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

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

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: Ice Mephit

Notes

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