Death Burst (Cold)

This article is about the action to manually trigger the Ice Mephit's Death Burst. For the corresponding passive feature, see Death Burst: Cold. For other variants of Death Burst, see Death Burst.

Death Burst is an Ice Mephit action. The Ice Mephit explodes, dealing 4d6⁠⁠Cold damage to nearby creatures and freezing the ground. This explosion is also triggered if the mephit dies any other way, but it deals half damage when triggered that way.

Description

Explode in a burst of ice that damages all nearby creatures.

Properties

Cost

 Action

Damage: 4~24

4d6⁠Cold

Details

 DEX Save (DC 11) (On Save: Targets still take half damage.)

 Range: Self

 AoE: 3 m (10 ft) Radius

 Creates Area: Ice

Technical details

UIDs

Shout_DeathBurst_Chosen_IceMephit

Action to trigger the explosion

Projectile_DeathBurst_Died_IceMephit

Explosion triggered by the action

Spell flags

CanAreaDamageEvade, IsTrap

Area: Ice

 Ice

Duration: 3 turns

 AoE: 3 m (10 ft) Radius

Difficult terrain - movement speed is halved and creatures may fall Prone.

Type: Surface

Condition: Prone

 Prone

Duration: 1 turn

 DEX Save (Spell save DC)

• Can't move or take  Actions,  Bonus Actions, or  Reactions, and has  Disadvantage on Strength and Dexterity  Saving Throws.
• Attacks against a Prone creature have  Advantage if they're made within 3 m (10 ft) of the creature.
• A Prone creature must spend half its  Movement Speed to stand up.
• Falling Prone immediately ends Concentration.
• If a creatures falls Prone on its turn, the turn immediately ends.

Condition: Difficult Terrain

 Difficult Terrain

Duration: Whilst on surface

• Movement Speed halved

How to learn

Used by creatures: Ice Mephit

Notes

• Manually triggering Death Burst with this action deals twice as much damage as being triggered on death with  Death Burst: Cold.