Description

Chill metal makes metal extremely cold. It has the following effects:

Unattended, non-magical metal gets no saving throw.
Magical metal is allowed a saving throw against the spell.
An item in a creature’s possession (not an “unattended”) uses the creature’s saving throw bonus unless its own is higher.
A creature takes cold damage if its equipment is chilled. It takes full damage if its armor, shield, or weapon is affected. The creature takes minimum damage (1 point or 2 points; see the table) if it’s not wearing or wielding such an item.

On the first round of the spell, the metal becomes chilly and uncomfortable to touch but deals no damage. The same effect also occurs on the last round of the spell’s duration. During the second (and also the next-to-last) round, icy coldness causes pain and damage. In the third, fourth, and fifth rounds, the metal is freezing cold, and causes more damage, as shown on the table below.

Any heat intense enough to damage the creature negates cold damage from the spell (and vice versa) on a point-for-point basis. Underwater, chill metal deals no damage, but ice immediately forms around the affected metal, making it float if unattended.

Chill metal counters and dispels heat metal.

Chill Metal Damage
Round 1 | Metal = Cold |Damage None
Round 2 | Metal = Icy |Damage 1d4
Round 3-5 | Metal = Freezing |Damage 2d4
Round 6 | Metal = Icy |Damage 1d4
Round 7 | Metal = Cold |Damage None

Mythic Effects

Mythic Chill Metal The damage dealt increases to 1d8 points of cold damage on rounds 2 and 6, and to 2d8 points of cold damage on rounds 3 through 5. Each round a creature takes cold damage from this spell, it also takes 1 point of Dexterity damage (Fort negates).