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Winter Wolf
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large as a dire wolf but has snow-white fur and pale blue eyes. Frost giants use these evil creatures as guards and hunting companions, putting the wolves' deadly breath weapon to use against their foes
. Winter wolves communicate with one another using growls and barks, but they speak Common and Giant well enough to follow simple conversations.Cold
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
":"damage","rollAction":"Rock","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.Harshnag the Grim is a legendary good-aligned frost giant. In taverns throughout the North, he is known as a monster to
occasion. Believed to be hundreds of years old, Harshnag wanders the wilderness with greataxe in hand, seeking to lay low his evil giant brethren.
Harshnag looks like a typical frost giant except
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). It has the following druid spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): druidcraft, guidance, resistance
1st level (4 slots): animal friendship, fog cloud, speak with
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
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Talons","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage.
Touch of Frost. Melee Spell Attack: +13;{"diceNotation
":"1d20+13","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Touch of Frost"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 13 (3d8);{"diceNotation":"3d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Touch of Frost","rollDamageType":"cold
Vampire Spellcaster
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vampire can't speak, its walking speed is 5 feet, and it has a flying speed of 30 feet. Its statistics, other than its size and speed, are unchanged. Anything it is wearing transforms with it, but nothing
it is carrying does. It reverts to its true form if it dies.
While in mist form, the vampire can't take any actions, speak, or manipulate objects. It is weightless, has a flying speed of 20 feet, can
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
has disadvantage on attack rolls.
2: Fear Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened until the start of the gazer’s next turn.
3: Frost Ray. The
speak any languages but can approximate words and sentences it hears, mimicking them in a high-pitched, mocking manner. Beholders find gazers amusing and tolerate their presence like spoiled pets. Some
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
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Burning hands
Friend
Speak with animals
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Armor of Agathys
Hill
Goodberry
Journey
Longstrider
King
Command
Mountain
Entangle
Stone
Sanctuary
Storm
Thunderwave
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
halved, and it has disadvantage on attack rolls.
2: Fear Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened until the start of the gazer’s next turn.
3: Frost
’t speak any languages but can approximate words and sentences it hears, mimicking them in a high-pitched, mocking manner. Beholders find gazers amusing and tolerate their presence like spoiled
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
form, known to her worshipers 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
’ demands. As the embodiment of winter’s cruelty, she is incapable of showing mercy or compassion. Play her as a supremely cold and unfeeling entity.
Have Auril speak only when necessary
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
bat or wolf form, Strahd can’t speak. In bat form, his walking speed is 5 feet, and he has a flying speed of 30 feet. In wolf form, his walking speed is 40 feet. His statistics, other than his
actions, speak, or manipulate objects. He is weightless, has a flying speed of 20 feet, can hover, and can enter a hostile creature’s space and stop there. In addition, if air can pass through a
Compendium
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Frost Giant Skeleton Necromancers can transform the inanimate bones of long-dead frost giants into malevolent juggernauts that love to harm the living. Frost Giant Skeleton
Huge undead, lawful evil
speak
Challenge 6 (2,300 XP)
Unusual Nature. The skeleton doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.
Actions
Multiattack. The skeleton makes two greataxe attacks.
Greataxe. Melee Weapon Attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Attack on Bryn Shander Twelve frost giants come to Bryn Shander looking for Artus Cimber and the Ring of Winter. Their leader, Drufi, has two winter wolves traveling with her. While nine of her
giants encircle the town, Drufi, the wolves, and two other frost giants (Drufi’s bodyguards, one male and one female) stride boldly toward the southwest gate, demanding to parlay with whoever’s in charge
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without protest. The Northfolk speak Yeti as well as Giant, and have several yetis working among them. The frost giants and the yetis don’t share a language, so the giants rely on the Northlanders to
Reclaiming Svardborg When Annam the All-Father shattered the ordning, Jarl Storvald and his frost giants set sail in an enormous ship called the Krigvind to reclaim Svardborg, a circle of immense
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Frost Druid Frost druids are solitary defenders of nature and the natural enemies of civilization in the North. They seek to preserve the arctic wilderness by destroying outsiders who cross their
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
anywhere in the necropolis. Mages who survived Ythryn’s fall but succumbed to the arcane blight (see “Magical Effects” below) became nothics that speak Loross instead of Undercommon (see the “Loross: The
appendix C) if Auril is in Ythryn
66–70 1d4 + 1 gargoyles, or a frost giant skeleton (see appendix C) accompanied by 1d3 winter wolves if Auril is in Ythryn
71–75 1d4 + 1 demos magen and 1d4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. A frost druid’s awaken spell has given it an Intelligence of 10 and the ability to speak Common. Although it’s grateful for the magical gift, the giant walrus is not interested in serving anyone or
stat blocks in appendix C. This room contains wrecked furnishings that suggest it was once used as a frost giant’s bedchamber. A bitterly cold wind blows down a staircase to the east, at the bottom of
Magic Items
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
the cauldron except those that are attuned to it become frozen in time. A time-frozen creature is incapacitated, can’t move or speak, doesn’t age, and is unaware of its surroundings or the
cauldron is a Medium object with AC 19, 80 hit points, and immunity to damage from any source other than a flame tongue or frost brand weapon. Reducing the cauldron to 0 hit points with such a weapon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
1H). 1A. Feast Hall The frost giants have tracked snow into this great hall, which is illuminated by continual flame spells cast on torches that are mounted to the walls and wooden pillars. These cold
