What I did in a previous campaign was the following: I have a crude ice sculpture with an amulet on it and some tiny ruins nearby. The charm was not magical but would fetch a pretty penny since it had a lovely sapphire made out of gold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The amulet belonged to a frost wizard who had perished out of old age. When the players would take the charm,\u00a0 one or two ice elementals<\/a>\u00a0would attack them since their last order was to protect the wizard and his belongings when he felt his life force leaving his body.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

This is just one example of a possible ‘trigger’ for this event, but it is an excellent basis to start from. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fighting them as a Player<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The best thing you can do is do perception checks to find out if there is nothing funky going on or if your DM has not set a trap for you. However, they aren’t vital if you are level 8 or more. So going to battle with them as a player is pretty straightforward. If you have something that does fire damage, this will help you a great deal in taking them down due to them taking double damage from this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are only three things that make this monster so dangerous, in my opinion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Their ability to burrow and ambush you or escape.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Their large hit points pool. This makes it hard for a party of low levels to take them down.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
An ice elemental has quite a high strength stat.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
They also have a +7 in regards to saving throws for this stat. So it would be wise not to underestimate that if your AC is not very high. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ice Elemental FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Question: What are some weaknesses of ice elementals?<\/h3>\n
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Answer<\/strong>: Ice elementals are vulnerable to fire and take double damage from it. They can also be killed by any attack that deals enough damage. Once they are reduced to 0 hit points, they turn into a liquid form of ice that will quickly melt away in natural sunlight or warm temperature.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Where do Ice Elementals live?<\/h3>\n
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Answer<\/strong>: The ice elemental can be found in cold environments, such as the mountains or the tundra. Places, where it is always winter, are where they feel most at home.
They are one of the non-humanoid races, and they get along with other humanoids, but they prefer to be around their race. On the other hand, they are not ambitious either, so they seldom roam far from where they were born or created.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Question: What are lesser and minor ice elementals?<\/h3>\n
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Answer:<\/strong>\u00a0These are a Homebrew version of the standard version of this monster. They are a bit weaker and smaller. I make them only 80% as mighty for my campaigns and give them a challenge rating of 3. I keep their abilities the same to make sure they are not too weak for my players. They are great to throw at a party that is around level 4 or 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Question: How big is this monster in 5e dnd?<\/h3>\n
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Answer:<\/strong>\u00a0Ice elementals in 5e are large creatures that stand at about 10 to 12 feet tall. According to the Dungeons and Dragons rule book, this size means they classify as giant monsters. Therefore, they won’t be able to follow you if you, for example, try to escape through a narrow path of one square (5ft.). This one square space is pretty helpful info to remember during combat, too, since there will be more squares around the monster, and it has a special splinter attack that hits everything within 5 feet if you do bludgeoning damage to it.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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My final thoughts about the Ice Elemental<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
If you are playing 5e DnD, ice elementals are a great monster to spice things up and have a unique monster encounter. Both players and DMs will have a ton of fun with this creature, so I strongly advise you to try it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My final tips for you would be to 1. Adjust the monster a bit so bludgeoning it with a non-magical weapon does normal damage. 2. Using frost or water spells on it heals its exp if it is a monster encounter. Let water spells heal half the damage<\/a> and let ice spells heal the full damage 3. Remember, this is a neutral, mindless monster and will likely not even mind you if you pass by without doing something that makes it mad. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Immunities and vulnerabilities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Example story<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\nWhat I did in a previous campaign was the following: I have a crude ice sculpture with an amulet on it and some tiny ruins nearby. The charm was not magical but would fetch a pretty penny since it had a lovely sapphire made out of gold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n