Ice Elementalist

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Ice Elementalists begin with the Freeze spell. The spells in their starting library are quite versatile.

Preferred Races

Merfolk, Gargoyle, Draconian, Djinni, Demigod, and Naga are the recommended races if you pick an Ice Elementalist Background.

Starting Equipment

Some species may receive different items based on their unique restrictions.

Available Spells:

Ice elementalists start with the Freeze spell already memorised.

Starting Skills and Stats

These are adjusted by your species' aptitudes.

Choosing Ice Elementalist adds 7 to your starting Intelligence and 5 to your starting Dexterity.

Strategy

A strong choice; their starting book offers you an excellent repertoire:

  • Freeze is a powerful level 1 attack spell, ignoring both AC and EV to never miss. However, feel free to use whatever stones, tomahawks, javelins, or darts you find in order to compensate for its 1-tile range.
  • Frozen Ramparts is a very strong spell (especially in hallways), dealing strong and guaranteed AOE damage as long as you can survive a few hits without moving. Ozocubu's Armour may give you just the defense you need in such a situation.
  • Hailstorm is awkward to use as it cannot strike the tiles next to you, but deals respectable, partially irresistible damage. It is most effective if you can catch multiple creatures at once, but is no less potent against a single target if you can manage to keep them in range. Learning Iskenderun's Mystic Blast or Swiftness can help with that.

Ice Elementalists will want to look into getting another source of damage at some point, as while cold damage is particularly useful against many early-game enemies like reptiles, several kinds of enemies resist cold (early examples include undead and ice beasts). Hailstorm is at least somewhat effective against enemies resistant or immune to ice.

History

Backgrounds
Warriors FighterGladiatorMonkHunterBrigand
Zealots BerserkerChaos KnightCinder Acolyte
Warrior-mages WarperHexslingerEnchanterReaver
Mages Hedge WizardConjurerSummonerNecromancerFire ElementalistIce ElementalistAir ElementalistEarth ElementalistAlchemist
Adventurers ArtificerShapeshifterWandererDelver