Cores

Azerai being semi-corporeal beings consist of their elemental forms and their Azerai core known as the Diadem. The creation, placement, and use of the Diadem heavily determines the physical manifestations of the Azerai in question. 

Telos

These Azerai are summoned and worshipped by outskirt villages and tribes as local guardians. These Azerai are worshipped to protect the homes and residents inside. A guardian's diadem is usually kept somewhere on the premises of where it defends. The worship of one of these may grant a few benefits to the living residents - some common goods would be reducing the length and intensity of any lower sicknesses, increasing the resilience and recovery of children, identifying poisonous or hazardous materials found or brought into the homestead. 

Naturally born Azerai of similar element tend to have the same attributes. Wind Azerai are known for freedom, long-distance coverage, and trickster mentalities. As such, they get well-known as common in Unknown which makes it difficult for them to visually keep up with the various transactions, stories, and myths made about them. As such, Wind Azerai have evolved to take on the form of a unique hivemind. Broken down, the natural Wind Azerai appear in two parts. The origin, and the offshoot. The origin is the center or "brain" or soul of the Azerai, it maintains the pure aspect of the Azerai's story. The offshoots meanwhile are multiple in number, and can function somewhat autonomously. This unique construction allows the offshoot to take on specified roles based off of the various types of stories told of the Azerai in question. The origin meanwhile is able to pick and choose the powers gifted to the offshoot for use of its own. It retains its own origin no matter what, making it possible to shift between different legends told about the Azerai in question. Origins are quite difficult to discover though when it comes to finding or making a pact with Azerai. Many a Shaman have been unable to form a pact with an origin, as quite often they mistake an offshoot for an origin or they come across one of the origins more 'resilient' features of compiling. A technique discovered by a halfling of little renoun, only for his love of sweetcakes and long walks. He discovered that the Wind Azerai have another unique ability of essentially combining a slime or gelatinous cube into one form, but yet still retain the minds of offshoots and origin combined. Forming a pact with the origin in this state is near-impossible, the same as trying to make a pact with a swarm. Too many different minds, too many different reactions, resistances. It has been theorized that if you can draw out and make a pact with just the origin, you MIGHT gain the ability to gain the ability to also summon offshoots as well. The theory is still but a rumor told among shamans and wizards alike as they notice that wind azerai may not be the most practical or utility and combat outside of their homelands. 

Hidden in the analogues of Wood Elf libraries, comes a tale of one such half-elven Wizard by the name of Oskoris attempted to form a pact with an origin. Scholars, rightfully, scoffed and laughed at his lofty goals but upon return, they saw something different. Unclear which method he attempted, but he returned back to civilization at first with seeming uncanny knowledge of all current events despite having been away for months at a time. He quickly rose in popularity and in knowledge, as he obtained newly researched spells and knowledge - but come one of the major elven festivals of fertility and bountiful harvest, people reported his ranting became erratic. Preaching words of danger and struggling to properly form incantations necessary for abjuration spells. Even during his teleportation attempts, he began speaking in different languages he had not yet known, but his fervor increased. It was on that same night that the town got raided. Orcs from the mountain raiding parties made their way down to that village. During the onslaught erupting from the wizard tower, the torrent of a tornado ripping through the marauding orcs and the elven guards all the same leaving a path of complete destruction. The town had been saved, but upon examination of damages, those that ventured into the wizard's tower found very little trace of Oskoris anywhere. They say that they could hear of his name amongst what seems to be half-finished spells and incantations - some of which coming alive to take on a new form. Never again has Oskoris been seen. 

When external elemental effects are done through an Azerai, it can augment the outcome in different ways.

Flame conditions:(doesn't take effect if they are resist or immune)

increase fire damage

Burning: they take a number of d8 of fire damage every turn until they take an action or get doused

Fearful fire: run in random directions and be afraid of the source of fire and run away

flustering lights: stacking dazzled effect, so -1 to attack rolls and perception checks every time they take fire

cloth burning: stacking -1 to ac's until the clothing is mended

fire resistance reduction

fire resistance improvement

Cold conditions:(doesn't take effect if they are resist or immune)

cold core: reduce healing by d12 for every stack until the creature is subjected to fire damage or heat over a short rest

physical ability drain: reduce the stat of str, dex, or con by 2 every time they are hit. goes away in long rest with high heat in the room or greater restoration

limb disfigure: make a con save, on failure one of the limbs get severe cold, hands are multi attack, movement is half speed, hitting it again makes it so that you cant take actions if its arms, or movement is 0 for legs. target needs to take fire damage to regain use of a limb. 

slow movement: slow movements

cold resistance reduction

cold resistance improvement

Lightning conditions:(doesn't take effect if they are resist or immune)

paralyzed: either 1 round with no save, or dex/con save to be paralyzed. they need restoration to get out of it 

chain: deal lightning damage to another creature within 15ft

shocked: cant take reactions, has a minus 2 to dex saves

respiratory failure: after moving more than half their speed they need to make a con save, on a failure they immediately become incapacitated

heightened sensitivity. vulnerability to the next attack

lightning resistance reduction

lightning resistance improvement

Sound conditions: (doesn't take effect if they are resist or immune)

mental ability drain: reduce the stat of int, wis or cha by 2 every time they are hit. goes away in long rest with medicine check

winded: str save, the creature cannot move the next turn

Deafened: has a 20% chance of spell failure when casting spells with verbal components. cannot hear.

Knockback: shunt them some number of feet away or knocks them prone

Auditory hallucination: when addressed buy someone verbally, make a wisdom 15 save on a failure you come under the effects of dissonant whispers

Reverb: make a con save, on a failure they gain a minus equal to the damage modifier from the attacker, every turn this minus gets reduced by 1. this minus is applied to attack rolls and skill checks.

thunder resistance reduction

thunder resistance improvement

Earth conditions:(doesn't take effect if they are resist or immune)

Fatigued: stacking -2 penalty to strength and Dex checks and saves. lasts until the

concussed: can't concentrate on spells or concentration effects con save to be able to take actions

Sunken: drop the creature 5 ft into the floor, takes a strength check to break out of the ground, dc15+5 for every 5 ft down

shattered: reduce resistance to bludgeoning 1 level until armor is fixed or magical healing is done. for non magical healing it would take 1d12 long rests

petrified: turn a creature unconcious, need a restoration to undo it

Knockback: shunt them some number of feet away or knocks them prone (athletics check to combat it)

Bullrush: use athletics vs strengh score of creatures in your movement path. any who's stats are under the roll are knocked prone and dealt proficiency bonus of player hit die

physical resistance reduction ( pick one)

physical resistance improvement ( pick one)

physical resistance improvement