divine comedy" in Primordial.

Somatic Components

A hand held palm to the sky and then inverted and thrust downward

Material Components

Tiny tarts and a feather waved in the air

Description

For the duration of the spell, the target's thoughts are flooded with the utter futility of existence (from a cosmological scale) and buckles under the realization, laughing helplessly at the misery of their own part in the sad joke of reality.

Misty Step

Verbal Components

hranel - translates to "a rift" in a precursor language to Undercommon

Description

A crack in reality opens (as if in a stone) and engulfs Azthoran. Another rift appears where he reappears. In between is something like a cave tunnel filled with stars.

Suggestion

Verbal Components

har'ch no gravthrist. Azthoran has not been able to identify the language these words are from.

Material Components

A snake's tongue with a drop of sweet oil absorbed into it.

Description

Azthoran gains temporary insight into the kinds of body language, speech patterns and mannerisms that make him feel authoritative to the target. This works to subtly guide Azthoran's behavior to impress the importance of his suggestion onto the target.

Summon Shadowspawn

Verbal Components

chaenthor wrenalen qorena - translates to "darkness from between the stars"

Somatic Components

Touch the gem to the ground and draw it upwards

Material Components

Tears inside a gem worth at least 300 gp

Description

After drawing a shadowy line up from the ground, the dark fills out into the shadow monstrosity.

Shadowspawn name

Kolgommon

Rituals

Alarm

Verbal Components

A droning chant, just barely audible

Somatic Components

Holding the wire up with the bell tied to the other end

Material Components

A tiny bell and fine silver wire

Description

An afterimage of the bell remains, slowly fading away.

Comprehend Languages

Verbal Components

sthughrath hishnaorl - translates to "nothing is unknowable" in an ancient dialect of water primordial

Material Components

A pinch of soot and salt

Somatic Components

The soot and salt are mixed and used to carefully trace a glyph.

Description

Once the words are spoken at the end of the ritual, the glyph crystalizes briefly before discorporating back into salt and soot.

Detect Magic

Verbal Components

Mystaral uth ishtana - invoking a previous incarnation of the goddess Mystra

Somatic Components

The ritualist carefully studies their surroundings, intoning the words of the ritual.

Description

The ritualist's eyes look like cut topaz and seem to contain faintly shimmering lights, like distant stars.

Identify

Verbal Components

Words in the earth dialect of Primordial that translate to "secrets be lost no longer"

Somatic Components

The ritualist holds the pearl as if it were an eye, watching the item to be identified.

Material Components

A pearl worth at least 100 gold pieces.

Description

Once the pearl has studied the item, the ritualist makes direct eye contact with the pearl and learns about the item.

Purify Food and Drink

Verbal Components

The ritualist lists out diseases and toxins that could be present.

Somatic Components

The ritualist performs gestures that look like pulling a rope away from the food and drink.

Description

Impurities are drawn out from the food and drink, floating into the air before dissipating.

Eldritch Invocations

Agonizing Blast

Azthoran's Edritch Blast gains ominous garnet-colored stars and cloud fields.

Mask of Many Faces (Disguise Self)

Verbal Components

houranst. This is the term the Grey Elves used for a lie that someone has committed themselves to.

Somatic Components

Quickly adjusting how one's clothes are worn is all the spell requires.

Description

Azthoran briefly takes on a multifaceted, gemstone-like aspect while light bends and refracts to form his new visage.

Unknown Spells

Prestidigitation

Verbal Components

skusg - a Loross word meaning "a trick"

Somatic Components

Snap your fingers while speaking the verbal components.

Dissonant Whispers

Verbal Components

There are no magic words or phrases for this spell but the sound must be able to be heard by the target to take effect.

Description

The discordant sounds Azthoran makes are the sounds celestial bodies emit, when translated into sounds mortals can perceive.