Bheur Hag

As an action, you can produce a small amount of snow or ice in your hand or shape an amount of water, ice, or snow within 10 meters and that fits within a 1-meter cube. You can produce one of the following effects:

• A ball of snow or a spike of ice forms in your hand. You can throw the snowball or icicle or stab a creature with the icicle. Make a melee or ranged spell attack against the target.

On a hit, it takes 1d10 bludgeoning or piercing (bludgeoning if it is a snowball, piercing if it is an icicle) damage.

On a critical hit, it takes twice as much damage.

On a miss by 4 or less, it takes half as much damage.

• If you target an area of loose snow, you can instantaneously excavate it, move it along the ground, and deposit it up to 1 meter away. This movement doesn’t involve enough force to cause damage. This can be used to create a small foxhole with half cover.
• You cause shapes, colors, or both to appear on the ice or snow, spelling out words, creating images, or shaping patterns. The changes last for 1 hour.
• You freeze water, provided that there are no creatures in it. The water unfreezes in 1 hour.
• You can melt ice or snow, provided that there are no creatures supported by it.
• You can create an item by freezing water or forming snow or ice. The item created cannot exceed half a cubic meter in volume. It melts early if it is exposed to extreme heat or a flame. Objects created in this manner may be used as tools, but they are too fragile to be extensively used. They are also too fragile to be used as weapons except for arrows, bolts, bullets, and darts (casting this spell will create up to three of such at once).

If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have no more than two of its non-instantaneous effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect on your turn (no action required).

At higher levels

This spell’s damage increases by 1d10 when you reach 9th level (2d10) and 17th level (3d10).

As an action, freezing cold afflicts a creature that you can touch or see within 10 meters. The creature must make a Fortitude saving throw.

On a failure, it takes 1d3 cold damage and is slowed 1 until the end of its next turn.

On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage and is slowed 2 until the end of its next turn.

On a success, it takes half as much damage.

On a critical success, it takes no damage.

At higher levels

This spell’s damage increases by 1d3 when you reach 9th level (2d3) and 17th level (3d3).

As an action, make a weapon attack.

On a hit, add 2d8 + your spellcasting ability cold damage to the attack’s damage roll and the creature must succeed on a Fortitude saving throw or it is slowed 1 for the duration.

On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.

On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.

The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Augment

You can increase the damage by 3d8 for each additional mana expended.

As an action, you freeze the veins of up to two creatures that you can touch or see within 10 meters and within 5 meters of each other. Each target must succeed on a Fortitude saving throw or be slowed 1 for the duration.

A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Augment

• You can target two additional creatures for each additional mana expended. The creatures must be within 5 meters of each other when you target them.

• You can increase the slowed level by 1 for each additional mana expended.

As an action, a blast of cold air erupts from your hands. Each creature in a cone or line must make a Reflex saving throw.

On a failure, it takes 3d6 cold damage and is slowed 1 until the end of its next turn.

On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage and is slowed 2 until the end of its next turn.

On a success, it takes half as much damage.

On a critical success, it takes no damage.

A creature killed by this spell becomes a frozen statue until it thaws.

If the blast of cold air strikes a body of water or a liquid that is principally water (not including water-based creatures), it freezes the liquid to a depth of 15 centimeters over the area. The ice is an instantaneous effect, but persists as nonmagical ice. Under temperate conditions, the ice lasts 1 minute. Creatures that were swimming on the surface of frozen water are trapped in the ice. A trapped creature can use an action to make a Brawn or Nimbleness check (its choice) against your spell save Difficulty to break free.

Augment

You can increase the damage by 1d6 for each additional mana expended. If you expend 4 or more mana, the slowed level increases to 2.

As an action, a weapon you touch becomes frozen. For the duration, the weapon deals an extra 1d4 cold damage.

Alternatively, you can touch a quiver containing arrows or bolts, granting the ammunition pulled from it the same effect. The spell’s magic ends on a piece of ammunition when it hits or misses.

Augment

• You can increase the damage by 1d4 for each additional mana expended.

• You can expend 1 additional mana to cause an additional weapon you touch to become frozen.

As an action, you touch a willing creature who isn’t wearing armor, and a protective coating of ice surrounds it until the spell ends. The target’s Defense becomes 13 + half its Aptitude Bonus (min 1) + its Dexterity (max 4). The spell ends if the target dons armor or if you dismiss the spell on your turn (no action required).

As an action, freezing cold spreads out from you. Each creature other than you in a sphere centered on you must make a Fortitude saving throw.

On a failure, it takes 3d6 cold damage, is immobilized, and can’t take reactions until the end of its next turn.

On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.

On a success, it takes half as much damage.

On a critical success, it takes no damage.

