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The Snow Queen
(and other wintertime treats)
The Queen stands alone on a mountaintop. She has escaped the frightened stares of the commonfolk, and here, finally, she is free
to unleash her powers. She channels her arcane magic through herself and out into the world, sculpting snow and ice into a
magnificent ice palace. At last, she hopes to find peace. But she is unable to escape her fate - it seems destiny has other plans for
her...

Add the Frigid Power of Winter to Your Game

This document is designed to help both players and DMs add a certain wintry flavor to their D&D game. Whether you're a player
who would like to have the power of snow and ice at your fingertips, or a DM who wants to introduce your players to wintry
enemies and allies, this document has a little something for everyone.
It is my hope that the ideas presented here might help existing DMs or players introduce new players to D&D, so this document
is being offered for free. If you enjoy the ideas in this document, please check out other products from Nearsighted Games,
available through DMs Guild.

What's in this Document?

Part I: Cryomancer - an all-new cold-based subclass for sorcerers
Part II: New Cold Spells - 16 new spells focused on cold and ice, including rules for a new "frozen" condition
Part III: The Snow Queen - full stats for a powerful NPC, who can be a staunch ally or a fearsome enemy
Part IV: New Monsters - stats for two new monsters, the ice elemental and the snow elemental

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 Part I: Sorcerer: Cryomancer
S
ome people are born with the ability to
manipulate the power of ice and snow, while
others are cursed with it. Either way, sorcerers
who wield such power are known as
cryomancers, and they truly have ice in their
veins. Some cryomancers retreat to the snowy
seclusion of the mountains, living comfortable,
solitary lives amid a neverending winter. Others venture out
into a world that fears their frigid power in an effort to prove
they are worthy of respect by performing great deeds.
While some sorcerers are known to be passionate
hotheads, cryomancers tend to be calm and collected,
attempting to approach each new problem with cold logic. As
a result, many cryomancers have a frigid, aloof demeanor that
some find off-putting, and even the friendliest cryomancers
can unknowlingly project an unwelcoming aura - when a
cryomancer enters a room, the temperature noticeably drops
a few degrees.
Experienced cryomancers know that there is a calm,
serene power in the icy stillness of the winter, and they seek
to find that stillness within themselves and channel it through
their magic. Tapping into the frozen power of winter allows
cryomancers to perform stunning feats of icy magic, and
those who master the power in their blood are able to unlock
powerful arcane secrets.
Cryomancer Features
Sorcerer Level Feature
1st One with the Winter, Bitter Cold
6th Cold Comfort, Cold Fire
14th Winter's Aura
18th Frost Mastery
One with the Winter
At 1st level, your physical appearance begins to change to
reflect the icy power that flows through your veins. Your hair
may begin to turn white, or your skin may begin to take on a
faint blue or silver hue. The exact physical change is different
for each cryomancer. These changes are subtle at first, but
become more pronounced as your sorcerer level increases.
Additionally, you are immune to the negative effects of
traveling in extreme cold.
Bitter Cold
Starting at 1st level, during your turn when you cast a spell of
1st level or higher that deals cold damage, you can use a
bonus action to target creatures of your choice within 10 feet
of you with a bitterly cold breeze. These creatures must
succeed on a Constitution saving throw or have their speed
reduced by 10 feet until the end of your next turn.
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Cold Comfort
Starting at 6th level, you gain resistance to cold and fire
damage.
Additionally, you become able to move across and climb icy
surfaces without needing to make an ability check, and you
are able to move freely though difficult terrain composed of
ice or snow.
Cold Fire
Starting at 6th level, whenever you cast a spell or use a magic
item that deals fire damage, you can spend 1 sorcery point to
convert the fire damage to cold damage. When converted, the
flames produced by the spell or effect take on a blue or white
appearance. Spells and effects converted in this way cannot
cause objects or creatures to catch fire, but any other effects
occur as normal. Converting damage in this way does not
count as using a Metamagic option.
Winter's Aura
At 14th level, when you are hit by a melee attack, you can use
your reaction to deal cold damage to the attacker. The
damage is equal to your sorcerer level. The attacker must also
make a Constitution saving throw agasint your sorcerer spell
save DC. On a failed save, the attacker's speed is reduced by
10 feet until the end of your next turn, and they have
disadvantage on the next weapon attack they make before the
end of their next turn.
Frost Mastery
At 18th level, you gain immunity to cold and fire damage.
