Channel Divinity

You gain the following two Channel Divinity options. See the Sacred Oath class feature for how Channel Divinity works.

Aura of Frost

Starting at 7th level, you emanate an aura of bone-chilling frost. Hostile creatures within 10 feet of you have their movement speed reduced by 10 feet, and once per turn when they take cold damage, they must make a Constitution saving throw or have their speed reduced by an additional 10 feet. Furthermore, you and your allies within 10 feet cannot be restrained or have their movement speed reduced by magical means.

At 18th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.

Boreal Shepherd

At 15th level, you become an expert at protecting and guiding others through the cold. You gain the following benefits:

• You gain resistance to cold damage.
• As a bonus action, you may use your Lay on Hands ability at a range of up to 30 feet, as long as the target is within 30 feet of your Soothing Warmth bonfire.
• When you restore at least 20 hit points with your Lay on Hands ability, you may remove one level of exhaustion from the target.

Soul of Winter

At level 20, you can summon the cold into yourself and become a mighty avatar of winter. As a bonus action, you gain the following benefits for 1 minute:

• You are immune to cold damage, and resistant to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.
• Creatures of your choice within your Aura of Frost suffer 2d8 cold damage at the start of their turns.
• As a reaction to a creature within 30 feet dealing damage, you can immediately apply your Freezing Strike to them, without consuming a use of your Channel Divinity.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Oath of the Tundra quirks

The following are some optional quirks for a player of this Oath to choose from.

Appendix 1: Steed Options

Consider allowing the following options for players of this oath to select when casting find steed and find greater steed.

• Find Steed: Black Bear, Giant Goat, Ox
• Find Greater Steed: Aurochs, Giant Elk, Polar Bear

Appendix 2: Spells

Glacial Axe

2nd-level conjuration

• Classes: Druid, Ranger, Sorcerer, Wizard
• Casting Time: 1 bonus action
• Range: Self
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Concentration, 1 minute

You conjure slivers of ice which form into a fearsome battle axe. It counts as a martial melee weapon with which only you are proficient, and lasts until the spell ends. It deals 1d8 slashing and 2d4 cold damage on a hit, and has the thrown property (range 20/60). Once per turn when you damage a creature with the axe, its movement speed is reduced by 10 feet until the end of its next turn.

When you hit with a thrown attack with the axe, you can choose for the axe to explode. All creatures within 10 feet of the target suffer the attack's cold damage and movement speed reduction. If they succeed on a Dexterity saving throw, they take half as much damage and their speed is not reduced. After the axe explodes, the spell ends.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the cold damage increases by 1d4 for each slot level above 2nd.

Ice Armor

1st-level abjuration

• Classes: Warlock
• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self
• Components: V, S, M (a vial of snowmelt)
• Duration: 1 hour
• Replaces: Armor of Agathys

You conjure a flexible mail of ice over yourself, which shatters as it suffers damage. You gain 5 temporary hit points for the duration. If a creature hits you with a melee attack while you have these hit points, the creature takes 5 cold damage.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, both the temporary hit points and the cold damage increase by 5 for each slot, up to a maximum of 25 at 5th level.

Imbue Element

3rd-level transmutation

• Classes: Druid, Ranger, Paladin
• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
• Replaces: Elemental Weapon

You touch a melee weapon and enhance it with elemental power. Choose one of the following damage types: acid, cold, fire, or lightning. For the duration, the weapon deals 1d6 bonus damage per hit, and the weapon's base damage is of the chosen type. In addition, once per round after a creature takes damage from the weapon, they suffer an effect based on the damage type chosen:

• Acid: The target takes 2d4 acid damage at the end of their next turn.
• Cold: The target's movement speed is reduced by half.
• Fire: The target takes 1d6 additional fire damage.
• Lightning: The target can't take reactions until the end of their next turn.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the bonus damage increases by 1d6 for each two slot levels above 3rd.

Mass Freeze

5th-level transmutation

• Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard
• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Concentration, 1 minute

You choose a point within range and cause all the warmth to vanish from its vicinity. Each creature in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on that point must make a Constitution saving throw. A target takes 4d8 cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

If a creature fails the saving throw, they are frozen in place, locked down by sheets of ice. They take 1d8 cold damage at the start of each of their turns, and are restrained. They may reattempt the saving throw at the end of each of their turns, ending the effect on a success.

Wall of Snow

4th-level conjuration

• Classes: Druid, Wizard
• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 120 ft.
• Components: V, S, M (a small piece of snow or crystal)
• Duration: Concentration, 10 minutes

A magical wall of snow springs into existence at a point you choose within range. The wall is 12 inches thick and is composed of ten 10-foot- by-10-foot panels. Each panel must be contiguous with at least one other panel.

If the wall cuts through a creature's space when it appears, the creature is pushed to one side of the wall (your choice). If a creature would be surrounded on all sides by the wall (or the wall and another solid surface), that creature can make a Dexterity saving throw. On a success, it can use its reaction to move up to its speed so that it is no longer enclosed by the wall.

The wall can have any shape you desire, though it can't occupy the same space as a creature or object. The wall must be vertical and rest on the ground. It is an object made of packed snow that can be damaged and thus breached. Each panel has AC 10 and 100 hit points, and is vulnerable to fire damage. Reducing a panel to 0 hit points destroys it and might cause connected panels to collapse at the GM's discretion.

The wall radiates intense cold, and blasts of snow explode outwards when it is damaged. Creatures that are within 5 feet of a wall panel when it is damaged take 1d6 cold damage, and must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or become restrained until the start of their next turn.

If you maintain your concentration on this spell for its whole duration, the wall becomes permanent, nonmagical, and can't be dispelled. Otherwise, the wall disappears when the spell ends.

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