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                                                    Dungeon Master’s Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     still seek to work Vecna’s will in the world.
The Eye of Vecna and the Hand of Vecna are separate Artifacts that might be found together or separately. The eye looks like a bloodshot organ torn
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     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
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ’s Guide for rules on extreme cold). If the climate in the area already features extreme cold, the cold is numbing—creatures in the area without immunity or resistance to cold damage have
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ":"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
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     Fungal Clothing, you automatically succeed on saving throws against the effects of extreme cold. See chapter 3 of the Dungeon Master's Guide for rules on extreme cold. One pound of fungus is sewn into
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     envelops the land within 6 miles of the scion (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide for rules on extreme cold). If the climate in the area already features extreme cold, the cold is numbing—creatures
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ", "rollAction":"Slam", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage plus 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Slam", "rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage.
Hurl
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     of the aspect’s choosing: acid;{"diceNotation":"11d12", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Chromatic Flames (Acid)", "rollDamageType":"acid"}, cold;{"diceNotation":"11d12", "rollType":"damage
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ", "rollAction":"Chromatic Flames (Cold)", "rollDamageType":"cold"}, fire;{"diceNotation":"11d12", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Chromatic Flames (Fire)", "rollDamageType":"fire"}, lightning
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Levistus, the archdevil who rules Stygia, the sixth layer of the Nine Hells, from the confines of an ice prison from which he cannot escape.
Most of the cultists are Icewind Dale natives who would
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    -shaped amulet of chardalyn. Each of these amulets has an inner radiance that provides warmth and aid, protecting its wearer against the cold while guiding them safely back to civilization. Once its
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    ":"cold"} cold damage.Some humanoids who died from extreme cold but whose spirits languish in the mortal world become coldlight walkers, burning with frigid fury at the meaninglessness of life. Their
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage plus 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Slam","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage.
Cold Ray. Ranged Spell Attack: +3
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Elemental Strike (Acid)", "rollDamageType":"acid"}, cold;{"diceNotation":"2d10+7", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Elemental Strike (Cold)", "rollDamageType":"cold
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , embodying the natural splendor and danger of the wilderness. High fae have no regard for mortal values of honor and law, but they nonetheless operate under inviolable rules of their own: gifts must
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     chosen by the tortle: cold;{"diceNotation":"2d6+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Nature's Wrath (Cold)", "rollDamageType":"cold"}, fire;{"diceNotation":"2d6+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     DC 12):
At will: druidcraft, guidance
2/day each: cure wounds, hold person, speak with animals, thunderwaveMany tortles view the world as a place of wonder. They live for the chance to hear a soft
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     or take 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Death Burst", "rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage.Multiattack. The rime hulk makes two Slam attacks.
Slam. Melee Weapon
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage plus 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Slam", "rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage.
Trail of Frost (Recharge 5–6
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    ","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.The Knights of the Black Sword are a secret society of cultists devoted to Levistus, the archdevil who rules Stygia, the sixth layer of the Nine Hells, from the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     warmth and aid, protecting its wearer against the cold while guiding them safely back to civilization. Once its wearer reaches Ten-Towns, the talisman loses its inner radiance, yet the cultists keep their
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     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
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    –6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Sculpted Explosion"}. The evoker unleashes a magical explosion of a particular damage type: cold;{"diceNotation":"9d8", "rollType
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ":"damage", "rollAction":"Sculpted Explosion (Cold)", "rollDamageType":"cold"}, fire;{"diceNotation":"9d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Sculpted Explosion (Fire)", "rollDamageType":"fire"}, lightning
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    ). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: chromatic orb (cold orb only; see “Actions” below), detect magic, misty step
2/day each: control
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Talons","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage.
Touch of Frost. Melee Spell Attack: +13;{"diceNotation
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     Morningstar","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Ice Morningstar","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage.
Ice Dart. Ranged Weapon
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Dart","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Ice Dart","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage.
Cone of Cold (Recharges after a
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply those rules to these aquatic dragons.)
Dragon Turtle Personality Traits
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                                                     the surface world. (Any)
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Supremacy. Creatures who refuse to recognize my rule over these waters suffer my displeasure. (Lawful or Evil)
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Preservation. I am the ocean’s steward
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ":"damage", "rollAction":"Dancing Elements Breath", "rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Spellcasting. Galazeth casts one of the following
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     immediately after his. Any creature, other than an art elemental, takes 5 (1d10) cold;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Flowing Creation (Cold)", "rollDamageType":"cold
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    ":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage plus 18 (4d8);{"diceNotation":"4d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Hailstone", "rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 26
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     caused by the scion’s restless sleep has little effect on the world. If it drifts too near the ground or the ocean surface, it causes mighty storms or fierce maelstroms. A scion’s slumber
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     of the World and on the slopes of Kelvin’s Cairn, their thick fur and layers of body fat protecting them from the extreme cold. They are expert climbers, able to leap and bound up sheer slopes
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     days before Count Strahd von Zarovich became the first vampire, Strahd thundered across the lands with Ulmed. Their mission was clear: to destroy the infernal powers that had corrupted the world and to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     members became the inquisition’s scholars, represented by a tome.
