[12 Days of Giftmas] Snowstars (Patreon)

Snowstars

Weapon (throwing star), rare

Component: elemental primordial dust

Much like regular snowflakes, no two of these throwing stars look alike. Rather than an amateurish mark of imprecision, this is seen as a sign of the crafter’s expertise: enchanted ice is an infamously delicate material to work with, and shaping it with such intricate detail is no small feat.

These throwing stars are usually found or crafted in bundles of 1d4 + 4.

Starburst. When you hit a target with an attack using one of these throwing stars, it fragments into multiple icy splinters and is destroyed. Each creature within 5 feet of the target must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 2d6 cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Snowstorm. As an action, you can throw 4 of these stars at once and speak their command word to make them rapidly whirl around in a 5-foot cube within 20 feet of you, whipping up a small snowstorm for 1 minute or until you speak their command word again. A creature that starts its turn in the snowstorm or enters its space for the first time on its turn must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 3d6 cold damage and 3d6 piercing damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. As a bonus action, you can move the snowstorm up to 20 feet. After the storm subsides, the throwing stars used to create it are destroyed.

---------------------------------------

Uncommon variant: Remove the Snowstorm property. Reduce the DC to 13 and damage of the Starburst property to 1d6.

Very rare variant: Increase the DCs to 16, the damage of the Starburst property to 3d6, and the cold and piercing damage of the Snowstorm property to 4d6 each.

---------------------------------------

DOWNLOAD YOUR TWELVE DAYS OF GIFTMAS ITEMS HERE