Snowflake oozes are a type of ooze found in snowy and icy lands. [1]
Description
Unlike other oozes, snowflake oozes possess an intricate latticework structure, appearing lacy and fragile and like a huge snowflake, so they can be quite attractive, at least by ooze standards. They can reach diameters of around 10 feet (3 meters) with a thickness of roughly 4 inches (10 centimeters), yet they can compress their bodies to pass through gaps of only 1 inch (2.5 centimeters). They weigh 250 pounds (110 kilograms). At a glance, they may be mistaken for a bank of ordinary snow. [1]
Behavior
They creep slowly around their area, hunting after warm-blooded creatures and trying to freeze them. [1]
Abilities
They emanate an intense cold, enough to cause freezing injuries to any creature within 5 feet (1.5 meters). Naturally, snowflake oozes are immune to cold and cold-based attacks, and vulnerable to fire. [1]
Despite its size, a snowflake ooze's volume is actually mostly air, making it difficult to attack effectively. Any piercing strike against it has a good chance of passing right through without doing it any injury. [1]
Moreover, if struck with a blunt weapon, then, rather than be damaged, a snowflake ooze will crack apart and split into two snowflake oozes half the original's size. This can happen up to two times, making four oozes, before the resulting oozes are too small to split further. [1]
They are skilled at climbing and in areas of snow and ice, their snow-white coloration gives them camouflage. [1]
Tactics
The unintelligent ooze has no clever tactics, simply attempting to use its pseudopods to wallop, grab, and crush prey. Like its aura, its touch deals freezing injuries. [1]
Habitats
Encountered alone, snowflake oozes live in cold climates where snow and ice can be found, in mountainous areas and in deep caves and tunnels. [1]
Snowflake oozes are found on the plane of Risia, the Plain of Ice , [4] and all around the world. In northern Khorvaire , snowflake oozes have been spotted in the mountains and valleys of northern Karrnath , the Mror Holds , and the mainland Lhazaar Principalities . It's rumored that several dozen snowflake oozes exist on the frozen island of Farlnen in the Lhazaar Sea , which is the home of the Lich Queen Vol . [1] In Sarlona , they may be found lurking in ruins of old settlements in Syrkarn [2] and particularly large ones threaten travelers on the Tashana Tundra . [1] Big ones are also found in the Frostfell . [1] Beneath the earth in Khyber , they may be found in such places as the Frostbreath Caverns . [3]
Appendix
External Links
- Snowflake ooze article at the Forgotten Realms Wiki , a wiki for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 Andrew Finch , Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel , Chris Perkins (August 2004). Monster Manual III . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 161. ISBN 0-7869-3430-1 .
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Keith Baker , Scott Fitzgerald Gray , Glenn McDonald , and Chris Sims (2007). Secrets of Sarlona . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 93. ISBN 978-0-7869-4037-0 .
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Keith Baker , Scott Fitzgerald Gray , Nicolas Logue , & Amber Scott (2007). Dragons of Eberron . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 87. ISBN 0-7869-4154-5 .
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Keith Baker , Bill Slavicsek , & James Wyatt (2004). Eberron Campaign Setting . ( Wizards of the Coast ), pp. 97–98. ISBN 0-7869-3274-0 .