Ice (surface)

An ice surface on sand.

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Saving Throw	Dexterity
Condition	Difficult Terrain, Prone

Ice Surface is a type of Surface. When stepped on, characters will move at half speed and they might become Prone.

Ice surfaces can either be created directly, such as by the Ice Knife spell, or by freezing a Water or Blood Surface.

Properties

 Difficult Terrain

• Movement Speed halved

Dexterity saving throw: Base DC 8 + Dexterity Modifier + Proficiency, to avoid becoming Prone.

 Prone

• Can't move or take Actions, Bonus actions, or Reactions, and has Disadvantage on Strength and Dexterity saving throws.
• Attacks against a Prone creature have Advantage if they're made within 3 m / 10 ft of the creature.
• A Prone creature must spend half its Movement Speed to stand up.
  • A character with the Athlete feat spends only 1.5 m / 5 ft of Movement Speed to stand up.

Prone, Unconscious

Gallery

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  An ice surface on a grassy, paved path at dusk.

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  An ice surface as seen in the prologue.

Turns into a Water Surface after 2 rounds or if exposed to Fire based attack and/or source. Note that Ice Surfaces created from Blood Surfaces still turn into Water Surfaces upon melting.