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Gelid Shard

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Source Treasure Vault pg. 184 1.1
The Varki wizard T'aak Chamin once traveled from the Lands of the Linnorm Kings northward, past the Winterwall Glacier and deep into the frozen wastes of the Crown of the World. T'aak was seeking immortality without the risk of undeath, and he followed the hints and clues of ancient legends that spoke of “the frozen immortals,” and of ancient magics of ice crafting that were once commonly traded between these rumored immortals and the Erutaki people, who share ancestral roots with the Varki.

Little is known of T'aak's journeys in the northern wastes, though all accounts that record anything of the wizard and his trek indicate that the man who returned was different in many ways than the man who first traveled north. T'aak spoke of beings known as saumen kar, of a “great whale” sealed beneath the ice, and of strange corruptions. An account left by his wife mentions that T'aak often awoke screaming about “malignant sludge” and a “disease clawing at the ancient gates.” Despite all this, T'aak's primary quest did result in at least one notable accomplishment: the crafting of the first gelid shard.

Gelid shards are arcane focuses of refined magical cold in physical form. Unfortunately for their creator, gelid shards do not grant immortality, though mortal creatures bonded to them do often have slightly longer lifespans thanks to the preserving cold that inundates and surrounds them.

First Frost Feat 2

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Archetype Gelid Shard

The gelid shard within your heart may sap your ability to feel and experience emotion, but it also lets you create and manipulate cold. You learn to cast spontaneous spells and gain the Cast a Spell activity. You gain a spell repertoire with the frost's touch and ray of frost cantrips. You're trained in spell attack rolls and spell DCs for arcane spells. Your key spellcasting ability is Charisma.

Snowcaster Feat 4

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Archetype Gelid Shard

Your magical power grows as the shard's icy influence spreads ever deeper into your being. You gain the basic spellcasting benefits. Each time you gain a spell slot of a new level from this archetype, add a spell of the appropriate spell level (including heightened versions of lower-level spells) to your repertoire, either a common spell of the arcane tradition that has the cold trait or another cold spell you have access to.

Snowstep Feat 6

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Archetype Gelid Shard

Snow and ice are no hindrance to you. You ignore difficult terrain caused by snow and ice, treat greater difficult terrain created by snow and ice as difficult terrain, and leave no tracks when moving through areas of snow or ice.

Frozen Breadth Feat 8

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Archetype Gelid Shard

Your attunement to arcane cold enhances the depths of your growing power. Increase the number of spells in your repertoire and number of spell slots you gain from gelid shard archetype feats by 1 for each spell level other than your two highest gelid shard spell slots.

Winter's Embrace Feat 10

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Archetype Gelid Shard

Your eyes are accustomed to the harsh glare of the sun on snow and ice. You gain a +1 status bonus to saving throws against effects that inflict the dazzled condition. Snow doesn't impair your vision; you ignore concealment from snowfall. Your skin becomes cold to the touch, and sometimes frost forms on you. You are protected from severe cold and heat.

Expert Snowcasting Feat 12

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Archetype Gelid Shard

You draw ever more magical cold into your being, learning how to manipulate it to your whims. You gain the expert spellcasting benefits.

Winter's Kiss Feat 14

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Archetype Gelid Shard

Whether in the heart of a volcanic passageway or the glacial tundras of the Crown of the World, the only temperature you ever personally experience is an oddly comfortable chill. You are now protected from extreme cold and extreme heat, and you gain resistance to fire equal to half your level. If you would already have resistance to fire equal to half your level from a heritage, ancestry feat, class feat, or another archetype feat, you instead gain resistance to fire equal to your level.

Greater Snow Step Feat 16

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Archetype Gelid Shard

You can't be impeded by environmental effects that rely on cold or its byproducts. You ignore greater difficult terrain caused by snow and ice.

Master Snowcasting Feat 18

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Archetype Gelid Shard

You have unlocked the deeper magic of your gelid shard, gaining access to new levels of spells. You gain the master spellcasting benefits.

Icy Apotheosis Feat 20

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Archetype Gelid Shard

You are as much a creature of cold as whatever ancestry you were born to. You are immune to cold damage and gain the cold trait. You automatically succeed on saving throws against effects that have the cold trait.