Soot

Soot was a common material substance of the Realms, a kind of impure carbon similar to lampblack, coke and graphite.
==Description==
Soot was a deep black, fine powder, similar to ash.
==Availability==
Soot was produced as a residue wherever fuel was burned, such as candles, torches, lamps, fireplaces, forges, and wildfires.
Aurora's Emporium sold soot for 2 cp per , intended for the arcane uses of wizards.
==Usages==
Soot was a common ingredient in inks and dyes for giving a strong black pigment.
Soot could be used to add carbon to an alloying process, such as making steel.
===Spell Components===
Soot was an easily available magical material component, but it could still take time and effort to find a supply with exactly the right properties required.
* Cacodemon used a complex ritual with many ingredients including soot.
* Comprehend languages used a pinch of soot and a few grains of salt.
* Crawling darkness used a pinch of soot or pitch.
* Doomtide used a pinch of soot, among other ingredients.
* Friends could use a variety of powders and pigments, including soot.
* Greater creature of darkness used a pinch of soot or pitch and other ingredients.
* Melt used a pinch of soot and rock salt.
* Plague used a pinch of soot or another black powder, and a scrap of human skin.
* Smokescreen used a pinch of soot.
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===References===
Category:Spell components
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Category:Items from Faerûn
Category:Items from Toril