Ice [i]
“Ice magic may be the most common of all elemental abilities, though most casters are not adept enough at the ability to cause Frigid Frangibility, it is common for the preservation of foods, chilling of drinks, and cooling off on a hot day. Ice is formed in the calmness of mind. The more still the mind, the colder the elemental presence.”
First Rest of Ice
Those of us who were born without being haunted by elemental spirits won’t bond with a Frostlight unless we get hypothermic in true cold or suffer frostbite. When a Frostlight becomes a part of you. A place of easy quiet nests itself in your mind.
Note: Elemental Magic may also be considered Arcane Arts. Feel free to eschew the elemental angle for other reasoning that suits the character.
Core Effect Trees: Elemental
Root Effect Tree: 10 xps.
Frostlight [Chilldown]
Lowering the temperature in a nearby area you specify may make drinks more refreshing, and slow the afflicted down.
Effects
Activation: As the Frostlight inside you is of its own will, it may activate without the use of your Action Slots. As a will of its own, it has 1 Action Slot each Full Round.
Chill: You may choose One Victim within 3 Tiles per Full Round at Initialization, then at each Upkeep. The Victim is affected by Slow and loses (v:4) Action Slots for the Full Round.
Prolonged Exposure: If you choose the same Victim a second round, they’re affected by Slow and lose (v:4) Action Slots. They take 2 damage per Action Slot lost from Slow.
Endangering Exposure: If you choose the same Victim a third Full Round in a row, they’re affected by Slow and lose (v:4) Action Slots. They take 3 damage per Action Slot lost from Slow. Then if they have any uncovered extremities, they suffer Maim: Frostbite.
Frigid Frangibility
The armor of your Victims takes significant damage, the frigidity slows the victim to a standstill, and continued exposure freezes them solid.
Activation
Action Slots: 5AS | Active Phase Only
Mental Stress: Activation (v:4)
Target: One Victim within 5 Tiles.
Damage: Armor (v:12&Potency), Victim (v:4&Potency)
Effects: The Victim is exposed to extreme cold, their armor takes heavy damage, and they take light damage. If the Victim subject to Frigid Frangibility becomes Vulnerable from the damage, they become completely Frozen.
Oakening: Frigid Frangibility improves Ice [i] Oakening up to 5.
Each use of Frigid Frangibility on a hostile Victim increases Ice [i] Oakening by 1
Ice-Bearer
Althri grew up as the Ice Bearer in the harsh Southern Wastes. As a child, the Village Elder demanded a bodily sacrifice of Althri. The clever boy offered his pinkies. When the frostbite took hold he sliced them off, and a desert ice spirit stirred to life. He awakened in that moment to the Ice as the crystals formed floating around him.
Each day Althri would spend his time at the well, forming water and ice for hours until it was full. He filled the cups of the villages that visited him. They never needed for water, and he never wanted for what they provide.
Oakening: Ice [i] (0 to 3)
At 1 Oakening, Frigid Frangibility Victim damage increased to (v:6&Potency)
At 2 Oakening, Frigid Frangibility Activation Action Slots reduced to 4AS | Active Phase Only.
At 3 Oakening, Frigid Frangibility Victim damage increased to (v:8&Potency)
Oakening: Ice [i] (4 to 5)
At 4 Oakening, Frigid Frangibility Activation Action Slots reduced to 3AS | Active Phase Only.
At 5 Oakened, Ice [ii], Ice Shard [i]
Frigid Frangibility
The armor of your Victims takes significant damage, the frigidity slows the victim to a standstill, and continued exposure freezes them solid.
Activation
Action Slots: 3AS | Active Phase Only
Mental Stress: Activation (v:4)
Target: One Victim within 5 Tiles.
Damage: Armor (v:12&Potency), Victim (v:8&Potency)
Effects: The Victim is exposed to extreme cold, their armor takes heavy damage, and they take light damage. If the Victim subject to Frigid Frangibility becomes Vulnerable from the damage, they become completely Frozen.
Oakening
Oakened Ice [i] unlocks Ice [ii]
Oakened Fire [i] is one of the requirements for Ice Shard [i]
