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Returning 35 results for 'Thin Ice'.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Thin Ice Thin ice has a weight tolerance of 3d10 × 10 pounds per 10-foot-square area. Whenever the total weight on an area of thin ice exceeds its tolerance, the ice in that area breaks. All creatures on broken ice fall through. Below the ice is frigid water (see “Frigid Water” above).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Thin Ice Thin ice has a weight tolerance of 3d10 × 10 pounds per 10-foot-square area. Whenever the total weight on an area of thin ice exceeds its tolerance, the ice in that area breaks. All creatures on broken ice fall through. Below the ice is frigid water (see “Frigid Water” above).
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
obscure pools covered by thin ice through which others might fall.
Awakened Companions. A frost druid is often accompanied by one or more beasts, shrubs, or evergreen trees that it has made sentient using
animals
2nd level (3 slots): animal messenger, moonbeam, pass without trace
3rd level (3 slots): conjure animals, sleet storm, wind wall
4th level (3 slots): hallucinatory terrain, ice storm
5th level
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
thin cloak of mist forms around her. Blades of ice grow out of her body at odd angles, breaking off before they get too long. When she moves, her body crackles.
In this form, Auril creates weapons of
ice, whereupon Auril instantly reappears in her Auril (Third Form);third form, in an unoccupied space within 60 feet of where her second form was destroyed. Her initiative count doesn’t change
Magic Items
Tomb of Annihilation
Artus Cimber has kept this item in his possession for over a century. The Ring of Winter is a golden band that resizes to fit snugly on the finger of its wearer. A thin layer of frost coats
the outside of the ring, which normal heat can’t melt. The ring feels ice cold to the touch and initially numbs the hand that wears it, but this cold ceases to be felt by one who is attuned to
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Tail Attack. The dragon makes one Tail attack.
Treacherous Ice. Magical ice covers the ground in a 20-foot radius centered on a point the dragon can
see within 120 feet of itself. The ice, which is difficult terrain for all creatures except lunar dragons, lasts for 10 minutes or until the dragon uses this legendary action again.Lunar dragons
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Tail Attack. The dragon makes one Tail attack.
Treacherous Ice. Magical ice covers the ground in a 20-foot radius centered on a point the dragon
can see within 120 feet of itself. The ice, which is difficult terrain for all creatures except lunar dragons, lasts for 10 minutes or until the dragon uses this legendary action again.
Wing Attack
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
spring sky to the rich, crystalline azure of sapphire gems and compressed glacial ice. In the light, the scales glitter and shine like luminous starbursts. The dragons’ psionic nature is evident
honeycombs of hidden passages, deceptively thin walls, and secret chambers that allow them to traverse the entire lair without ever being seen by intruders. The best-defended sapphire dragon lairs have no
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
. Iymrith casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 20):
1/day each: detect magic, dispel magic, ice storm, stone
a safe distance with a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check. Otherwise, the first creature to step on the thin crust covering the sinkhole must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or fall
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
azure of sapphire gems and compressed glacial ice. In the light, the scales glitter and shine like luminous starbursts. The dragons’ psionic nature is evident in the horn and bone structures of
older, they continually renovate their lairs, using their tunneling abilities and command over stone.
