Manual of the Planes

Skills: Water element tigers receive a +4 racial bonuson Balance, Hide, and Move Silently checks. *In areas oftall grass or heavy undergrowth, or in aquatic areas, theHide bonus improves to +8.Cold Element CreaturesCold element creatures dwell in the Elemental Plane ofCold or similar hospitable domains within other elementalplanes, such as the Elemental Planes of Air and Water.They have the same general form as material beings butare made entirely of ice, rime, and snow. Glittering reddishslabs of ice form eyes, and their gaping maws arelined with steel-hard icicles.Creating a Cold Element Creature“Cold element” is a template that can be added to anycorporeal creature of the following base types: aberration,animal, beast, magical beast, plant, or vermin. The creature’stype changes to “elemental (cold).” It uses all thebase creature’s statistics and special abilities except asnoted here.Hit Dice: Change to d8.Armor Class: Natural armor improves by +3.Special Attacks: A cold element creature retains allthe special attacks of the base creature and also gains thefollowing.Chill (Ex): In addition to the damage from their attacks,cold element creatures deal additional cold damage withtheir natural weapons. (including claw, bite, slam, or tailattack). The amount of damage depends on the HD totalof the creature (see the table below).Special Qualities: A cold element creature retains allthe special qualities of the base creature and also gainsthe following ones:• Elemental: Immune to poison, sleep, paralysis, andstunning. Not subject to critical hits.• Darkvision with a range of 60 feet.• Damage reduction (see the table below).AdditionalHit Dice Damage Reduction Cold Damage1–3 — —4–7 — 1d48–11 5/+1 1d612+ 10/+1 1d8• Cold Subtype (Ex): Cold immunity, double damage fromfire except on a successful save.• Icewalking (Ex): This ability works like the spider climbspell but applies to all icy surfaces. Within the ElementalPlane of Cold, the cold element creature maymove normally.If the base creature already has one or more of these specialqualities, use the better value.Saves: Same as the base creature.Abilities: Same as the base creature.Skills: Same as the base creature. If the cold elementcreature has an Intelligence of 4 or greater, it speakseither Aquan or Auran.Feats: Same as the base creature.Climate/Terrain: Any land and underground.Organization: Same as the base creature.Challenge Rating: Up to 3 HD, same as the basecreature.3 HD to 7 HD, same as the base creature +1.8+ HD, same as the base creature +2.Treasure: Same as the base creature.Alignment: Usually neutral.Advancement: Same as the base creature.Sample Cold Element CreatureCold Element Shambling Mound (“Tundra Shambler”)Large Elemental (Cold)Hit Dice: 8d8+24 (60 hp)Initiative: +0Speed: 20 ft.AC: 23 (–1 size, +14 natural)Attacks: 2 slams +10 meleeDamage: Slam 2d6+5 and 1d6 coldFace/Reach: 5 ft by 5 ft./10 ft.Special Attacks: Improved grab, constrict 2d6+7 and1d6 coldSpecial Qualities: Elemental, plant, electricity immunity,fire resistance 30, damage reduction 5/+1, darkvision60 feet, cold subtype, icewalkingSaves: Fort +9, Ref +2, Will +2Abilities: Str 21, Dex 10, Con 17, Int 7, Wis 10, Cha 9Skills: Hide +0*, Listen +4, Move Silently +4Climate/Terrain: Any land and undergroundOrganization: SolitaryChallenge Rating: 8Treasure: 1/10th coins; 50% goods; 50% itemsAlignment: Usually neutralAdvancement: 9–12 HD (Large); 13–24 HD (Huge)CombatImproved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, the tundrashambler must hit an opponent of up to Large size withboth arm attacks. If it gets a hold, it can constrict.Constrict (Ex): A tundra shambler deals 2d6+7 pointsof damage, in addition to cold damage, with a successfulgrapple check against Large or smaller creatures. Theshambler can still move but cannot take any attackactions when constricting.Elemental: Immune to poison, sleep, paralysis, andstunning. Not subject to critical hits.Electricity Immunity (Ex): Tundra shamblers takeno damage from electricity. Instead, any electricity attack(such as shocking grasp or lightning bolt) used against atundra shambler grants it 1d4 points of temporary Constitution.The shambler loses these points at the rate of 1per hour.CHAPTER 9:MONSTERS195