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cold spell in a cold land... why?
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<blockquote data-quote="tarchon" data-source="post: 1818088" data-attributes="member: 5990"><p>There was a thread recently about this - more than a few people have noticed this oddity as well. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=103607&page=1&pp=20" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=103607&page=1&pp=20</a></p><p></p><p>I would say that for natural abilities, frost creatures naturally have frost-oriented powers, but I totally agree that frost giant wizards are a lot more likely to prepare <em>Fireball</em> than <em>Cone of Cold</em> when operating in their native environment. For sorcerers, it's not so clear - depends on whether you think sorcerers learn new spells as an act of will or if they develop spells as part of their nature. For magic items, it probably depends on the original purpose of the item. A frost giant might reasonably have a frost sword if the frost giants were fighting a war with fire giants, but if they were fighting a war with yetis, yeah, they would probably not be creating a lot of frost brands.</p><p></p><p>It's possible that some frost creatures view fire weapons and effects as being dishonorable or abhorrent somehow (maybe like we view chemical weapons), but that might be a law-vs-chaos thing.</p><p></p><p></p><p>One time, I created a bloodline of arctic vampires for Vampire: the Masquerade, and one thing I did with them was give them a power that insulated them against cold _and_ heat, because I knew that the first thing any gamer does when fighting a frost creature is whip out fire effects. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious :]" data-shortname=":]" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tarchon, post: 1818088, member: 5990"] There was a thread recently about this - more than a few people have noticed this oddity as well. :) [url]http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=103607&page=1&pp=20[/url] I would say that for natural abilities, frost creatures naturally have frost-oriented powers, but I totally agree that frost giant wizards are a lot more likely to prepare [i]Fireball[/i] than [i]Cone of Cold[/i] when operating in their native environment. For sorcerers, it's not so clear - depends on whether you think sorcerers learn new spells as an act of will or if they develop spells as part of their nature. For magic items, it probably depends on the original purpose of the item. A frost giant might reasonably have a frost sword if the frost giants were fighting a war with fire giants, but if they were fighting a war with yetis, yeah, they would probably not be creating a lot of frost brands. It's possible that some frost creatures view fire weapons and effects as being dishonorable or abhorrent somehow (maybe like we view chemical weapons), but that might be a law-vs-chaos thing. One time, I created a bloodline of arctic vampires for Vampire: the Masquerade, and one thing I did with them was give them a power that insulated them against cold _and_ heat, because I knew that the first thing any gamer does when fighting a frost creature is whip out fire effects. :] [/QUOTE]
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