Cantrip Evocation spell available to Sorcerers and Wizards. It deals 1d8 Cold and slows the target’s Movement Speed by 3m. The slow is what makes it more than a damage cantrip.
Spell description: Call forth a frigid beam of blue-white light and reduce the target’s Movement Speed by 3m.
Spell properties
- Damage: 1d8 Cold
- Damage type: Cold
- Range: 18m (60ft)
- Duration: 1 turn
- Attack type: Attack roll
- Condition: Movement Speed reduced by 3m
- Cost: Action
- Recharge: Per action
Spell upcasting
At character level 5, damage increases to 2d8 Cold. At character level 10, damage increases to 3d8 Cold.
How to obtain Ray of Frost
- Sorcerer, Wizard at Class level 1
- Eldritch Knight (Fighter) and Arcane Trickster (Rogue) at Class level 3
- College of Lore (Bard) at Class level 6 via Magical Secrets
- Bard at Class level 10 via Magical Secrets
- High Elf and High Half-Elf at Character level 1
- Granted by features: Magic Initiate: Sorcerer, Magic Initiate: Wizard, Spell Sniper
- Source item: Mourning Frost
Ray of Frost
Evocation Cantrip
Call forth a frigid beam that deals Cold damage and reduces the target’s Movement Speed by 3m.
Range: 18m (60ft)
When to cast Ray of Frost
It is a solid all-round attack cantrip with a bonus: the slow helps you kite melee enemies who are already struggling to reach you. Chip damage plus a little control for one Action.
Cold also plays into the wet-and-freeze combos, and it feeds Chilled and Encrusted with Frost effects from certain items. A dependable default cantrip for an arcane caster.
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