Ebon

An Arcane Scholar expels a glob of precisely calibrated acid, flung in a controlled arc from a rigid, unfeeling gesture. This acid burns with a sterile, almost chemical odor, as if synthesized from the most chillingly logical forbidden formulae. The expulsion is clean, efficient, and leaves a faint, antiseptic chill in the air. During the cast, the scholar's expression becomes unnaturally blank, their own emotions momentarily suppressed, and if the spell fails to hit, they might experience a jarring, fleeting sensation of existential insignificance, as if their consciousness briefly becomes a mere line of cold, dead code in a vast, uncaring system. Choose one or two creatures within 5 feet of each other; each must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 1d6 acid damage. Damage increases to 2d6 at 5th level, 3d6 at 11th, and 4d6 at 17th.