Starting at 18th level, you have mastered the magic of ice
and snow. Whenever you cast a spell that deals cold damage,
you may apply two Metamagic options to the same spell,
exceeding the usual limit of one, though you may only apply
each Metamagic option to a spell once (for example, you may
not use Empowered Spell twice on the same spell). You must
still spend sorcery points as normal for each Metamgic
option applied to the spell, and you may use this ability with
any spell converted to cold damage by your Cold Fire ability.
Part II: New Cold Spells
There should be more cold spells - and now there are! Every Sorcerer Spells
effort has been made to balance these spells against spells Cantrips (0 Level)
published in official materials, but, check with your DM Cold Snap
before taking any of the spells listed here. Icicle Spear
Bard Spells 1st Level
2nd Level
Chill Wind
Cryostasis 2nd Level
Ice Glide Ice Glide
Ice Guard
3rd Level
Permafrost 3rd Level
Crushing Snowball
Cleric Spells Swirling Storm
2nd Level 4th Level
Cryostasis Freezeflame
3rd Level 6th Level
Permafrost Deep Freeze
Thaw
9th Level
Druid Spells Dire Blizzard
1st Level
Chill Wind Warlock Spells
2nd Level
2nd Level Ice Glide
Cryostasis Slick Ice
Ice Glide
Ice Guard 4th Level
Freezeflame
3rd Level
Permafrost Wizard Spells
Swirling Storm
Thaw Cantrips (0 Level)
Cold Snap
4th Level Icicle Spear
Frost Blade
1st Level
6th Level Chill Wind
Deep Freeze
2nd Level
9th Level Ice Glide
Dire Blizzard Ice Guard
Paladin Spells 3rd Level
Crushing Snowball
3rd Level Swirling Storm
Glacial Smite
4th Level
Ranger Spells Freezeflame
2nd Level 6th Level
Ice Glide Deep Freeze
3rd Level 9th Level
Permafrost Dire Blizzard

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 Chill Wind
1st-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self (30-feet line)
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
Recommended Classes: druid, sorcerer, wizard
You hold your hands in front of yourself with your palms
facing out as you summon a blast of frigid arctic wind. This
wind travels in a straight line out from you in the direction
you are facing, 5 feet wide and 30 feet long. Each creature in
the area of the spell must make a Constitution saving throw.
A creature takes 3d6 cold damage on a failed save, or half as
much damage on a successful one.
The wind extinguishes candles, torches, and similar
unprotected flames in the area. It causes protected flames,
such as those of lanterns, to dance wildly, and has a 50
percent chance to extinguish them.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for
each slot above 1st.
Cold Snap
Evocation cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: S
Duration: Instantaneous
Recommended Classes: sorcerer, wizard
You snap your fingers and hurl a fist-sized ball of intensely
frigid at a creature or object in range. Make a ranged spell
attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 cold
damage. An object hit by this spell becomes covered in frost if
it isn't being worn or carried, and thin materials, such as cloth
or paper may become brittle.
This spell can also be used to freeze up to 1 cubic foot of
freezable liquid, though you cannot use this spell to freeze a
living creature.
This spell's damage increaes by 1d10 when you reach 5th
level (2d10), 11th level (3d10), and 17th level (4d10).
Crushing Snowball
3rd-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 100 feet
Components: V, S, M (a pinch of silver dust)
Duration: Instantaneous
Recommended Classes: sorcerer, wizard
You make a fist and cause the moisture in the air to freeze
and gather into a large, dense snowball with a 5 foot radius,
centered on a point you choose within range. The snowball
appears 30 feet off the ground at a point you choose within
range and instantly falls to the ground. Any creature beneath
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the snowball when it appears must make a Dexterity saving
throw. A target takes 8d8 cold damage on a failed save, or
half as much damage on a successful one. Any creature who
fails its Dexterity saving throw is also knocked prone until the
end of their next turn.
The resulting snow pile remains until it melts natrually,
and may be considered slippery ice for the purposes of
movement (see Dungeon Master's Guide, p 110).
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for
each slot level above 3rd.
The "Frozen" Condition
Some of the new spells presented here reference a
new condition - the "frozen" condition - which is
not found in the Player's Handbook. The frozen
condition is similar to the petrified condition
(Player's Handbook, p. 291), with some changes
regarding damage vulnerabilties. Check with your
DM to ensure that they are comfortable including
this condition as part of the game before taking
any of the new spells that rely on this condition.
Frozen
A frozen creature is transformed, along with any
nonmagical object it is wearing or carrying, into
solid inanimate ice. Its weight doubles, and it
ceases aging.