fires bathe the hall in a bluish light. Six massive wooden tables, each one 5 feet tall, are arranged about the room. The frost giants sit around them to eat. Wooden goblets and scraps of frozen meat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Everice is the home of frost giants who escaped the destruction of Xen’drik. Now they hone their arctic magic and plot vengeance. However, a clan of white dragons battle the giants to keep them from
expeditions have ventured to the Frostfell, but no one from Khorvaire has set foot in Everice in living memory and returned to speak of it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Enemy Disguise self Fire Burning hands Friend Speak with animals Frost Armor of Agathys Hill Goodberry Journey Longstrider King Command Mountain Entangle Stone Sanctuary Storm Thunderwave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Huddle sweetens the deal with coin. The white moose is an awakened beast that serves Ravisin, the same evil frost druid who awakened the plesiosaurus in Maer Dualdon (see “Lake Monster”). This druid has
cast awaken spells on several beasts, gifting them with human-level intelligence and the ability to speak, and uses them to spy on settlements and terrorize their inhabitants. Ravisin has taken
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
to live their lives at a slower pace than smaller folk. They often speak slowly and avoid rushing into decisions. Adding potential confusion to their interactions with smaller races, giants are often
Behaviors table suggests some ways you can communicate a giant’s age in an encounter. Life Spans Giant Kind Life Span Hill 200 years Frost 250 years Fire 350 years Cloud 400 years Storm 600 years Stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Winter Wolf The arctic-dwelling winter wolf is as large as a dire wolf but has snow-white fur and pale blue eyes. Frost giants use these evil creatures as guards and hunting companions, putting the
wolves’ deadly breath weapon to use against their foes. Winter wolves communicate with one another using growls and barks, but they speak Common and Giant well enough to follow simple conversations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
chilling breath, winter wolves pursue megafauna, arctic travelers, and any other creatures they catch on the tundra. Winter wolves are more intelligent than natural wolves and can speak. Most are
something to gain. Winter wolves often hunt alongside frost giants that indulge them with frequent hunts and reliable meals. Snowdrifts, driving hail, and wind fierce enough to strip the hairless skin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
a tribe but could earn a place of honor as one blessed by Thrym. Ruthless Raiders Frost giant society has no industry to speak of. It takes what it needs from others, and if it can’t take something
enormous yields: beans as big as turnips, turnips as big as pumpkins, and pumpkins as big as carriages. The garden of a cloud giant family is seldom affected by drought, frost, or locusts. When such a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
not have resistance or immunity to cold damage gain vulnerability to cold damage. The characters can see the frost giant apparitions only if they step into the ring under the light of a full moon
. Otherwise, the thrones are empty, and the characters have nothing else to interact with. The apparitions refuse to speak in the characters’ presence, and they can’t be harmed or turned. Barely lifting
Compendium
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, Frightened, Paralyzed, Petrified, Poisoned
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 10
Languages Understands Common plus one other language but can’t speak
CR 5 (XP 1,800; PB +3)
Traits
Aversion
Slam attacks.
Slam. Melee Attack Roll: +7, reach 5 ft. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) Bludgeoning damage plus 4 (1d8) Lightning damage.
Frost Giant Huge Giant, Neutral Evil
AC 15 Initiative +2 (12)
HP 149
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Caer Locations (C20-C24) C20. Shrine to Levistus Frost covers the floor of this dark, fifteen-foot-square room. To your left and right are narrow tunnels, and across from the entrance stands an eight
her wizardly rivals. Avarice can speak to her gargoyles telepathically, thanks to her Rary’s telepathic bond spell, and orders them back to the castle as soon as the characters confront her. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
of blue ice are partly transparent, revealing various things embedded in the ice all around, including coins, helmets, livestock, a handful of kobolds, and an ogre or two. Frost coats the tunnel floors
Rezmir and the others. If the characters speak with Glazhael, he responds with a pompous speech about the superiority of dragons over humans, dwarves, and so forth. If the characters flatter him to a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
didn’t speak well in area 1 must ask Diderius about Varram to gain information about his whereabouts. Failure to do so respectfully causes Diderius to say, “Leave me to my rest or face your doom
spells: Cantrips (at will): minor illusion, ray of frost
1st level (4 slots): charm person, detect magic, shield, thunderwave
2nd level (3 slots): cloud of daggers, hold person, see invisibility
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Words of the Oracle Etched into the floor of area 11 and hidden under a thin layer of frost is a 20-foot-diameter, mithral-inlaid circle inscribed with the kong (king) rune (see "Giant Runes" in the
-Father. Characters spot the circle and the rune as soon as they come within 5 feet of either. Otherwise, the frost must be cleared away to reveal the presence of the circle and its rune. The oracle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
can see through the gazer’s eyes and uses it to spy on enemies as well as its other minions. A gazer can’t speak any languages but can approximate mimicking words and sentences in a high-pitched
Wisdom saving throw or be frightened until the start of the gazer’s next turn.
3. Frost Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw or take 10 (3d6) cold damage.
4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
painted figurines.
Staff. Floating next to the table is a 5-foot-long staff made of chiseled ice.
Ezzat animated a staff of frost and imbued it with sentience. Because of the alterations made to it
of 30 feet, and the ability to hover. It has blindsight out to a range of 60 feet and is blind beyond this radius. The staff’s alignment is neutral evil. It can speak and understand Common. It has the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
. Others transform more dramatically, taking on the appearance of an actual giant or a form similar to an Elemental, wreathed in fire, frost, or lightning. Nikki Dawes Halfling Path of the Giant Barbarian
Giant’s Power 3rd-Level Path of the Giant Feature When you choose this path, you learn to speak, read, and write Giant or one other language of your choice if you already know Giant. Additionally
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
intruders on sight. The caves are otherwise empty. H4. Kobold Vampire Spawn Characters coming from area H2 must descend a naturally formed staircase of ice to reach this cave. Frost-covered blocks of stone
floor of which is strewn with frost-covered blocks of stone and a toppled pillar. Embedded in the east wall is a glittering stone tower that appears to have crashed through the ceiling long ago. The