Frostwalker 3 (9)

High Noon at Midnight

A frostwalker is a cursed beast made of packed snow layered over the severed limbs, heads, gristle, antlers, and sinew from deer, wolves, and sometimes people who've died in the cold. As such, they vary in appearance. Some are about the size of wolves, others are human sized with antlers, and a few—especially those with more limbs and/or heads than normal—can be up to twice the size of a person.

Frostwalkers may be creations of dire sorcery, though some gain motive force from the spirits of blizzards, ice, and enmity earned through past atrocity.

Frostwalkers could be classified as necrovores instead of (or in addition to) cursed beasts, or possibly even as a forgeborn variety. Creature classification isn't as neat and tidy as some alchemists might wish.

Motive: Revenge

Environment: Almost anywhere cold enough for snow and ice

Health: 12

Damage Inflicted: Moderate wound (4 points)

Armor: 1

Movement: Short

Modifications: Perception as level 5

Combat: Frostwalkers bite, gore, or claw with whatever body part they have available.

Frostwalkers may also have one or more of the following abilities.

• Frozen. The frostwalker regains 1 point of health for each point of damage they would otherwise take from cold. In freezing temperatures and lower, they regain 1 point of health each round (assuming they're not destroyed).
• Scream the Blizzard. The frostwalker can expel screaming cold winds (no more than once every few minutes), filling an adjacent short area. Creatures in the area take 4 points of ambient damage from the cold and, on a failed Might defense roll, are frozen in place for one minute or until they succeed on a Might-based roll as their action. Even a successful Might defense roll dazes the target with cold, hindering their tasks for one minute.
• Small and Quick. About the size of a wolf, this frostwalker only has 1 Armor but can move a long distance each round.
• Snow Monster. Twice the size of a person, this frostwalker might have two or more heads (one wolf, one deer) and extra arms. It attacks twice per round, moves an immediate distance each round, and has 24 health.

Interaction: Frostwalkers are usually made (or form spontaneously) to enact vengeance or to attack a foe, and will do so until they're destroyed.

Use: When the lake freezes over, monstrous things made of snow slide across the solid surface and begin terrorizing whatever they find.

GM Intrusion: An important piece of the character's equipment freezes solid, rendering it unusable until it's thawed.