XOTHOL

[Karsten]

Has anyone created any content for the Dwarven Magic College called "XOTHOL"?
It was during Ammarindar time.

I want to use it in my campaign, but apart from a sort text, there is nothing else I could find over this.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I know nothing of it, but now, I want to learn more!

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Has anyone created any content for the Dwarven Magic College called "XOTHOL"?
It was during Ammarindar time.

I want to use it in my campaign, but apart from a sort text, there is nothing else I could find over this.

Yes also want to learn more. Are you looking to publish? If not, I wouldn't sweat it. Unless instead you are looking to save yourself a lot of work.

Have never even heard of XOTHOL before... But a Dwarven Magic College sounds super cool

 

[Karsten]

Currently I am trying to find whether there is any material out there.
If not, which is most likely the case, I would have to create something on my own. In this case, I will update everyone here, as I have no issue to share it.

The only thing I have is from "Grand History of the Realms", which is the following texts:

" -550 DR (Year of Glistening Dust): King Azkuldar III of Ammarindar secretly creates the Xothol, an arcane college charged with guarding against the increasingly antagonistic Netherese"

" -286 DR (Year of Foul Awakenings): The Xothol is closed"

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Currently I am trying to find whether there is any material out there.
If not, which is most likely the case, I would have to create something on my own. In this case, I will update everyone here, as I have no issue to share it.

The only thing I have is from "Grand History of the Realms", which is the following texts:

" -550 DR (Year of Glistening Dust): King Azkuldar III of Ammarindar secretly creates the Xothol, an arcane college charged with guarding against the increasingly antagonistic Netherese"

" -286 DR (Year of Foul Awakenings): The Xothol is closed"

Perfect bit of "throwaway" lore to build a rich campaign into

 

[Richards]

It sounds like some type of new medicine: "Ask your doctor if Xothol is right for you!"

Johnathan

 

[SPECTRE666]

Page 87 in Lost Empires of Faerun has a couple of paragraphs about the location. You can get a pdf from Drivethru RPG.

 

[Karsten]

Thank you for this Spectre666.
I already have a copy of this file.

The paragraphs there is merely a mention of the place and its purpose. Other than that there is nothing.
I am inclining towards making this place oriented to runic magic, as I am against the idea of dwarves wizards. You see, one of my players in the campaign is a dwarf and he wants to get involved with this thing.
That is why I tend to runes, as something more mystical and interesting in my opinion.

It seems though, that I have to create material both for Xothol as well as the use of runic magic...

 

[aco175]

Not sure how much you wish to get into Mystra changing the way magic works, like 3-4 times, since that point in time. It could get into some lore about dwarves not having casters or rune magic with priests back in 2e days or such.

 

[Karsten]

Aco, my aim is to make it quite exotic, as possibility. On one hand it will be rather difficult and require a significant amount of dedication to learn+educate+execute, while on the other hand I will not make it forbidding, if he wants to get involved with this.

As to the magic, itself, I have decided to create it as a way of magic, somehow "outside" of the weave and rather towards a more mystical way. By that I mean, that it will be some sort of ritualistic way to create a rune (eg, get the ingredients, follow a certain procedure, do it on specific days/nights, etc). This way, I can explain how its step/ritual/procedure draws the mystical power from the elements, spirits, nature and even the weave in order to deliver a certain magical effect, in the form of a rune.
I still have not decided if I will allow permanent runes or not, and even if I do, to what extend those can be, in terms of power.
What I have decided though, is that parts of this type of magical art is going to be lost and/or forbidden by Moradin, in order to follow the changes that happened after the Netheril fall.

Regarding the edition you refer to, I am playing 2nd edition, only.