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Fey of the Month #1: Winter Shade
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<blockquote data-quote="Krishnath" data-source="post: 696443" data-attributes="member: 56"><p><span style="color: lightblue">Well, in an odd fit of inspiration, I decided to start up a new regular feature on this board from yours truly. Fey of the Month! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue">Now, this is the first of what will (hopefully) become a regular feature... So please, tell me what you think.</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue">Well, enough babbling from me, on to the creature...</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue">-</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong><u>Winter Shade</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Medium-Size Fey (Cold)</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Hit Dice:</strong> 5d6 (17 hp)</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Initiative:</strong> +7 (+3 Dex, Improved Initiative)</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Speed:</strong> 30'</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>AC:</strong> 13 (+3 Dex)</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Attacks:</strong> Freezing Touch +2 melee, spell +2 touch melee, spell +5 touch ranged</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Damage:</strong> Freezing Touch 1d6 cold plus Slow.</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Face/Reach:</strong> 5' by 5'/5'</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Special Attacks:</strong> Freezing Touch, Spell-Like Abilities,</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Special Qualities:</strong> Cold Subtype, SR: 16, Planeshift,</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Saves:</strong> Fort +1, Ref +8, Will +7</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Abilities:</strong> Str 10, Dex 17, Con 10, Int 15, Wis 14, Cha 17</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Skills:</strong> Hide +9, Knowledge (Arcana) +8, Knowledge (the Planes) +8, Listen +10 (+2), Move Silently +9, Perform (Dance, Song, Flute, Poetry, Ode) +7, Search +8, Spot +10 (+2), Wilderness Lore +8,</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Feats:</strong> Ability Focus (Freezing Touch), Alertness, Improved Initiative, Quicken Spell-like Ability,</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Climate/Terrain:</strong> Any cold land</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Organization:</strong> Solitary</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Challenge Rating:</strong> 2</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Treasure:</strong> Standard</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Alignment:</strong> Usually Chaotic Neutral</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Advancement:</strong> By character class</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue">The Winter Shade, also sometimes called a snow nymph, is a type of fey that is exceedingly rare.</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue">The Winter Shade looks much like a fragile elf with elongated features. Their skin is incredibly pale, and their hair is always white (unless the fey choses to color it). A Winter Shade has pale blue or green eyes. They always dress in white.</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue">They can usually be seen during the winter months, dancing and playing gleefully among the snow. It is relatively unknown what their diet consists of, but sages belive it is a combination of winter berries and snow.</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue">Winter Shades speak Sylvan, Gnome, and Elven in clear and almost crystalline voices.</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Combat: </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue">Winter Shades shun combat, and will usually attempt to flee or hide to avoid combat. If pressed they will attempt to use their spell-like abilities to defeat their attackers as quickly as possible, fleeing at the first oppertunity.</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Freezing Touch (Su):</strong> Winter Shades are incredibly cold to the touch, dealing 1d6 points of cold damage to whomever touches them, with no save allowed, unless the creature is immune to cold damage or has the cold subtype. Creatures damaged in this way must also make a fortitude save (DC: 17) or be Slowed for 1d4+1 rounds.</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Spell-like Abilities:</strong> 3/day - <em>Ray of Frost</em>; 1/day - <em>Charm Person</em>, <em>Pass Without Trace</em>, <em>Sleet Storm</em>, and <em>Speak with Animals</em>; These are as the spells cast by a 5th level sorcerer (Save DC: 13 plus spell level.)</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Spell Resistance (Su):</strong> Winter Shades has spell resistance equal to 16+ their class level.</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Planeshift (Sp):</strong> Once per day the Winter Shade and up to six persons in contact with the Winter Shade may enter the Fey Realm or the Paraelemental Plane of Cold as a standard action.</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue">-</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue">I hope you like it <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue">Later,</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Krishnath, post: 696443, member: 56"] [color=lightblue]Well, in an odd fit of inspiration, I decided to start up a new regular feature on this board from yours truly. Fey of the Month! :D Now, this is the first of what will (hopefully) become a regular feature... So please, tell me what you think. Well, enough babbling from me, on to the creature... - [b][u]Winter Shade[/u] Medium-Size Fey (Cold) Hit Dice:[/b] 5d6 (17 hp) [b]Initiative:[/b] +7 (+3 Dex, Improved Initiative) [b]Speed:[/b] 30' [b]AC:[/b] 13 (+3 Dex) [b]Attacks:[/b] Freezing Touch +2 melee, spell +2 touch melee, spell +5 touch ranged [b]Damage:[/b] Freezing Touch 1d6 cold plus Slow. [b]Face/Reach:[/b] 5' by 5'/5' [b]Special Attacks:[/b] Freezing Touch, Spell-Like Abilities, [b]Special Qualities:[/b] Cold Subtype, SR: 16, Planeshift, [b]Saves:[/b] Fort +1, Ref +8, Will +7 [b]Abilities:[/b] Str 10, Dex 17, Con 10, Int 15, Wis 14, Cha 17 [b]Skills:[/b] Hide +9, Knowledge (Arcana) +8, Knowledge (the Planes) +8, Listen +10 (+2), Move Silently +9, Perform (Dance, Song, Flute, Poetry, Ode) +7, Search +8, Spot +10 (+2), Wilderness Lore +8, [b]Feats:[/b] Ability Focus (Freezing Touch), Alertness, Improved Initiative, Quicken Spell-like Ability, [b]Climate/Terrain:[/b] Any cold land [b]Organization:[/b] Solitary [b]Challenge Rating:[/b] 2 [b]Treasure:[/b] Standard [b]Alignment:[/b] Usually Chaotic Neutral [b]Advancement:[/b] By character class The Winter Shade, also sometimes called a snow nymph, is a type of fey that is exceedingly rare. The Winter Shade looks much like a fragile elf with elongated features. Their skin is incredibly pale, and their hair is always white (unless the fey choses to color it). A Winter Shade has pale blue or green eyes. They always dress in white. They can usually be seen during the winter months, dancing and playing gleefully among the snow. It is relatively unknown what their diet consists of, but sages belive it is a combination of winter berries and snow. Winter Shades speak Sylvan, Gnome, and Elven in clear and almost crystalline voices. [b]Combat: [/b] Winter Shades shun combat, and will usually attempt to flee or hide to avoid combat. If pressed they will attempt to use their spell-like abilities to defeat their attackers as quickly as possible, fleeing at the first oppertunity. [b]Freezing Touch (Su):[/b] Winter Shades are incredibly cold to the touch, dealing 1d6 points of cold damage to whomever touches them, with no save allowed, unless the creature is immune to cold damage or has the cold subtype. Creatures damaged in this way must also make a fortitude save (DC: 17) or be Slowed for 1d4+1 rounds. [b]Spell-like Abilities:[/b] 3/day - [i]Ray of Frost[/i]; 1/day - [i]Charm Person[/i], [i]Pass Without Trace[/i], [i]Sleet Storm[/i], and [i]Speak with Animals[/i]; These are as the spells cast by a 5th level sorcerer (Save DC: 13 plus spell level.) [b]Spell Resistance (Su):[/b] Winter Shades has spell resistance equal to 16+ their class level. [b]Planeshift (Sp):[/b] Once per day the Winter Shade and up to six persons in contact with the Winter Shade may enter the Fey Realm or the Paraelemental Plane of Cold as a standard action. - I hope you like it :D Later,[/color] [/QUOTE]
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