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Level Adjustment: +5
Treasure: None
Alignment: Usually chaotic neutral
Advancement: 5–7 HD (Medium-Size)
An orglash, or ice spirit, is a kind of air elemental native to the
colder parts of Rashemen. Alien and unpredictable, they are
viewed as a mixed blessing by the Rashemi people, for despite
their occasional danger to travelers, they
have helped defend the land against the
Red Wizards for hundreds of years.
An orglash looks like an air elemental
with wisps of snow spinning about
and two barely visible, darker spots
that look like eyes. Orglashes roam
the frozen mountains and forests of
Rashemen, attacking creatures that
threaten the land. Their perspective
of what is “threatening” is very broad,
however, and they have been known
to attack small parties in remote areas.
Orglashes speak Auran.
COMBAT
The sample orglash uses a medium air
elemental as the base creature.
Air Mastery (Ex): Any airborne
creature takes a –1 penalty on
attack and damage rolls made against
an orglash.
Cone of Cold (Sp): 3/day as a 4th-level
sorcerer.
Cold Fast Healing (Ex): As long as it has at least
1 hit point, in extremely cold or cold weather conditions,
an orglash recovers lost hit points at the rate of 3 per
round. Fast healing does not restore hit points lost from
starvation, thirst, or suffocation, and it does not allow the
orglash to regrow or reattach lost body parts.
Cold Subtype (Ex): An orglash is immune to cold damage.
Orglashes take half again as much (+50%) damage as normal
from fire, regardless of whether a saving throw is allowed, or
if the save is a success or failure.
Elemental Traits (Ex): An orglash is immune to poison,
sleep, paralysis, and stunning. It is not subject to critical hits
or flanking. The creature also has darkvision (60-foot range).
Whirlwind (Su): This orglash can transform itself into a
whirlwind once every 10 minutes and remain in that form for
up to 2 rounds. The whirlwind is 5 feet wide at the base, up
to 30 feet wide at the top, and 10 to 30 feet in height.
The orglash’s movement while in whirlwind form does not
provoke attacks of opportunity, even if it enters the space another
creature occupies. Another creature might be caught in
the whirlwind if it touches or enters it, or if the orglash moves
into or through the creature’s space. It deals 1d6 points of
damage to Small or smaller creatures and may sweep them
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bodily up. The save DC to avoid the whirlwind is 13. This save
is Strength-based.
Creatures trapped in the whirlwind cannot move away except
to escape the whirlwind. Creatures caught in the whirlwind can
cast spells normally with a successful Concentration check (DC
10 + spell level). Creatures caught in the whirlwind take a –4
penalty to effective Dexterity and a –2 penalty on attack rolls.
An orglash in whirlwind form cannot make slam attacks
and does not threaten the area around it.
The Orglash
Template
“Orglash” is a template that can be applied to
any elemental creature with the air subtype
(referred to hereafter as the “base creature”).
Most orglashes use an air elemental
as the base creature, but secret
and undiscovered leaders could be based
on another elemental being, such as an
invisible stalker. It uses all of the base
creature’s statistics and special abilities
except as noted here.
Speed: If the base creature cannot
fly, it gains a fly speed equal to its land
speed (poor maneuverability). If the
base creature can fly, use the base creature’s
fly speed and maneuverability.
AC: Natural armor increases by +2.
Damage: An orglash’s natural attacks
deal cold damage in addition to
the normal damage for the attack. This
cold damage is half the number of dice of
damage the natural attack deals, not including the
Strength modifier. If the natural attack deals one die
of damage, reduce the die type by two steps. For example,
if the base creature deals 2d8 points of damage with a slam
attack, add 1d8 points of cold damage. If the base creature deals
1d6 points of damage, add 1d3 points of cold damage.
Special Attacks: An orglash retains all the special attacks of
the base creature, and also gains the following special attack.
Cone of Cold (Sp): 3/day as a sorcerer with a caster level
equal to its Hit Dice.
Special Qualities: An orglash retains all the base creature’s special
qualities, and also gains those special qualities listed below.
Cold Subtype (Ex): An orglash is immune to cold damage.
Orglashes take half again as much (+50%) damage as normal
from fire, regardless of whether a saving throw is allowed, or
if the save is a success or failure.
Fast Healing (Ex): In extremely cold or cold weather conditions,
an orglash recovers lost hit points at the rate of 3
per round.
Native Elemental: Orglashes are native to the Material
Plane. Spells that banish outsiders or elementals to their home
plane do not work on orglashes. Spells that send outsiders or
elementals to another plane (rather than to their home plane)