The creature is unable to move or speak, and it
is unaware of its surroundings. The creature is
also incapacitated (Player's Handbook, p. 290),
meaning it can't take any actions or reactions.
Attack rolls against the creature have advantage.
The creature automatically fails Strength and
Dexterity saving throws.
The creature becomes vulnerable to
bludgeoning, fire, and thunder damage.
The creature is immune to poison and disease.
A poison or disease already in its system is
suspended, not neutralized.
The creature has resistance to all other types of
damage, both magical and nonmagical.
Creatures who are frozen generate their own
magical cold, and cannot be melted except by
heat from magical sources.
Cryostasis
2nd-level transmutation (ritual)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (a pinch of dust and a few drops of
water)
Duration: 24 hours
Recommended Classes: bard, cleric, druid
You touch one willing creature and cause them to instantly
become frozen (as the condition, see sidebar, p. 4). While
frozen, the creature does not age, and any poison or disease
is suspended, but not neutralized. A creature who is dying at
the time of casting stops dying while frozen, but may resume
dying when the spell ends if not healed in some other way.
At Higher Levels. If you cast this spell using a spell slot of
3rd level or higher, the duration of the spell increases by 48
hours for each slot level above 2nd.
Deep Freeze
6th-level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
Recommended Classes: druid, sorcerer, warlock
You attempt to turn one creature that you can touch into solid
ice. If the target's body is made of flesh, the creature must
make a Constitution saving throw. If the creature's body is not
made of flesh (such as a construct), the creature must instead
make a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, the creature
is instantly incapacitated as its body rapidly transforms into
ice, and it becomes afflicted with the frozen condition (see
sidebar, p. 4). On a successful save, the creature isn't affected.
A creature frozen by this spell must make another
Constitution saving throw at the end of each of its turns. If it
successfully saves against this spell three times, the spell
ends and the creature is no longer frozen. If it fails its save
three times, it remains frozen until the effect is removed. The
successes and failures don't need to be consecutive; keep
track of both until the target collects three of a kind.
If the creature is physically broken while frozen, it suffers
from similar deformities if it reverts to its original state.
Dire Blizzard
9th-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 1 mile
Components: V, S, M (at least 1 pound of solid ice)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Recommended Classes: druid, sorcerer, wizard
A storm cloud forms, centered on a point within range and
spreading to a radius of 360 feet. The temperature plummets
to arctic conditions, strong, cold winds begin to howl, and
snow and ice fall from the sky. Each creature under the cloud
(no more than 5,000 feet beneath the cloud) when it appears
must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a
creature takes 4d6 cold damage, half as much damage on a
successful.
Each round that a creature remains in the affected area,
that creature takes 2d6 cold damage. If the creature is not
sheltered in some way, they also take 2d6 bludgeoning
damage, as they are pelted with ice and snow.
While the spell remains in effect, the blizzard's strong
winds make ranged attacks in the area impossible. The snow
and ice count as a severe distraction for the purposes of
maintaining concentration on spells, and the strong gusts of
wind (ranging from 25 to 50 miles per hour) automatically
disperse fog, mists, and similar phenomena in the area,
whether mundane or magical.
A creature who spends 10 rounds in the affected area must
make a Constitution saving throw at the end of the tenth
round. On a failed saving throw, the creature is frozen (as the
condition, see sidebar, p. 4). This condition remains in effect
indefinitely, until the effect is removed.
If you maintain your concentration for the full duration of
the spell, the effects of the spell linger. Creatures in the
affected area no longer take damage, as the wind, snow, and
ice end when the spell ends, but the area remains cold with a
moderate wind for up to 4 hours. After 4 hours, the weather
conditions gradually return to normal.
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 Freezeflame
4th-level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 action or 1 reaction when you are directly
targeted by a spell or effect that deals fire damage
Range: Self (60-foot radius)
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
Recommended Classes: sorcerer, warlock, wizard
You transform all fire, magical and non-magical, within a 60
foot radius into snow or ice. Non-magical fire is permanently
transformed into harmless snow. Magical fire transforms into
solid, magical ice that gives off an eerie blue light. Magical
fire transformed in this way freezes in place, even if it is
suspended in mid-air. Magical fire transforms back to its
normal state after 5 rounds, and any spell or effect resolves
as normal unless otherwise altered.
