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Player’s Handbook
Cold damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.
Hailstones turn ground in the Cylinder into Difficult Terrain until the end of your next turn.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The Bludgeoning damage increases by 1d10 for each spell slot level above 4.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
in the Emanation. This damage is Acid, Cold, Fire, or Lightning (your choice when you make the attack).
In addition, the ground in the Emanation is Difficult Terrain for your enemies.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d8 for each spell slot level above 4.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
its trigger and choose whether it’s an explosive rune or a spell glyph, as explained below.
Set the Trigger. You decide what triggers the glyph when you cast the spell. For glyphs inscribed on
glyph could be set to affect Aberrations). You can also set conditions for creatures that don’t trigger the glyph, such as those who say a certain password.
Explosive Rune. When triggered, the
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Stone Avalanche (Requires Hill Rune). The giant conjures a hail of rocks in a 20-foot-radius, 40-foot-high cylinder centered on a point on the ground it can see within 120 feet of itself. Each creature
Hill Rune. The giant has a hill rune inscribed on a rock or some other object in its possession. While holding or wearing the object bearing the rune, the giant can use its Stone Avalanche action and
Monsters
Monster Manual
a type chosen by the cataclysm: Acid;{"diceNotation":"5d6+8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Elemental Burst (Acid)", "rollDamageType":"Acid"}, Cold;{"diceNotation":"5d6+8", "rollType":"damage
", "rollAction":"Elemental Burst (Cold)", "rollDamageType":"Cold"}, Fire;{"diceNotation":"5d6+8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Elemental Burst (Fire)", "rollDamageType":"Fire"}, Lightning
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
);{"diceNotation":"3d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Ice Armor", "rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage.Frost giants who master rune magic are known as ice shapers, and their sheer power typically contributes
Frost Rune. The giant has a frost rune inscribed on a chunk of ice or some other object in its possession. While holding or wearing the object bearing the rune, the giant can use its Ice Wolves
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Scrying (Requires Storm Rune). The giant can use its crystal ball to cast the scrying spell (save DC 17).
Storm Rune. The giant has a storm rune
inscribed on a crystal ball. While the object bearing the rune is embedded in its body, the giant can use its Tempest Call action and its Scrying trait.
The object bearing the storm rune has AC 17; 50 hit
Spells
Player’s Handbook
stage by one, up or down. When changing the wind, you can change its direction.
Precipitation
Stage
Condition
1
Clear
2
Light clouds
3
Overcast or ground fog
4
Rain
, hail, or snow
5
Torrential rain, driving hail, or blizzard
Temperature
Stage
Condition
1
Heat wave
2
Hot
3
Warm
4
Cool
5
Cold
6
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
with a weapon held by it deals an extra 2d8 Cold damage on a hit.
Spellcasting. The hand has 8 charges and regains 1d4 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. You can cast a spell on the Hand of Vecna
damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature reduced to 0 Hit Points by this damage is transformed into green slime (see chapter 3) that covers the ground in its
Magic Items
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
This shield is made from the scale of an ancient white dragon. It has a rune burned into its outward-facing side. A character who examines the rune and succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (History
) check recognizes it as an uven (“enemy” in Giant) rune that confers great power.
While holding the shield, you benefit from the following properties.
Winter’s Friend. You are immune to
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
This magic hammer has 3 charges. As a bonus action, you can expend 1 charge and slam this hammer on the ground, creating a 15-foot-radius circle of glowing runes centered on the point of impact
. While you’re inside that area, your hammer glows with matching runes, and you gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this hammer. The rune circle disappears after 1 minute, when you
Magic Items
Storm King's Thunder
This item is an ordinary, albeit rather large, conch shell that has been inscribed with the uvar rune. The conch measures 2½ feet long and weighs 20 pounds.
As an action, you can cast the
designated by the item’s creator at the time the uvar rune is inscribed on the conch. It doesn’t allow teleportation to any other destination. Once its spell is cast, the conch can’t be used again until the next dawn.
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
":"Ice Axe", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage plus 18 (4d8);{"diceNotation":"4d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Ice Axe", "rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +17
", "rollAction":"Glacier Throw", "rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 25 Strength saving throw or have the prone condition.
Glacial Upheaval (Recharge 5–6
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
throw or take 1d6 cold damage and have the prone condition. A creature can be affected by the mantle only once during a turn.
Invoking the Rune. As an action, you can invoke the mantle’s rune to
This thick, fur-lined cloak has the frost rune stitched on the hem in silvery blue thread. Frigid wind swirls around the cloak, regardless of the weather.
While wearing this cloak, you have
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
, range 90 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Flying Brick", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.
Grasping Ground (Recharge 6
);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Grasping Ground"}. The dabus causes a 20-foot-square area of ground it can see within 60 feet of itself to sprout clutching appendages made of
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Originally crafted for ground-bound giant brawlers to fight against dragons and other enormous predators of the sky, these studded gauntlets are engraved with the dragon rune.
While you are wearing
these gauntlets, your unarmed strike deals an additional 1d6 force damage on a hit. Additionally, whenever you finish a long rest, choose one of the following damage types: acid, cold, fire, lightning
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
", "rollAction":"Hailstone", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage plus 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Hailstone", "rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage
energy and doesn’t disperse into the elements. Rather, it absorbs the elemental energy around it, and its lower body becomes a storm cloud. The resulting tempest spirit is similar in appearance
Magic Items
Storm King's Thunder
A navigation orb is a hollow, 7-foot-diameter sphere of thin, polished mithral with a large skye (cloud) rune embossed on its outer surface. The orb levitates 10 feet above the ground and is keyed to
into contact with the ground, the castle lands gently.
