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:

4d6 (4~24) Cold

Details:

 Range: Self

AoE: 6 m / 20 ft (Cone)

Creates Area: Ice

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

Condition: Brittle

 Brittle

Duration: 3 turns

Spell save DC  Constitution saving throw

• 2d6 (2~12) Cold
  damage per turn
• Affected entity has been rapidly cooled while aflame, making it Vulnerable to Thunder and Bludgeoning damage.

Area: Ice

 Ice

Duration: 2 turns

AoE: 6 m / 20 ft (Cone)

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

Type: Surface

Condition: Prone

 Prone

Spell save DC  Dexterity saving throw

• The affected creature cannot 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 made within 3 m / 10 ft of the creature.
• A Prone creature must spend half its Movement Speed to stand up.
  • A character with the Athlete feat spends only 1.5 m / 5 ft of Movement Speed to stand up.

Prone, Unconscious

Condition: Difficult Terrain

 Difficult Terrain

• 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.