You may use this spell as a reaction when you are targeted
directly by a spell that deals fire damage, but not when you
are in the area of effect of a spell that is not directly centered
on you. If the spell targeting you is of 5th level or higher, you
must make an ability check using your sepllcasting ability.
The DC equals 10 + the spell's level. On a success, the fire
from the spell is frozen as described above. On a failure, the
fire from the spell targeting you is unaffected, but you still
transform non-magical fire within 60 feet.
Frost Blade
2nd-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (a shard of ice or a cold stone)
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
Recommended Class: druid
You evoke a frosty blade of solid ice in your free hand. The
blade is similar in size and shape to a scimitar, and it lasts for
the duration. If you let go of the blade, it dissappears, but you
can evoke the blade again as a bonus action.
You can use your action to make a melee attack with the
frost blade. On a hit, the target takes 3d6 cold damage. Any
creature damaged by this weapon has its speed reduced by
10 feet until the start of your next turn.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for
every two slot levels above 2nd.
Glacial Smite
3rd-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: Self
Components: V
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Recommended Class: paladin
The next time you hit a creature with a weapon attack before
this spell ends, the weapon sparkles with an icy sheen as you
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strike. The attack deals an extra 3d8 cold damage to the
target. If the damage from this attack would have reduced the
target to 0 hit points, the target is instead reduced to 1 hit
point and becomes frozen as the condition (see sidebar, p. 4).
The target remains frozen for 24 hours or until the effect is
removed.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 4th level or higher, the extra damage increases by 1d8
for each slot level above 3rd.
Ice Glide
2nd-level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S
Duration: 10 minutes
Recommended Classes: bard, druid, ranger, sorcerer, wizard
You touch a willing creature. For the spell's duration, that
creature is able to skate across the ground as if it were made
of ice, increasing their speed by 20 feet until the spell ends.
Additionally, while the spell remains in effect, the targeted
creature can move freely across difficult terrain composed of
snow or ice without needing to make an ability check.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 3rd level or higher, you can target one additional
creature for each slot level above 2nd.
Ice Guard
2nd-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take when you or a
target in the spell's range are hit by a ranged attack or spell
attack
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
Recommended Classes: druid, sorcerer, wizard
You conjure a pillar of ice from the ground that blocks a
ranged attack or spell attack just before it strikes its target.
Non-magical projectiles are caught by the ice pillar, while
magical attacks dissipate harmlessly against the pillar.
If the attack or spell attack deals fire damage, the ice pillar
is ineffective and fails to stop the attack, and the attack
resolves as normal.
If the spell attack is of 3rd level or higher, the ice pillar is
ineffective and fails to stop the spell attack, and the spell
attack resolves as normal.
The ice pillar dissipates almost as quickly as it appeared,
leaving no trace behind.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 3rd level or higher, you may use this spell to block a
spell attack of a level equal to or lower than the level of the
spell slot you used.
Icicle Spear
Transmutation cantrip
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
Recommended Classes: sorcerer, wizard
You freeze the water in the air to create a sharp spear of solid
ice. The spear instantly appears in your hand. You may use
your action to make an attack with the spear, and you may
use the spear as a melee or thrown weapon. On a successful
attack, the spear deals 1d8 piercing damage or 1d8 cold
damage (your choice, not both). The spear is fragile and using
it to make an attack causes it to shatter on impact.
You may only have one spear created by this spell at a time,
and creating a second spear causes the first to instantly
shatter.
The spear's damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th
level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).
Permafrost
3rd-level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S
Duration: 24 hours
Recommended Classes: bard, cleric, druid, ranger
You touch a single, continous piece of ice of no more than 10
cubic feet in volume. This ice is transformed into magical
permafrost, making it impervious to fire and heat from non-
magical sources. The permafrost can be affected by other
types of damage as if it were solid stone (though it cannot be
affected by spells that target stone objects, such as stone
shape). For the duration of the spell, the ice remains solid and
does not melt unless exposed to heat from a spell or other
magical effect of 3rd-level or higher.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 4th level or higher, the spell affects up to an additional
10 cubic feet of ice and the permafrost can only be melted by
a spell or effect of a level equal to or higher than the slot level
you used.
Slick Ice
2nd-level conjuration
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self (30-foot radius)
Components: V, S
Duration: 1 minute
Recommended Classes: druid, sorcerer, warlock
You stomp your foot on the ground and a thin sheet of slick
ice rapidly spreads across the ground in a 30 foot radius and
turns it into difficult terrain for the duration.
