You vocally express a creature's fears. Each creature in a 20-foot radius must make a wisdom saving throw. The dc is 13 + the caster's charisma modifier. if Failed, creature(s) are frightened for the duration.
The caster may produce visual effects that increase the dc to 15 + cha mod, but that is not unlocked until you use it with a 5th level spell slot.
While frightened by this spell, the creature can not attack unless it breaks free of the spell. Each round, (including the round that the spell was cast) the creature takes 1d8 psychic damage. Every two rounds, the psychic damage is rolled with a larger die, from 1d8 to 1d10 to 1d12, to a maximum of 1d20 psychic damage per round, (and thats after 6 rounds of failed wisdom saves) If the creature ends its turn in a location where it doesn't have line of sight to you (or the creature figures out it can just close it's eyes), the creature can make a Wisdom saving throw. On a successful save, the spell ends for that creature. On a failed save, the tormenting continues.
* - ((a white feather or the heart of a hen) )