Converting Monsters from Polyhedron Magazine

[freyar]

Maybe we're going too far with these. How about we give them Snow Striding/Snowcrossing/whatever we want to call it and call that enough?

 

[Cleon]

Maybe we're going too far with these. How about we give them Snow Striding/Snowcrossing/whatever we want to call it and call that enough?

I'd be content with Snowstriding, I just liked the idea of Slopecrossing.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Anyone want to tackle the description and flavor text?

 

[freyar]

Frost treants appear to be trees, like their deciduous kin, but they are instead evergreen. Their boughs are typically covered with snow, and their eyes glitter with cold malice.

Like other treants, frost treants defend their forests, but their frigid hearts seethe with a hatred of all animal life, especially sentient beings.


That could probably be fleshed out a little. This isn't my strong suit.

 

[Shade]

That's a good start. Do we want to mention how they feel about other treants?

 

[Cleon]

Frost treants appear to be trees, like their deciduous kin, but they are instead evergreen. Their boughs are typically covered with snow, and their eyes glitter with cold malice.

Like other treants, frost treants defend their forests, but their frigid hearts seethe with a hatred of all animal life, especially sentient beings.

That could probably be fleshed out a little. This isn't my strong suit.

How about...

It looks like an old pine tree the wind had twisted into a vaguely human shape, with thick snow piled over its branches and needles. The deep green eyes, glittering with cold malice, are what gave it away.

Frost Treants are an evergreen relative of the regular treant, but are far more malevolent than their deciduous kin. Like other treants, frost treants defend their forests, but their frigid hearts seethe with a hatred of all animal life, especially sapient beings. They kill intruders regardless of whether they pose any threat to their trees.

 

[freyar]

Oooh, nice. We could add that they tolerate but are unfriendly toward other plant creatures including treants.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Ready for the undead cold treant?

 

[Cleon]

Updated.

Ready for the undead cold treant?

It looks done to me.

 

[Shade]

Great! So for the undead version, we'll need to agree upon a name. Upthread, freyar and I both liked "Hoartree" or "Hoartreant".

We saved cold damage and this for it:

Chillness Aura (Su): A frost treant is continuously surrounded by an aura of bitter cold. All creatures within 5 feet of a frost treant suffer 1d4 points of cold damage each round.

What else?