Glyph of Warding: Cold

Glyph of Warding: Cold is a level 3 abjuration spell. This spell is a variant of the Level 3 Abjuration Spell,  Glyph of Warding. It allows spellcasters to inscribe a ward which explodes and deals Cold damage to enemies when triggered.

Description

The glyph explodes, dealing ⁠Cold damage to enemies in the vicinity. Creatures who pass the  Dexterity Saving Throw still take half damage.

The glyph will last until triggered, or until a Long Rest.

Only one glyph can be active at a time.

Properties

Cost

 Action +  Level 3 Spell Slot

Damage: 5~40

5d8⁠Cold

Details

 DEX Save

 Range: 9 m (30 ft)

 AoE: 4 m (13 ft) Radius

At higher levels

Upcasting: Casting this spell at a higher level deals an extra 1d8⁠⁠Cold damage for each spell slot level above 3rd.

Technical details

UIDs

Target_GlyphOfWarding_Cold

Projectile_GlyphOfWarding_Cold_Trap

Triggered effect

Spell flags

CanAreaDamageEvade, CannotTargetItems, HasSomaticComponent, HasVerbalComponent, IsSpell, IsTrap

How to learn

This spell is a variation of:
Glyph of Warding

Notes

• Only those considered an enemy can trigger the glyph. When the glyph is triggered everyone within the area is affected, regardless of allegiance.
  • Enemies are indicated via a red circle beneath the creature, red outlines when highlighted, and denoted by a red dot in the minimap. Neutral, friendly, and allied creatures (highlighted yellow, green, or blue respectively) can safely traverse the glyph.
  • If the glyph is cast in an area where hostile creatures are already present, it triggers immediately.
• Only one glyph per caster can be active at a time. If a creature with an active glyph casts the spell again, the previous one vanishes with no effect.
  • Active glyphs also vanish harmlessly if the caster is dismissed from the party.

Bugs

• If cast on a wet surface, the DC to avoid  Prone from the  Ice surface created by this spell is based of the entity which created the wet surface instead of the caster.
  • If a druid casts  Create Water and a wizard casts  Glyph of Warding: Cold, the DC to avoid Ice's Prone will be: 8 + druid INT modifier + druid proficiency + druid equipment bonus, instead of 8 + wizard INT Modifier + wizard proficiency + wizard equipment bonus.
  • This formula only works if the water first had contact with the enemies (e.g., casting Create Water on top of NPCs), if cast/thrown to the ground and then frozen by this spell, the Prone DC will have a default value of 12.

Visuals

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External links

•  Glyph of warding on the Forgotten Realms Wiki