Ice Rank 1
Playtest 3.2 / 4th Ed Build Cost: 2 (Off-List: 5)
Purchase: Once
Tagged: No
Duration: Constant
Skill Type: Arcane
Prerequisites: 3 Power Points
Skill List: Mage Basic Career
Skill Rules & Full Description
Ice is the magic of freezing. Whether it's blood or breath it can stop it in its tracks. There is a Light Blue flash of light when Ice spells are cast.
There are no special rules for the Ice School.
Rank 1:
Spell Verbal: By the North Mists I Form a(n)...
- ...Ice Dart 2 Power Points Instant
- This spell does 10 points of magic damage due to ice.
- ...Frost Brand 2 Power Points Latent
- This spell can only be cast on a weapon. If you hold the weapon, you can invoke this spell, which causes the next weapon attack done by the weapon to be ice based. Frost Brand does not make the attack magical and it does not add any damage to the weapon. The attacker declares a blow to be ice based by adding the word “ice” to the damage done by the attack; for example: “Two Ice.” Frost Brand only lasts for one blow, but if an attacker fails to hit their target the spell is not used up. Frost Brand can be combined with any martial skill such as Weapon Proficiencies, Slay, Assassinate, Critical Attack, Waylay, etc.
- ...Ice Cast 2 Power Points 30 Seconds
- This spell can be used to immobilize one arm, leg, wing, tail or tentacle. The limb cannot be used for 30 seconds. The ice cast can be broken with a +3 or greater Strength Bonus, Non-Combinable and takes 5 seconds. If the target character is immune to the Pin spell due to their Strength Bonus, they are immune to this spell as well. The caster should state what limb is affected when they cast the spell, “By the North Mist I Form an Ice Cast… right arm,” but the name of the limb is not part of the spell verbal. If the caster does not specify which limb is being frozen, the target character must choose a limb to be immobilized.
- While the limb is encased in ice, any blow on that limb will affect the character normally, leaving the ice cast unharmed. For example, a Stunning Blow to the limb will not shatter the ice cast, but this will incapacitate the limb as per a normal Stunning Blow. The ice itself is magical and therefore a Dispel Magic will remove the Ice Cast spell.
- The ice from this spell sublimates when removed or the spell ends.
Ice Rank 3
Ice Rank 4
Ice Rank 5
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Prerequisite & Progression Tree: Ice Rank 1
Current Skill Skill Node General Requirement
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n_ice_rank_1["Ice Rank 1"]
class n_ice_rank_1 target;
click n_ice_rank_1 "/rules/skills/ice-rank-1" "View Ice Rank 1"
n_power_points["3 Power Points"]
class n_power_points skillNode;
click n_power_points "/rules/skills/power-points" "View 3 Power Points"
n_ice_rank_2["Ice Rank 2"]
class n_ice_rank_2 skillNode;
click n_ice_rank_2 "/rules/skills/ice-rank-2" "View Ice Rank 2"
n_power_points --> n_ice_rank_1
n_ice_rank_1 --> n_ice_rank_2
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