Sapphire dragons eventually create dizzying honeycombs of hidden passages, deceptively thin walls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
moves onto slippery ice for the first time on a turn, it must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check or fall prone. Thin Ice Thin ice has a weight tolerance of 3d10 × 10 pounds per 10-foot
-square area. Whenever the total weight on an area of thin ice exceeds its tolerance, the ice in that area breaks. All creatures on broken ice fall through.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
snugly on the finger of its wearer. A thin layer of frost coats the outside of the ring, which normal heat can’t melt. The ring feels ice cold to the touch and initially numbs the hand that wears it, but
can see within 300 feet of you. The temperature in that area drops 20 degrees per minute, to a minimum of –30 degrees Fahrenheit. Frost and ice begin to form on surfaces once the temperature drops
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
one of her eggs or wyrmlings being harmed. If Isendraug is reduced to fewer than half her hit points, she tries to escape through the submerged passage (area 4G), smashing through the thin ice that
through the floor of the lodge to reach the ice underneath, creating a 50-foot-diameter, water-filled tunnel. Thin ice covers the hole. For more information on thin ice and swimming in frigid water, see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
services, which cost 5 gp. Loch Wynnis Docks Wharf A few rowboats are tethered to these wooden docks. Visitors and residents who like to fish are free to use them. A thin layer of ice has formed around
the boats, but the ice breaks apart easily. Most of the docks are 10 feet long, but one particularly old and creaky dock is 50 feet long. This dock extends into the lake and allows easy access to Loch Wynnis’s fey crossing (see “Sundown Crossing” below).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
spells to create illusory snowdrifts under which they can hide, or to obscure pools covered by thin ice through which others might fall. Awakened Companions. A frost druid is often accompanied by one or
such creatures typically share the druid’s disposition. Ice Sickle. A frost druid can carve a sickle out of ice, requiring a total of 24 hours for the work. Bitter cold courses through this weapon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
9. Ice Spider Tunnels Harshnag doesn’t know about these tunnels and caves, which were formed by earth tremors and aren’t part of the dungeon’s original construction. In recent years, they have become
a haunt for ice spiders. Ice spiders have red eyes and white fur covering their bodies, and they weave liquid webs that crystallize quickly, forming frosty sheets and icy cocoons. The tunnels are 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
wooden staffs that give them access to extraordinary ice magic. Bheur hags love seeing mortals freeze to death and have little if any room in their hearts for kin and community. Statistics for the bheur
hag appear in chapter 3 of this book. Green hags inhabit dismal forests, swamps, and moors. A green hag’s body, whether broad, narrow, fat, or thin, is topped with a tangled mane of hair. A green hag
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
emanates from deep within the water, and distant music and laughter drift through the air.
Two wolves as big as horses materialize out of thin air at the end of the dock. They have snow-white fur and
eyes as cold and blue as glacial ice. As they walk slowly down the dock, one of them says in Common, “Honored guests, the lady and lord of Paliset Hall eagerly await your presence. Once your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
ice-cold cellar, which is split in two by a five-foot-thick brick wall. A thin mist covers the floor. Each half of the cellar features an eight-foot tall wooden partition that doubles as a wine rack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Regional Effects The region containing an adult lunar dragon’s lair is warped by the dragon’s magic, which produces one or more of the following effects: Black Frost. A thin layer of black frost
dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Tail Attack. The dragon makes one Tail attack.
Treacherous Ice. Magical ice covers the ground in a 20-foot radius centered on a point
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
there is no obvious means of reaching it except for flying or scaling the sheer rock walls. Icy Dome. Above the shelf is a frozen dome riddled with icicles. The ice here is just thin enough for the
White Dragon Lairs A white dragon’s lair is a place of freezing temperatures and profound solitude. Forgotten mountain holds, inaccessible chasms, and frozen caverns buried deep beneath glacial ice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the Captain’s Cabin. The door to area D8 is covered in a thick layer of ice, which the characters need to remove if they want to get inside. Using a miner’s pick or similar tool, a character can chip
away at the ice, breaking through it after 1 hour. (The more characters who help, the more quickly the ice is removed.) The noise is loud enough to attract the ice troll in area D9. If the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
takes the form of a 10-foot-tall sheet of ice that can be climbed with a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. The ice is thin, however, and easily broken: the first creature of Medium size or
into the lake. That water is now frozen solid, creating a floor of ice several feet thick. The fishers entered the cave complex by this route, as evidenced by tracks in the snow that clings to the ice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
H13. Icicle-Filled Cave This cavern has a ten-foot-high ceiling covered with icicles that nearly touch the floor, forming thin stalactites. Several of these icicles have been broken off, leaving
staircase leading down to area H17. A similar staircase in the south tunnel leads down to area H16. H14. Ice Sculptures Peering into this ten-foot-high cavern, you come face to face with an army of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
flee, the characters hear a child’s scream coming from the opposite direction. Through the blowing snow, they can see that one of the urchins, Jenks, has fallen through a thin patch of ice and is in
don’t recognize and far from welcoming, even toward those who show them charity. These people would tear the clothes from the characters’ backs given half a chance. Ice Escapades Playing on the ice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
-foot-tall pillar of ice with a horned, pale-skinned, humanoid figure trapped inside it. The pillar is wrapped in black chains, and the wall behind it is covered with brown fungus.
