Sorcerous Origin

D
ifferent sorcerers claim different origins for
their innate magic. Many variations exist, and
these origins greatly impact the sorcerers role
in the world. Choose a sorcerous origin, which
describes the source of your innate magical
power: Draconic Bloodline, Wild Magic, Storm
Sorcery, Divine Soul, Frost Sorcery,
Deathtouched, Vampire Bloodline, Gravity Wielder, Infernal
Heritage, Telepath, Phoenix Soul, or Stone Lineage.
Your choice grants you features when you choose it at 1st
level and again at 6th, 14th, and 18th level.
You have chosen the Frost Sorcery origin.
Frost Sorcery
Your innate magic commands the element of ice, and stems
from the blizzard contained within your soul. Perhaps you
were touched by the essence of the para-elemental plane of
ice as a child, or you descended from one of Auril's chosen.
Perhaps you were granted a mote of power from the
Goddess herself. Whatever the source, this power both
dangerous and beautiful, has manifested within you.
Frost Sorcery Quirks
d6 Quirk
1 You are always cold to the touch
2 When you sleep frost forms around you
3 When you bleed the blood freezes after a round or
two, even when badly injured
4 When you breathe, you can see your breath
5 You leave frost footprints behind, that dissipate in 2
rounds
6 You cannot cry, your body doesn’t produce tears

Frost Sorcery Origin Spells

Sorcerer Level Spells
1st armor of agathys
3rd hold person
5th frost breath
7th conjure minor elemental (ice only)
9th cone of cold
11th wall of ice
Blood of Ice
Frozen Heart The arcane magic you command is infused with elemental
Propelled by a heart of ice, the blood in your veins runs cold. ice. As the magic flows through your body, you discover you
At 1st level, you’re naturally adapted to cold climates, as can create layers of frost upon your skin. While you are not
described in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. You wearing armor or wielding a shield, your AC equals 8 + your
can also speak, read, and write Primordial. (Knowing this Dexterity modifier + your Charisma modifier.
language allows you to understand and be understood by Additionally, at 1st level you gain minor control over the
those who speak its dialects: Aquan, Auran, Ignan, and elemental magic that runs in your veins, and learn how to
Terran) harness it to rapidly reduce the temperatures of things
In addition, when you learn any spell that deals damage, around you. You learn the Cryomancy cantrip . This cantrip
you can choose to learn a cold damage version of the spell doesn't count against your number of cantrips known.
instead.

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 Winter Guide
Beginning at 6th level, you can use a bonus action to turn
areas of water to ice within a 40 foot cube centered on a
point within 120 feet of you. You cannot freeze areas of
water that would trap a creature in ice.
Additionally, you gain resistance to cold damage, and
moving across areas of difficult terrain created by ice or
snow no longer costs extra movement.
Frost Mastery
Starting at 6th level, you can use your action and spend 2
sorcery points to create a simple object or structure made of
ice, such as a stairway, a sword, or a solid block. It must
reside within a 15-foot cube centered on a point within 120
feet of you.
Instead of creating a structure, you can attempt to encase
the lower half of a single creature you can see, of Medium
size or smaller within 60-feet, in ice. The creature can then
make a Dexterity saving throw. On a success, it evades the
effect and is not trapped. If it fails, it is encased in the ice,
and is considered restrained. The target remains restrained
until the ice is destroyed (stats for the ice listed below) . If
the creature is of Large or Huge size, it gains advantage on
the saving throw. Creatures of Gargantuan size or larger
automatically succeed on the saving throw.
You can dismiss any part of your creations by use of a
bonus action.
You can spend 2 additional sorcery points to form your
creation out of True Ice instead .
The Nature of Ice
All ice that you create is abnormally cold and dense, but
it isn't magical. At room temperature, it melts at a rate of
1 foot every 8 hours (other enviromental factors may
alter this) . Each 5 foot square section of ice has AC 10,
20 hit points, and vulnerability to fire damage. Reducing
a frozen section to 0 hit points destroys it. Creations
made of True Ice are magically durable (resistant to non-
magical weapons), and not vulnerable to fire. They do not
melt, and their sections have AC 20 and 40 hit points.
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Absolute Zero
Starting at 14th level, spells you cast ignore resistance to
cold damage, and you treat immunity to cold damage as
resistance. Whenever you deal cold damage to a creature
with a spell of 1st level or greater, you can reduce its speed
by half on its next turn.
Additionally, you gain Otiluke's Freezing Sphere as an
available spell to learn.
Glacial Soul
Beginning at 18th level, as an action, you can spend 5
sorcery points to exude a freezing aura to a distance of 20
feet. For 1 minute or until you lose your concentration (as if
you were concentrating on a spell), you have immunity to
cold damage, and resistance to fire damage, surfaces within
the aura become coated in frost, water freezes instantly, and
you take on the appearance of a minor god or goddess of
winter.
A hostile creature that starts its turn within the aura must
succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or become restrained
until the start of its next turn. A creature that has failed the
saving throw must continue making saving throws at the
start of it's turns if it remains within the aura. A creature
that succeeds on this saving throw is immune to this effect
for the next 24 hours. At the beginning of your turn, you can
expand or reduce the range of the aura by 10 feet, to a
maximum of 100 feet.
Note: The Frost Sorcery origin has access to
additional thematically appropriate custom spells,
most of which are just reskinned/reflavored
versions of pre-existing spells of the same level.

