Ice Elemental

Ice Elemental
Languages Aquan
Ecology
Environment arctic, Realms Within (Atmosphaira, Oceanus)
Organization solitary, pair, or gang (3–8)
Treasure none
Special Abilities
Ice Glide (Su) A burrowing ice elemental can pass through nonmagical ice and snow as easily as a fish swims through water. Its burrowing leaves behind no tunnel or hole, nor does it create any ripple or other sign of its presence. A control water spell cast on an area containing a burrowing ice elemental flings the elemental back 30 feet, stunning the creature for 1 round unless it succeeds on a DC 15 Fortitude save.
Icewalking (Ex) This ability works like the spider climb spell, but the surfaces the elemental climbs must be icy. The elemental can move across icy surfaces without penalty and does not need to make Acrobatics checks to run or charge on ice.
Numbing Cold (Su; cold; Con) When an ice elemental deals cold damage to a creature, that creature must succeed on a Fortitude save or be staggered for 1 round.
Snow Vision (Ex) An ice elemental can see perfectly well in snowy conditions and does not take any penalties on Perception checks while in snow.

Ice elementals are creatures made of living snow and ice. They form in especially cold parts of the Plane of Water and along its border with the Plane of Air, where giant icebergs careen off of world-high waterfalls into the open sky. Ice elementals vary in their exact appearance.


Common Ice Elementals


Knowledge (Planes)
DC 15: Ice elementals are made of animated snow and ice, and they can burrow through and walk upon either substance with ease, moving through them without a trace.
DC 20: Even small ice elementals can inflict numbing cold on a target, staggering creatures not resistant to the frozen beings’ makeup. Their vision is also unimpaired by snow.
DC 25: Ice elementals are, naturally, immune to cold and vulnerable to fire. Their cold domain is at the juncture of the Planes of Air and Water.
DC 30: Krion the Transparent is the prince of the ice elementals, an ambitious being seeking an enclave on Porphyra, and not choosy how he obtains it.

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