The figure in the
pillar is a wooden mannequin painted and dressed to resemble the archdevil Levistus. The mannequin was encased in ice, which was chiseled into a pillar shape and wrapped in chains. The ice is kept
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
him to give her the ring, then escape using her fly spell. Xandala’s magic traces back to a draconic bloodline, and parts of her skin are covered by a thin sheen of protective scales. She has
orb, feather fall, shield
2nd level (4 slots): invisibility, misty step
3rd level (3 slots): fireball, fly
4th level (3 slots): ice storm, polymorph
5th level (1 slot): dominate person
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
slime.* 6 Quicksand* or pools covered in thin ice.* *See the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Will-o’-Wisp Tiny Undead, Chaotic Evil
AC 19 Initiative +9 (19)
HP 27 (11d4)
Speed 5 ft., Fly 50 ft. (hover
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
smaller creatures might beat them. Thin Ice. The icy patch across the room is a thin crust over the frozen river that flows to Ralvald’s retreat (area D5; see “Lair Features”). A creature with a Passive
block of ice. Although the beast is positioned within the icy block as though rearing up to strike, severe wounds indicate that it died before being frozen.
This dead remorhaz is one of Challidax’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
as Lady Icekiss or the Brittle Maiden, is that of a 10-foot-tall woman of fearsome aspect made entirely of ice and frost. Her eyes burn with a cold blue light, and a thin cloak of mist forms around her
” sidebar in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.) Auril’s beloved ice grasps all things in her clutches, preserving them against the ravages of time. She hoards beauty in all forms, from art objects and flowers to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Reaching Svardborg Unless they have the means to get there by air, the characters must secure passage on a ship and travel across the Sea of Moving Ice to reach Svardborg (shown on maps 7.1 and map
a voyage to Svardborg. Neverember knows that the Sea of Moving Ice is patrolled by white dragons and seafaring marauders, so a character must make a successful DC 17 Charisma (Persuasion) check to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
realms of alien beings, ghoul empires, countrysides ravaged by sapient energies, the dwellings of reclusive witches, and a thin place in the walls of the prison where Great Cthulhu lies trapped. Francesca
-haunted hotel called the Wharf leans precariously toward the sea. Wrecks of the Shrike The wreck of the Shrike lies beneath the waves, inexplicably encased in black ice. Nearby, a duplicate of the ship shows evidence of a great fire, and another duplicate lies crushed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Goliaths At the highest mountain peaks—far above the slopes where trees grow, where the air is thin and the frigid winds howl—dwell the reclusive goliaths. Few other folk can truthfully claim to have
their mettle is tested against orcs, ogres, frost giants, remorhazes, ice trolls, young white dragons, the treacherous mountain terrain, and the cruel indifference of nature. Bitter Rivals. Skytower
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
ice. The arched ceiling is covered with icicles.
This chamber is lit by a permanent dancing lights spell that can be dispelled (DC 17). Characters who succeed on a DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check spot
an inscription on the ceiling, but the ice covering it renders it unreadable (see “Inscription” below). The central brazier is enchanted. A single spark created inside it causes it to blaze with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
eldritch machines or interaction with extraplanar entities. There are also manifest zones: places in the material plane where the barriers are thin and where some aspects of a plane can bleed through
source of negative energy in Eberron, and largely serves the same role as the Shadowfell in the core cosmology. Risia: The Plain of Ice. The counterpart of Fernia, Risia embodies water, winter, and all