Any creature in the area when you cast the spell must
succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or fall prone. A creature
that enters the area or ends its turn there must also succeed
on a Dexterity saving throw or fall prone.
The caster is immune to the effects of this spell, as are any
creatures under the effect of a freedom of movement spell or
who are otherwise unaffected by difficult terrain composed of
ice or snow.
When the spell ends, the conjured ice instantly dissipates,
leaving no trace behind.
Swirling Storm
3rd-level evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self (30-foot radius)
Components: V, S, M (a dry, brittle leaf)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Recommended Classes: druid, sorcerer, wizard
A strong wind begins to swirl around you in a 30 foot radius.
For the spells duration, ranged attacks targeting any creature
within the spell's area have disadvantage. Additionally, If a
creature hits you with a melee attack while the spell is active,
that creature takes 5 cold damage.
Any creature in the area of the spell (except for you) must
spend 2 feet of movement for every 1 foot it moves while
moving through the area.
This wind disperses gas or vapor, and it extinguishes
candles, torches, and similar unprotected flames in the area.
It causes protected flames, such as those of lanterns, to
dance wildly and has a 50 percent chance to extinguish them.
Thaw
3rd-level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
Recommended Classes: cleric, druid
You touch a frozen creature or object and cause it to instantly
become unfrozen.
The spell is capable of unfreezing creatures and objects
frozen through non-magical means as well as those afflicted
by the frozen condition (see sidebar, p. 4).
You may also use this spell to unfreeze up to 10 cubic feet
of frozen liquid. If the liquid is under the effect of a
permafrost spell (see above), this spell dispels the permafrost
spell even if the casting of this spell is at a lower level than
the permafrost spell, though it does not unfreeze the liquid - it
merely transforms it into non-magical ice. You can then use a
second casting of this spell to unfreeze the liquid if you
choose.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 4th level or higher, the spell affects up to an additional
10 cubic feet of frozen liquid.
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 Part III: NPC Stats - The Snow Queen
The stats presented here are for a powerful NPC - the Snow Queen - who can be a great ally or a fearsome enemy.
Some of the spells listed under the Snow Queen's spellcasting ability are from new spells from Part II of this document, and these
have been marked with [brackets].
The Snow Queen
Medium humanoid (human), neutral good
Armor Class 19 (frost armor)
Hit Points 120 (15d8 + 60)
Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
10 (+0) 15 (+2) 18 (+4) 14 (+2) 18 (+4) 18 (+4)
Damage Immunities cold
Damage Resistances fire; bludgeoning, piercing, and
slashing from nonmagical attacks
Condition Immunities frozen (see sidebar on p. 4)
Senses passive Perception 14
Languages Common
Challenge 13 (10,000 XP)
Costume Change. The Snow Queen can use her magic
to freely transform her clothes. Clothes created by this
ability are physically real, but do not have any magical
properties and offer no special protection.
Cold Never Bothered Me. The Snow Queen is immune
to the negative effects of extreme cold. She is able to
move across difficult terrain made of snow and ice
without needing to make an ability check and without
spending extra movement.
Water Walk. The Snow Queen can move across any
liquid surface - such as water, acid, mud, snow,
quicksand, or lava - as if it were harmless solid ground
(though she can still take damage from the heat of
molten lava). Her footsteps freeze the surface of the
liquid wherever she steps.
Control Weather. The Snow Queen's emoitonal state
has a direct effect on the weather around her. When
angered or frightened, the weather within a 5 mile
radius of the Snow Queen begins to turn cold and
snowy, as if under the effect of a control weather spell.
The intensity of the temperature, precipitation, and
wind depends on the intensity of the Snow Queen's
emotional state (as determined by the DM).
Maintaining this effect does not require the Snow
Queen's concentration, though she can choose to
voluntarily end the effect with 10 minutes of calm
focus.
Frost Armor. While she is concious, the Snow Queen is
constantly protected by a magical aura of spectral frost.
This frost provides a +5 bonus to AC, and any creature
who hits the Snow Queen with a melee attack takes 10
cold damage.
Legendary Resistance. (3/day) If the Snow Queen fails a
saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
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Regeneration. Whenever the Snow Queen starts her
turn in a snowy or cold environment, she regains 20 hit
points. If the Snow Queen takes fire damage, this trait
doesn't function at the start of her next turn.