The castle, if it is moving, comes to a gradual stop.
The castle makes a slow, 90-degree turn clockwise or counterclockwise (turning a northerly
Magic Items
Storm King's Thunder
This triangular fire opal measures about three inches on each side and is half an inch thick. The ild (fire) rune shimmers within its core, causing it to be slightly warm to the touch. The opal has
circle no larger than 1 foot in diameter.
Fire’s Friend. You have resistance to cold damage.
Fire Tamer. As an action, you can extinguish any open flame within 10 feet of you. You choose how
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Cold Aura. While it's alive, the troll generates an aura of bitter cold that fills the area within 10 feet of it. At the start of the troll's turn, all nonmagical flames in the aura are extinguished
. Any creature that starts its turn within 10 feet of the troll takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Cold Aura","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage.
Keen Smell. The
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Storm King's Thunder
, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.
Gift of Truth. You can transfer the gavel’s magic to a place by tracing the venn rune on the ground with your finger. The point where
This wooden gavel is small by giant reckoning but nearly the size of a warhammer in human hands. The venn (friend) rune is inscribed in mithral in the base of the haft. Among giants, this item is
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if its hit point maximum is reduced to 0. A Humanoid slain in this way and then buried in the ground rises as a nosferatu after 1d10
, undead hunters, nosferatu possess the endless thirst of vampire;vampires but none of their grace. For them, existence is nothing more than an everlasting string of cold, desperate nights punctuated
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
);{"diceNotation":"3d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Longsword","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage.
Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction
);{"diceNotation":"3d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Longbow","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage.
Spellcasting. The eladrin casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
to make an ability check.
Unusual Nature. The mage doesn’t require air or drink.Multiattack. The mage makes two Ray of Cold attacks.
Energy Drain. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +5
","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. A Humanoid reduced to 0 hit points by this attack dies and instantly transforms into a free-willed shadow under the DM’s control.
Ray of Cold
Magic Items
Storm King's Thunder
This orb of granite is about the size of an adult human’s fist. The stein (stone) rune appears on it in the form of crystalline veins that run across the surface. The orb has the following
properties, which work only while it’s on your person.
Indomitable Stand. As an action, you can channel the orb’s magic to hold your ground. For the next minute or until you move any distance
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
","rollAction":"Drop","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage. Miss: The ice piercer takes half the normal falling damage for the distance fallen. Auril the Frostmaiden has transformed icicles into creatures that
ground below.
A piercer is the larval form of a roper, and the two creatures often attack in tandem. A rock-like shell encases a piercer's body, giving it the look and texture of a stalactite. That
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
"} piercing damage plus 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite (cold)","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11","rollType
":"Tail","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.
Cold Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Cold Breath"}. The dragon exhales a blast of frost in
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
"} piercing damage plus 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite (cold)","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +14;{"diceNotation":"1d20+14","rollType
":"Tail","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.
Cold Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Cold Breath"}. The dragon exhales a blast of frost in
Magic Items
Storm King's Thunder
weapon of any Dragon.
Wyrm Ward. You can transfer the claw’s magic to a place by tracing the wyrm rune on the ground with your finger. The point where you trace it becomes the center of a
This dragon’s claw has been covered with a coat of molten silver, upon which has been inscribed the wyrm (dragon) rune. The claw has the following properties.
Wyrmslayer. As an action, you can
Monsters
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
","rollAction":"Flood Strike","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage.
Spellcasting. The riverine casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the
Rush","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage.
Raging Deluge (Costs 2 Actions). The riverine unleashes a torrent of river water in a 30-foot line that is 5 feet wide. Each creature in that area must
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
", "rollAction":"Slam", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage plus 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Slam", "rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage.
Hurl
":"damage", "rollAction":"Hurl Icicle", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Hurl Icicle", "rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage
Magic Items
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
harmlessly floats to the ground. Once the mirror has been deactivated, it can’t be activated again until the next dawn.
If a non-Construct creature other than you sees its reflection in the activated
memories aren’t real, but rather idealized versions of those occurrences. Nearby observers can glimpse flashes of these memories if looking indirectly at the mirror.
Vampiric Mist
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Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
without squeezing. Each foot of movement in water costs it 2 extra feet, rather than 1 extra foot. The mist can’t manipulate objects in any way that requires fingers or manual dexterity.
Sunlight
), several clouds of vampiric mist appear and attempt to engulf any who don’t escape the place quickly.
Undead Nature. A vampiric mist doesn’t require air or sleep.PoisonAcid, Cold, Lightning, Necrotic, Thunder; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
her divine spark vanishes. She is dead until the next winter solstice, when she reappears at full health in a cold, remote location of her choosing.
Frigid Aura. So long as Auril has at least 1 hit
point in this form, each creature within 10 feet of her takes 10 cold damage at the start of each of her turns.
Legendary Resistance (1/Day in This Form). If Auril fails a saving throw, she can choose
Spells
Elemental Evil Player's Companion
Until the spell ends, ice rimes your body, and you gain the following benefits:
You are immune to cold damage and have resistance to fire damage.
You can move across difficult terrain
created by ice or snow without spending extra movement.
The ground in a 10-foot radius around you is icy and is difficult terrain for creatures other than you. The radius moves with you.
You can