OGC:Íssax (5e Creature)

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Íssax

Large elemental, neutral Armor Class 15 (natural armor) Hit Points 114 (12d10 + 48) Speed 40 ft. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 17 (+3) 16 (+3) 18 (+4) 6 (-2) 15 (+2) 6 (-2) Damage Vulnerabilities fire Damage Immunities cold, poison Condition Immunities exhaustion, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, restrained, unconscious Senses , darkvision 120 ft.,passive Perception 12 Languages understands Aquan but cannot speak Challenge 7 (2,900 XP) Body of Jagged Ice. At the start of each of the íssax’s turns, all creatures within 5 feet of it take 3 (1d6) piercing damage plus 5 (1d6 + 2) cold damage. A creature that touches the íssax or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 3 (1d6) piercing damage plus 5 (1d6 + 2) cold damage. Destructive End. When the íssax is reduced to 0 hit points from bludgeoning or slashing damage, it explodes in a 10-foot-radius sphere of lethal ice shards. Each creature in the area must make a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 7 (2d6) piercing damage and 9 (2d6 + 2) cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Walking Snowstorm. A snowstorm rages in a 20-foot radius around the íssax’s form. It and other creatures within the storm have three-quarters cover, except against attacks made by creatures within the snowstorm. Winter Step. The íssax ignores difficult terrain created by ice or snow. ACTIONS Multiattack. The íssax makes two attacks. Shard Limb. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (3d8 + 3) slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) cold damage, and the target’s speed is reduced by 10 feet until the start of the íssax’s next turn. Ice Shard. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 100/300 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (4d6 + 3) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) cold damage, and the target’s speed is reduced by 10 feet until the start of the íssax’s next turn.

{{{description}}} On the snowy plains and elevations beyond humanity’s reckoning lurk spindly giants borne of malice, hunters of the tundra seeking to cut down anything that crosses their path. The few explorers that have survived an encounter with one of these creatures speak its name only in hushed whispers, warning others of the íssax when travelers grow light on the roads—monsters in the shapes of men with bodies of sharp ice and hearts as cold as death. Sages are unsure of how the icicle giants came to be, the territories they wander, or even if they truly exist at all, for to this day no íssax has ever been captured alive.

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