First Taste of Winter — Epic Spell
First Taste of Winter is a third-party epic transmutation from the Dicefreaks Grimoire of Cosmic Entities Volume One. It first tears down magical cold protection and then makes creatures unnaturally vulnerable to cold.
At a Glance
| School | Transmutation |
|---|---|
| Spellcraft DC | 101 |
| Components | V, S, XP |
| Casting Time | 1 action |
| Range | 300 feet |
| Area | 40-foot radius |
| Duration | 1 round/level |
| Saving Throw | Fortitude negates |
| Spell Resistance | Yes |
| XP Cost | 1,700 XP |
Development
| Development cost | 909,000 gp |
|---|---|
| Development time | 19 days |
| Development XP | 36,360 XP |
| Seeds | Transform (DC 21), Dispel (DC 19), Foresee (DC 17) |
- Make affected creatures vulnerable to cold: ad hoc +20 DC.
- Raise the dispel check bonus to +20: +10 DC.
- Make the effect tenacious: ad hoc +10 DC.
- One-action casting time: +20 DC.
- Change target to a 20-foot-radius area: +10 DC.
- Increase area by 100%: +4 DC.
- Reduce a permanent base effect to 1 round/level: ad hoc –10 DC.
- Burn 1,700 XP: –17 DC.
- Limit the dispel to effects protecting against cold: ad hoc –10 DC.
Effect
The target area is first subjected to an area dispel check at 1d20 + 20 that only attacks spells and items protecting against cold.
Creatures in the area then make the spell’s Fortitude save. On a failure, they become vulnerable to cold under the source rules, causing cold damage to deal 50% more damage. Existing cold resistance or immunity is suppressed for the duration against this effect.
The spell is also treated as tenacious under the source’s epic rules, making successful dispelling suppress it temporarily rather than ending it normally.
Edition Status
This is third-party 3.x epic material. Modern resistance, immunity and vulnerability mechanics are not identical to the legacy rules and should be converted deliberately.
Related Magic
Source and Provenance
Source: Grimoire of Cosmic Entities Volume One
Authors: Eli Atkinson, William Church and Serge W. Desir, Jr.
Publisher/community: Dicefreaks d20 Community
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