Spellcasting. The Snow Queen is a 12th-level
spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell
save DC 18, +8 to hit with spell attacks). The Snow
Queen knows the following spells:
Cantrips (at will): [cold snap], [icicle spear] ray of frost
1st level (4 slots): [chill wind], fog cloud
2nd level (3 slots): gust of wind, [ice glide], [ice guard]
3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, sleet storm, [swirling
storm]
4th level (3 slots): fire shield (chill shield effect only),
ice storm, [freezeflame]
5th level (2 slots): cone of cold
6th level (1 slot): [deep freeze]
Ice Palace. The Snow Queen has the ability to scult a
grand palace out of ice. To do this, the Snow Queen
must be in a snowy or icy location, and she must spend
1 hour focused on the task of creating the ice palace.
At the end of these 8 hours, the Snow Queen will have
created a palace constructed entirely out of ice. The
palace has a large central chamber with up to 50
additional rooms. The Snow Queen may also create
furnishings for the palace, though doing so requires an
additonal hour of focus, and all furniture and other
decorations The Snow Queen is able to draw power
from her ice palace, and any spells that she casts while
in her ice palace do not expend spell slots. Once
created, the ice palace is permanent, though the Snow
Queen may voluntarily destroy it as an action at any
time. When she does this, cracks instantly begin to
appear in the ice, as the palace becomes unstable and
begins to collapse. After 1 minute, the palace shatters
and is completely destroyed. The Snow Queen may
only have one ice palace at a time and creating a
second ice palace always destroys the first.
Actions
The Snow Queen may make two actions per turn. She
may cast two spells in the same turn provided that one
of the spells is a cantrip.
Conjure Elemental. (2/day) The Snow Queen can use an
action to cast conjure elemental, though she may only
conjure an ice elemental or a snow elemental. (See
Appendix for monster stats.) The Snow Queen may
only have one elemental of each type active at a time
(though she can have one of each), and creating a
second elemental of an existing type destroys the
existing elemental and creates a new one. Using this
ability does not use a spell slot from the Snow Queen's
spellcasting ability.
Part IV: New Monsters
Ice Elemental
Large elemental, neutral
Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points 126 (12d10 + 60)
Speed 30 ft., burrow 30 ft. (through snow and ice
only)
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
20 (+5) 8 (-1) 20 (+5) 5 (-3) 10 (+0) 5 (-3)
Damage Vulnerabilities fire, thunder
Damage Immunities cold, poison, psychic
Condition Immunities exhaustion, paralyzed,
petrified, poisoned, unconcious, frozen (see
sidebar, p. 4)
Senses darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 60 ft., passive
Perception 10
Languages Terran, Aquan
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Ice Glide. The ice elemental's base speed is doubled
while moving through snowy or icy terrain.
Intmidating Presence. When an ice elemental first
enters combat, all enemy creatures within 60 feet
of the elemental must succeed on a Wisdom saving
throw (DC 15) or gain disadvantage on their next
ability check or attack roll.
Actions
Multiattack. The ice elemental makes two claw
attacks.
Ice Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach
10 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5) slashing
damage.
Fling. If the ice elemental successfully hits a single
Small or Medium creature with two claw attacks on
the same turn, the elemental may attempt to throw
the target. The target must succeed on a DC 15
Dexterity saving throw or be hurled 60 feet
horizonally in a direction of the elemental's choice,
taking 1d6 bludgeoning damage for every 10 feet it
was thrown.
Snow Elemental
Small elemental, neutral
Armor Class 13
Hit Points 32 (8d6 + 8)
Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
10 (+0) 16 (+3) 12 (+1) 9 (-1) 10 (+0) 13 (+2)
Damage Vulnerabilities fire
Damage Immunities cold, poison, psychic
Condition Immunities exhaustion, paralyzed,
petrified, poisoned, unconcious, frozen (see
sidebar, p. 4)
Senses tremorsense 60 ft., passive Perception 12
Languages Common, Aquan
Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Ice Glide. The snow elemental's base speed is
doubled while moving through snowy or icy terrain.
Regeneration. Whenever the snow elemental starts
its turn in a snowy or cold environment, it regains
10 hit points. If the snow elemental takes fire
damage, this trait doesn't function at the start of its
next turn.
Frigid Resilience. If the snow elemental is reduced
to 0 hit points by any damage type other than fire
damage, the snow elemental is instead left with 1
hit point. If the snow elemental is reduced to 0 hit
points by fire damage, it is destroyed.
Snow Camouflage. The snow elemental has
advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to
hide in snowy terrain.
Actions
Snowball. Ranged Attack: +3 to hit, range 30/120
ft., one target. Hit: 9 (2d8) cold damage.