Augment

• You can increase the damage by 2d6 for each additional mana expended.

• Aura Borealis. You can expend 1 additional mana so the cold around you is continuous. The duration changes to 1 minute/mana, concentration and the cold spreads out from you in an aura shaped as a sphere. Until the spell ends, the aura moves with you, centered on you.

  Whenever a creature enters the area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, it must make the Fortitude saving throw. The damage is reduced to 1d4 and additional augments to the damage increase the damage by 1d4 for each additional mana expended, instead of the normal increase.

As an action, extreme cold afflicts a creature that you can touch or see within 10 meters. At the start of each of its turns for the duration, the creature must make a Fortitude saving throw.

On a failure, it takes 3d8 cold damage and is slowed 1 until the end of its next turn.

On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage and is slowed 2 until the end of its next turn.

On a success, it takes half as much damage and and the effect ends.

On a critical success, it takes no damage and the effect ends.

Augment

You can increase the damage by 3d8 for each additional mana expended.

As a reaction, which you use when you are hit by an attack or missed by 4 or less that you can see or when you take fire damage, you can create a block of ice around you. Roll a d4 and add the result to your Defense until the start of your next turn, including against the triggering attack. You can do so after the roll but before any effects of the roll occur.

Additionally, you have resistance to fire damage until the start of your next turn.

Augment

• You can expend 1 additional mana to trigger the spell when a creature that you can see within 10 meters is attacked. The attacked creature gains the benefits instead.

• Ice Shelter. You can expend 2 additional mana to instead become encased in ice as the damage against you is halved. For 1 minute/mana or until you end this feature on your turn, a non magical dome of solid ice forms around you. The dome forms up to 30 centimeters away from your body in all directions and is 30 centimeters thick.

  The dome is an object made of ice that can be damaged and thus breached. It has 12 Defense, 2 Soak, 30 Health, and it is vulnerable to fire damage. Reducing the dome to 0 health destroys it.

As an action, you create a shard of ice and fling it at a creature within 10 meters. Make a ranged spell attack against the target.

On a hit, it takes 2d8 piercing damage.

On a critical hit, it takes twice as much damage.

On a miss by 4 or less, it takes half as much damage.

Hit or miss, the shard then explodes around the creature. Each creature within 1 meter of that point must make a Reflex saving throw.

On a failure, it takes 2d6 cold damage.

On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.

On a success, it takes half as much damage.

On a critical success, it takes no damage.

If the knife strikes a body of water or a liquid that is principally water (not including water-based creatures), it freezes the liquid to a depth of 15 centimeters over an area 1 meter in radius. The ice is an instantaneous effect, but persists as nonmagical ice. Under temperate conditions, the ice lasts 1 minute. Creatures that were swimming on the surface of frozen water are trapped in the ice. A trapped creature can use an action to make a Brawn or Nimbleness check (its choice) against your spell save Difficulty to break free.

Augment

You can increase the piercing damage by 2d8 and the cold damage by 2d6 for each additional mana expended.

As an action, a thin layer of ice covers the ground in a sphere centered on a point within 10 meters and turns it into difficult terrain.

When the ice appears, each creature standing in its area must succeed on a Reflex saving throw or fall prone. A creature that enters the area or ends its turn there must also make the saving throw.

A 1-meter square of ice has 3 health. The ice is an instantaneous effect, but persists as nonmagical ice. Under temperate conditions, the ice lasts 1 minute. In tropical environments, it might last only half as long. In cold environments where ice and snow persist without melting, it could last indefinitely.

Augment

You can expend 1 additional mana so a number of objects equal to the mana expended within the sphere that aren’t being worn or carried are frozen cold for the same duration as the ice slick. A creature that touches an object covered in this ice takes 4d6 cold damage when it touches the object and at the end of each of its turns while touching the object.

As an action, a giant spear of ice lances up out of the ground within 10 meters. A spear is a stalagmite-like icicle shaped as a cylinder that has a diameter of 1 meter and a height of up to 2 meters. If a spear is created under a creature, it must make a Reflex saving throw.

On a failure, it takes 1d10 cold damage and 1d10 piercing damage and is knocked prone if it is Medium or smaller.

On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.

On a success, it takes half as much damage.

On a critical success, it takes no damage.

Ice spears created by this spell persist, melting depending on the surrounding environment. They can provide cover. An ice spear has 12 Defense, 2 Soak, and 20 Health.

Augment

• You can increase the piercing damage by 2d10 and the cold damage by 1d10, increase the spear’s Defense by 2, and increase the spear’s Health by 15 for each additional mana expended.