Today the inquisition rules the city of Malitain, a vast city-state to the north of Barovia’s original site, and the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     characters, and use the Dragon Turtle Spellcasting table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. (Though the Monster Manual doesn’t explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply those rules to these aquatic dragons.)
Dragon Turtle Personality Traits
d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Trait"}
Trait
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     vampire, Strahd thundered across the lands with Ulmed. Their mission was clear: to destroy the infernal powers that had corrupted the world and to ensure that those powers never rose again. Strahd, Ulmed
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     by a tome.
Today the inquisition rules the city of Malitain, a vast city-state to the north of Barovia’s original site, and the inquisition sends its members throughout the multiverse, seeking
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Frost. While holding this staff, Avarice can expend 1 or more of its charges to cast one of the following spells from it (spell save DC 14): cone of cold (5 charges), fog cloud (1 charge), ice storm (4
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage at the start of each of its turns. At the end of each of its turns, the creature can make a DC 14 Charisma saving throw, escaping the prison on a success and
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    ":"Spit Hailstone", "rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 26 Strength saving throw or have the prone condition.
Lightning Barrage (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     often slumbers high in the sky or deep in the ocean, where the tumult caused by the scion’s restless sleep has little effect on the world. If it drifts too near the ground or the ocean surface, it
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     failed save, a creature takes 43 (8d8 + 7) damage of a type of the giant’s choosing: cold;{"diceNotation":"8d8+7", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Tempest Call (Cold)", "rollDamageType":"cold
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     them, these storm giants are highly respected. If any giant can draw Annam’s attention to the world, it would likely be a tempest caller.
Tempest callers implant crystal ball;crystal balls
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     walking back from the next world to this one. Each creature of his choice within 30 feet of him that can hear him must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom saving throw or be stunned until the end of its next
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     again, and it seems like a really good idea to play up the drama of resurrection with a cool new name — and a master plan for cold, cold revenge against those who betrayed you.
Every once in a
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    
2nd level (3 slots): misty step, suggestion
3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, fireball, fly
4th level (3 slots): greater invisibility, ice storm
5th level (1 slot): cone of cold
Of the Eyes. Shedrak
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     damage.Formerly an adventurer from the surface world, Shedrak and his companions delved too deeply into the Wormwrithings. His companions became Karazikar's playthings for a time, but Shedrak alone
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     resistance to acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage (transmuter’s choice whenever choosing this benefit).
Speed. The transmuter’s walking speed is increased by 10 feet.Multiattack. The
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     power through the study of arcane texts. Some travel the world searching for esoteric tomes, while others train lesser wizards or collaborate with colleagues to create new spells.Transmute (Recharge
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the leviathan fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Partial Freeze. If the leviathan takes 50 cold damage or more during a single turn, the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     gigantic serpent.
Usually found only on the Elemental Plane of Water, a leviathan sometimes swims through a portal to another world, where tritons, sea elves, and other aquatic folk attempt to contain it
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    The Book of Many Things
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    This deck of heavy vellum cards hums with the magic of the Elemental Chaos.
The magic of the deck functions only if cards are drawn at random (a deck of real-world playing cards can simulate the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     cold damage and must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or have the restrained condition until the end of your next turn.
4
♠️ (Swords)
The card unleashes a sharp, concussive
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     engage with the world, though; nightwalkers exist to make life extinct, and they prioritize anything associated with the trapped creature for destruction.Necrotic, PoisonAcid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Thunder; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     elements of the world associated with the creature responsible for its creation, which can provide clues as to who the trapped creature is. This attraction doesn’t indicate a willingness to
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     by Mordakhesh: acid, cold, fire, lightning, poison, or thunder.Mordakhesh can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Modakhesh gains resistance to one damage type of his choice — acid, cold, fire, lightning, poison, or thunder — until the start of his next turn.
Warlord's Command (Costs 2 Actions). Mordakhesh targets
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     only), mage hand, prestidigitation
1/day each: chain lightning, cone of cold (6th-level version), fireball (6th-level version), fly, plane shift (self only)Before their banishment to the Underdark
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     to survey the world they left. With angular features and apparently ageless faces, these fomorians resemble gigantic elves.
Fomorians
Descended from Annam’s son Karontor, fomorians once
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    )
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Control. Everyone is welcome, as long as they follow my rules. (Lawful)
Crystal Dragon Adventures
The Crystal Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers suggestions for stories and adventures
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     dragon intent on exploring a new world of the Material Plane has acquired a magic ship for the journey and now just needs a brave crew.
5
A crystal dragon who has guarded a mountain pass for
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     ring of cold resistance.Multiattack. Klauth can use his Frightful Presence. He then makes three attacks: one with his bite and two with his claws.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +18;{"diceNotation":"1d20
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     valley is warm throughout of the year — an oasis in the cold, cold north. Roaming this expanse are hundreds of sheep, goats, and cattle plucked from other regions of the North by the vale&rsquo
                                                
                                            
                                        






