Azthoran Chryssel's magic
February 6, 2020•1,380 words
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.