Winter's Breath

Winter's Breath is an Action unique to the Water Elemental.

Description

Exhale a freezing torrent of ice.  Burning creatures undergo rapid cooling and become  Brittle. Has no effect on inanimate objects.

Properties

Cost

 Action

Damage: 4~24

4d6⁠Cold

Details

 CON Save (Spell save DC) (On Save: Targets still take half damage.)

 Range: Self

 AoE: 6 m (20 ft) Cone

 Creates Area: Ice

Condition: Brittle

 Brittle

Duration: 3 turns

 CON Save (Spell save DC)

• Affected entity has been rapidly cooled while aflame, making it Vulnerable to Thunder and Bludgeoning damage.

• Takes 2d6⁠⁠Cold damage at the start of their turn.

Area: Ice

 Ice

Duration: 2 turns

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: Water Elemental

Notes

• When the ice created by this attack melts, it leaves behind a water surface that lasts indefinitely.
• The spell save difficulty class for this action is Strength, which means a consistent way to increase spell save dc for the Conjure Elemental variant is to give them strength-altering potions such as the elixir of Hill Giant Strength or the elixir of Cloud Giant Strength.