Blade of Rime

Blade of Rime is an action that allows a Way of the Four Elements Monk to use their equivalent of  Ice Knife by expending  Ki Points instead of spell slots.

Description

Throw a shard of ice that deals 1d10⁠⁠Piercing damage. It explodes and deals 2d6⁠⁠Cold to anyone nearby. It leaves an ice surface.

This spell can be cast while you are  Silenced.

Properties

Cost

 Action +  2 Ki Points

Damage: 3~22

1d10⁠Piercing

+ 2d6⁠Cold

Details

 Ranged Spell Attack Roll (On Miss: The shard of ice still explodes.)

 DEX Save (Spell save DC) (On Save: Damage from the explosion is negated.)

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

 AoE: 2 m (7 ft) Radius

 Creates Area: Ice

Technical details

UID

Projectile_BladeOfTheRime

Spell flags

HasHighGroundRangeExtension, IsHarmful, RangeIgnoreVerticalThreshold

Grants:

• Martial Arts: Bonus Unarmed Strike

Area: Ice

 Ice

Duration: 2 turns

 AoE: 2 m (7 ft) Radius

Difficult terrain - movement speed is halved and creatures may fall Prone.

Type: Surface

Condition: Prone

 Prone

 DEX Save (Spell save DC)

• The affected creature cannot move or take  Actions,  Bonus Actions, or  Reactions, and has  Disadvantage on  Strength and Dexterity Saving Throws.
• Attacks against a Prone creature have  Advantage if made within 3 m (10 ft) of the creature.
• A Prone creature must spend half its Movement Speed to stand up.
  • A character with the Athlete feat spends only 1.5 m (5 ft) of Movement Speed to stand up.

 Prone, Unconscious

Condition: Difficult Terrain

 Difficult Terrain

• Movement Speed halved

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 3: Way of the Four Elements

Notes

• Code exists in the game files to have this action scale with  Improved Elemental Casting, but it remains unused.

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