Spells
Cryomancy
Transmutation cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 30 feet/5 foot cube
Components: S
Duration: Instantaneous
You target an area that you can see within range, that fits
within a 5-foot cube. You manipulate it in one of the
following ways:
You chill and reduce the temperature within the area,
freezing objects when possible (if you choose) .
You cause a layer of frost to coat the area.
You extinguish a small fire.
You freeze an area of water, provided that there are no
creatures in it.
Additionally, in an area you can see that fits within a 1-foot
cube, you can create and manipulate ice.
Frozen Gauntlet
Evocation cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Duration: 1 minute
Frost coalesces around one of your hands and ice spikes
begin to form, encasing your entire fist in ice hard as rock.
As part of the action to cast this spell you can make a melee
spell attack against a target within range. On a hit, the
gauntlet deals 1d4 bludgeoning damage + 1d6 cold damage
to the target. The gauntlet lasts for one minute, or until
dismissed.
If the caster is subjected to any damage by fire, the
gauntlet melts away.
This spell's cold damage increases by 1d6 when you
reach 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6).
Ice Spike
Evocation cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Duration: 1 minute
A ten-inch long spike of solid ice forms within your grasp.
As part of the action to cast this spell you can choose to
make a melee spell attack against a target within range. On
a hit, the ice spike deals 1d4 piercing damage + 1d6 cold
damage to the target.
The shard of ice begins rapidly melting once it leaves your
grasp, so it can not be thrown and if you lose grip of the
spike you'll need to cast the spell again to summon a new
one. Otherwise, the spike lasts for one minute.
If the caster is subjected to any damage by fire, the ice
spike melts away.
This spell's cold damage increases by 1d6 when you
reach 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6).
Boulders of Winter
3rd-level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You cause moisture in the air to condense into up to 2 icy
boulders within range. Each boulder is roughly cylindrical
and has a diameter of 5 feet and a height of up to 10 feet.
They immediately slam into the ground, each hitting a 5ft-by-
5ft area.
If a boulder falls onto a creature of size Medium or
smaller, that creature must make a Dexterity saving throw.
On a failed save, a creature takes 2d6 cold damage and 2d6
bludgeoning damage, and is restrained, pinched between the
boulder and the ground. On a successful save, a creature
takes half as much damage and must then move 5 feet in
any direction. If the creature cannot move or chooses not to,
they automatically fail the save. If the creature is Large or
bigger, it automatically succeeds on the save. A restrained
creature can use an action to make a Strength or Dexterity
check (the creature's choice) against the spell's saving throw
DC. On a success, the creature is no longer restrained and
must move out from under the boulder.
Starting on your next turn, you can use your bonus action
to cause one or more of the boulders to shatter. Each
creature within 5 feet of the shattered boulder must make a
Dexterity saving throw, taking 2d6 cold damage and 2d6
bludgeoning damage on a failed save, or half as much
damage on a successful one. If a creature was being
restrained by the boulder when it shattered, they are no
longer restrained.
If you maintain concentration on this spell for its entire
duration, the boulders cannot be dispelled and are
permanent until destroyed. Otherwise, they fade when the
spell ends.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 5th level or higher, you create three boulders. With a
spell slot of 7th level or higher, you create four boulders.
With a 9th level spell slot, you create five boulders.
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 Frost Breath
3rd-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self/40-foot cone
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
Attack/Save: Dexterity
You release powerful chiling blast in a cone-shaped area
dealing extreme cold damage to all susceptible creatures,
items, and materials in its path. Each creature in a 40-foot
cone must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes
