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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Meridian" data-source="post: 525112" data-attributes="member: 1603">Ice Half-Paraelemental TemplateI got bored, so I gave it a shot. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Keep in mind that I don't have the Manual of the Planes as a handy reference; this is pretty much shooting in the dark, based on the Half-Celestial template in the MM.HALF-PARAELEMENTAL (ICE)Description: Ice half-paraelemental creatures tend to look like albinos at first glance. as any fur or hair is pure white with highlights of blue, with skin as pale as some undead vampires are able to achieve, ranging to deep blue.   Their eyes, however, confirm their paraelemental heritage; instead of the albino red eye pigmentation, the pupils of the ice half-paraelemental are colorless, like pale crystal, with only a hint of color.  They radiate a faint chill and are not affected by natural cold at all.  They become irritable under prolonged conditions of heat, and prefer mountain range habitats when given a choice.“Half-paraelemental” is a template that can be added to any corporeal creature with an Intelligence score of 4 or more (referred to hereafter as the “base creature”).  The creature’s type changes to “outsider.”  It uses all the base creature’s statistics and special abilities except as noted here.Speed: Ice half-paraelementals move across snow and ice at their normal movement rate, without falling or slipping (horizontally only).  Inclines of greater than 45 degrees force normal movement as per climbing rules.AC: Natural armor improves by +1.Special attacks: An ice half-paraelemental retains all the special attacks of the base creature and also gains the supernatural ability to generate a ray of cold at will as the spell.  Ice half-paraelementals with an Intelligence or Wisdom score of 8 or higher possess the following spell-like abilities, using their level as the caster level, as specified in the table below.  Unless otherwise indicated, the ability is usable once a day.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1st-2nd Endure elements (cold only), 3 times/day; obscuring mist</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">3rd-4th    Grease, resist elements (cold only)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">5th-6th    Chill metal, protection from elements (cold only)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">7th-8th    Sleet storm; wall of ice</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">9th-10th    Ice storm</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">11th-12th    Cone of cold</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">13th-14th    Otiluke’s freezing sphere</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">15th-16th    Control weather (cold effects only)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">17th-18th    Summon monster IX (ice paraelementals only)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">19th+    Elemental swarm (as cold spell only)</li> </ul>Special qualities: An ice half-paraelemental has all the special qualities of the base creature, plus darkvision.  Ice half-paraelementals are immune to acid, cold, disease and electricity, and gain a +4 racial bonus to Fortitude saves against poison.Saves: Same as the base creature.Abilities: Increase from the base creature as follows: Str +4, Dex +2, Con +4, Int +2, Wis +4, Cha +4Skills: An ice half-paraelemental has 8 skill points, plus the Intelligence modifier, per Hit Die.  Treat skills from the base creature’s list as class skills and other skills as cross-class.  If the creature has a class, it gains skills for that class normally.Feat: Ice half-paraelementals have one feat for every four levels or the base creature’s total of feats, whichever is greater.Climate/Terrain: Same as either the base creature or the elemental.Organization: Same as the base creature.Alignment: AnyTreasure: Same as the base creature.Advancement: Same as the base creature.ICE HALF-PARAELEMENTAL CHARACTERSIce half-paraelemental humanoids often have a character class, favoring clerics, fighters, and sorcerors.  Nonhumanoids are also clerics or fighters.  Half-paraelemental clerics serve elemental deities governing their element.</blockquote>

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