Ice Knife

Category: Baldur’s Gate Spells

Level 1 Conjuration spell available to Druids, Sorcerers, and Wizards. A dart for 1d10 Piercing plus a 2d6 Cold explosion that goes off even on a miss, leaving an Ice surface behind. A reliable arcane opener.

Spell description: Throw a shard of ice that deals 1d10 Piercing damage. It explodes and deals 2d6 Cold damage to anyone nearby. It leaves an Ice surface. On a miss, the shard of ice still explodes.

Spell properties

Damage: 1d10 Piercing plus 2d6 Cold
Damage type: Piercing, Cold
Range: 18m (60ft)
Area: 2m (7ft) radius
Save: DEX save
Attack type: Ranged
Conditions applied: Creates an Ice surface for 2 turns.
Cost: Action + Spell Slot
Recharge: Per action

Spell upcasting

Casting Ice Knife at a higher level deals an additional 1d6 Cold damage for each spell slot level above the 1st.

How to obtain Ice Knife

Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard at Class level 1
Arcane Trickster (Rogue) and Eldritch Knight (Fighter) at Class level 3
College of Lore (Bard) at Class level 6 via Magical Secrets
Bard at Class level 10 via Magical Secrets
Granted by features: Magic Initiate: Druid, Sorcerer, or Wizard
Source items: Frost Prince, Snow-Dusted Monastery Gloves

Throw a shard of ice that deals 1d10 Piercing damage. It explodes and deals 2d6 Cold damage to anyone nearby. It leaves an Ice surface. On a miss, the shard of ice still explodes.

Range: 18m (60ft)

AoE: 2m (7ft) radius

When to cast Ice Knife

Two damage types, a single-target dart plus a small area explosion, and it explodes even on a miss, so it never fully whiffs. For a Level 1 slot that is a lot of coverage: chip one target and splash the cluster around it.

The Ice surface is the bonus. It makes enemies slip and fall Prone, and it feeds the wet-and-cold combos, so following it with more Cold or a shove is easy value. A tidy, reliable opener for any arcane caster.

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Spell properties

Level

Level 1

School

Conjuration

Casting resource

Action + Spell Slot

Damage type

Cold, Piercing

Range

18m (60ft)

Duration

2 turns (Ice surface)

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