8d6 cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage
on a successful one. The cone extends outward from the
caster's mouth, and those that could not resist the brunt of
the frigid breath were also knocked prone, and pushed back
20 feet towards the edge of the 40-foot cone.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for
each slot level above 3rd.
Cold Snap
4th-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self/15-foot sphere
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
Attack/Save: Dexterity
Frost coalesces around you, and in a flash you unleash a
wave of freezing energy from your body that explodes into
piercing shards of ice in a 15-foot radius. All creatures
within 15 feet of you must make a Dexterity saving throw.
On a failed save, each creature takes 2d6 piercing damage
and 5d6 cold damage. In addition, creatures of Large size or
smaller are frozen and considered paralyzed until the end of
their next turn. On a successful save, the creatures take half
as much damage but suffer no addtional effects.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 5th level or higher, both piercing damage and cold
damage increase by 1d6 for each slot level above 4th.
Heat Leech
5th-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 Minute
Attack/Save: Dexterity
You draw on the warmth of another to satiate your frozen
heart and regain missing hit points. Choose a creature you
can see to make a Dexterity save. On a success, it takes 2d8
cold damage and the spell ends. On failure, the target takes
4d8 cold damage, and you can use your action on your turns
to automatically deal 4d8 cold damage to it. The spell ends
if you use your action to do anything else, if the target is
outside the spell's range, or if it has total cover from you.
Whenever the spell deals damage, you regain hit points
equal to half the amount of the damage taken.
At Higher Levels. The damage increases by 1d8 for each
slot level above 5th.
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Hypothermia
5th-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 90 feet
Components: V
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 Minute
Attack/Save: Dexterity
You send a bone chilling blast of freezing energy at one
creature you can see within range. The target must make a
Dexterity saving throw. It takes 8d6 cold damage on a failed
save, or half as much damage on a successful one. On a
failed save, the target also continues to freeze and has it's
movement reduced by half for the spell's duration. At the
end of each of its turns, the target repeats the saving throw.
It takes 4d6 cold damage on a failed save, and the spell ends
on a successful one. This magical hypothermia can’t be
remedied by nonmagical means.
If damage from this spell kills a target, the target is turned
to ice.
Heart of Ice
7th-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
Attack/Save: Constitution
You harness the ice that runs in your veins, and unleash
the torment of your Frozen Heart on a target other than
yourself that you can touch. The target must make a
Constitution saving throw. It takes 8d8 + 40 cold damage on
a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
When touched, the creature's skin turns black as the sky
of the Negative Energy plane itself, and their body becomes
rimed with white frost. A creature reduced to zero hit points
by this spell feels their heart turn to ice and shatter causing
immediate death, and becomes a frozen statue until it
thaws. If the creature was able to resist, he or she still
suffered a large amount of cold damage, and could do
nothing except yell and choose which direction to fall down
as their body was wracked with uncontrollable shivering,
leaving them paralyzed until the start of their next turn.
As an ironic side effect, survivors of this spell were
immune to further cold damage for up to two hours. Priests
of Auril were partially immune to this spell, as were
creatures that thrived in extreme cold such as remorhaz,
winter wolves, white dragons, and denizens of the
Paraelemental Plane of Ice. These creatures and individuals
suffered no damage if they resisted the spell, and minor
internal bruising if they did not.
Art Credits:
All images used in this document are not my own, and are
listed in order of appearance.
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