• You can create an additional spear for each additional mana expended. Additional augments to the damage increase the piercing damage by 1d10, increase the spear’s Defense by 1, and increase the spear’s Health by 7 for each additional mana expended, instead of the normal increase. If a creature succeeds on the saving throw against one spear, it can’t be knocked prone by other spears from this casting of the spell.

As an action, ice rimes your body. You have resistance to cold damage, and ignore the effects of extreme cold, and can move across difficult terrain created by ice or snow without spending extra movement for the duration.

Augment

• You can target one additional willing creature that you can touch or see within 10 meters for each additional mana expended. The creatures must be within 5 meters of each other when you target them.

• Immunity. You can expend 2 additional mana so you are immune to cold damage.

• Fire Resistant. You can expend 1 additional mana so you have resistance to fire damage.

As a reaction, which you use when you take cold damage, you gain resistance to cold damage until the start of your next turn.

Augment

You can expend 1 additional mana to trigger the spell when a creature that you can touch or see within 10 meters takes cold damage. The creature gains the resistance instead.

As an action, snow falls in a cylinder twice as big as normal centered on a point within 20 meters. The area is heavily obscured, and exposed flames in the area are doused.

Augment

Sleet Storm. You can expend 1 additional mana so the ground in the area is covered with slick ice, making it difficult terrain. The duration changes to 5 minutes/mana. When a creature enters the spell’s area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, it must make a Reflex saving throw.

On a failure, it falls prone.

If a creature starts its turn in spell’s area and is concentrating on a spell, the creature succeed on a Will saving throw against your spell save Difficulty or lose concentration.

As a reaction, which you use when you are hit by an attack or missed by 4 or less, spectral frost rimes the creature who hit you. If the creature who damaged you is within 10 meters, it must make a Fortitude saving throw.

On a failure, it takes 2d8 cold damage and is slowed 1 until the end of its next turn.

On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage and is slowed 2 until the end of its next turn.

On a success, it takes half as much damage.

On a critical success, it takes no damage.

Augment

You can increase the damage by 3d8 for each additional mana expended.

As two actions, you call forth an ice elemental which appears in an unoccupied space that you can see within 10 meters. The elemental is an ice elemental companion, using 2 resources. The creature has no mana or stamina dice, but you can infuse it with mana, ki, or stamina dice by expending mana up to your mana limit or ki up to double your mana limit. For each mana or 2 ki you expend, the elemental gains 1 mana or 2 stamina dice. The elemental is friendly to you and your companions, and it disappears when it drops to 0 health or when the spell ends.

Any creature you animated with this spell acts after your turn. You can mentally command the creature if it is within 20 meters of you (if you control multiple creatures, you can command any or all of them at the same time, issuing the same command to each one). The creature(s) will generally follow any specific verbal commands that you issue to them if the likely outcome is in accordance with its desires (no action required by you). For example you may command it to guard a particular chamber or corridor, explore the room ahead, or to attack a specific creature. If you don't issue any commands, they defend themselves from hostile creatures, but otherwise take no actions.

Augment

• You can use an additional resource for each additional mana expended.

• You can expend 2 additional mana to call forth another elemental.

As two actions, a billowing mass of icy and misty vapors appears in a sphere centered on a point within 20 meters. The cloud spreads around corners and is heavily obscured. It lasts for the duration or until a wind of moderate or greater speed (at least 15 kilometers per hour) disperses it.

A creature that enters the spell’s area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must make a Fortitude saving throw.

On a failure, it takes 2d6 cold damage and is slowed 1 until the end of its next turn.

On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage and is slowed 2 until the end of its next turn.

On a success, it takes half as much damage.

On a critical success, it takes no damage.

At the start of each of your turns if the fog is within 20 meters of you, you can cause it to move up to 2 meters in a direction that you choose. If you spend an action, you can move it up to 10 meters.

Augment

• You can increase the damage by 1d6 for every two additional mana expended.

• You can expend 1 additional mana to increase the slowed level by 1.

• You can expend 1 additional mana so the duration changes to 1 hour/mana.

As two actions, you freeze a creature that you can touch or see within 10 meters. The creature must make a Fortitude saving throw.

On a failure, it takes 4d6 cold damage and is stunned until the end of its next turn.

On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.

On a success, it takes half as much damage.

On a critical success, it takes no damage.

Augment

• You can increase the damage by 6d6 for each additional mana expended. If this spell is augmented to target additional creatures, this damage is halved.

• You can target one additional creature for each additional mana expended. The creatures must be within 5 meters of each other when you target them.

• You can expend 1 additional mana so the duration changes to 1 minute/mana, concentration and the creature is stunned for the duration. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

• You can expend 1 additional mana so the creature is paralyzed instead of stunned.

As two actions, a frigid globe of cold energy streaks from your fingertips to a point of your choice within 20 meters, where it explodes. Each creature in a sphere centered on that point must make a Fortitude saving throw.

On a failure, it takes 4d8 cold damage and is slowed 1 until the end of its next turn.

On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage and is slowed 2 until the end of its next turn.

On a success, it takes half as much damage.

On a critical success, it takes no damage.

If the globe strikes a body of water or a liquid that is principally water (not including water-based creatures), it freezes the liquid to a depth of 15 centimeters over an area equal to the radius of the sphere. The ice is an instantaneous effect, but persists as nonmagical ice. Under temperate conditions, the ice lasts 1 minute. Creatures that were swimming on the surface of frozen water are trapped in the ice. A trapped creature can use an action to make a Brawn or Nimbleness check (its choice) against your spell save Difficulty to break free.

You can refrain from firing the globe after completing the spell, if you wish. A small globe about the size of a sling stone, cool to the touch, appears in your hand. At any time, you or a creature you give the globe to can throw the globe (to a range of 5 meters) or hurl it with a sling (to the sling’s normal range). It shatters on impact, with the same effect as the normal casting of the spell. You can also set the globe down without shattering it. After 1 minute, if the globe hasn’t already shattered, it explodes.

Augment

You can increase the damage by 1d8 for each additional mana expended. If you expend 4 or more mana, the slowed level increases to 2.

As two actions, you expose a creature that you can touch or see within 10 meters to cold. The creature must make a Fortitude saving throw.

On a failure, it loses any resistance to cold damage for the duration and the first time on each turn the creature takes cold damage, it takes an extra 2d6 cold damage.

Augment

You can target two additional creatures for each additional mana expended. The creatures must be within 5 meters of each other when you target them.

As two actions, a hail of rock-hard ice pounds to the ground at a point within 100 meters. Each creature in a cylinder centered on that point must make a Reflex saving throw.

On a failure, it takes 2d8 bludgeoning damage and 2d8 cold damage.

On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage.

On a success, it takes half as much damage.

On a critical success, it takes no damage.

Hailstones turn the storm’s area of effect into difficult terrain until the end of your next turn.

Augment

You can increase the bludgeoning damage by 1d8 for each additional mana expended.

As two actions, you freeze a creature that you can touch or see within 10 meters. The creature must make a Will saving throw.

On a failure, it is stunned until the end of its next turn.

Augment

• You can target one additional creature for each additional mana expended. The creatures must be within 5 meters of each other when you target them.

• You can expend 2 additional mana so the duration changes to 1 minute/mana, concentration and the creature is stunned for the duration. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

• You can expend 1 additional mana so the creature is paralyzed instead of stunned.

As two actions, you create a wall of ice twice as big as normal at a point within 20 meters that lasts for the duration. The wall can’t occupy the same space as a creature or object and doesn’t need to be vertical, though it needs a firm foundation.

If a creature would be surrounded on all sides by the wall (or the wall and another solid surface), that creature can make a Reflex saving throw.

On a success, it can use its reaction to move up to its speed so that it is no longer enclosed by the wall.

The wall is an object made of ice that blocks line of sight. The wall can be damaged and thus breached. It has 12 Defense, 2 Soak, and 1.5 Health per centimeter of thickness, and it is vulnerable to fire damage. Reducing a panel to 0 health destroys it and might cause connected panels to collapse at the GM’s discretion. When destroyed, it leaves behind a sheet of frigid air in the space the wall occupied. A creature moving through the sheet of frigid air for the first time on a turn must make a Fortitude saving throw.

On a failure, it takes 5d8 cold damage and is slowed 1 until the end of its next turn.

On a critical failure, it takes twice as much damage and is slowed 2 until the end of its next turn.

On a success, it takes half as much damage.

On a critical success, it takes no damage.

You can use this spell to bridge a chasm or create a ramp. If you create a span greater than 4 meters in length, you must halve the size of each panel to create supports. You can crudely shape the wall to create crenellations, battlements, and so on.

If you maintain your concentration on this spell for its whole duration, the wall becomes permanent and can’t be dispelled. Otherwise, the wall disappears when the spell ends.

Augment

You can increase the damage by 3d8 for each additional mana expended.

As you spend 10 minutes to cast this spell while outdoors, you take control of the weather within 10 kilometers of you for the duration.

When you cast the spell, you change the current weather conditions, which are determined by the GM based on the climate and season. You can change precipitation, temperature, and wind. It takes 1d4 × 10 minutes for the new conditions to take effect. Once they do so, you can change the conditions again. When the spell ends, the weather gradually returns to normal.

When you change the weather conditions, find a current condition on the following tables and change its stage by one, up or down. When changing the wind, you can change its direction.

Moving to a place where you don’t have a clear path to the sky ends the spell early.

Precipitation

Temperature

Wind