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Started to make the change where the AC boost is equal to your spell level cast, but I have three problems with it:
1) It's basically worthless at low level. +1 twice per rest, that you most likely can't use when you need it, is terrible.
2) Huge disincentive to use anything but cold spells in combat.
3) You wouldn't want it to stack. I.e., two 5th level spells in quick succession shouldn't give you +9 after the second one. You'd want it to reset. Not allowing it to stack both undermines much of the utility (casting two spells in succession means you 'wasted' a bunch of the bonus of the first one) and I struggled to explain it in a very, concise, elegant sentence. ("This ability does not stack" isn't clear enough for my taste.)
I did add the bit about Invocations that affect Eldritch Blast also affecting Ray of Frost. I waffled on whether to make it instead or also, but ultimately concluded that the latter is preferable.
I also tweaked Icy Veins to end at the end of the target's next turn rather than the beginning.
I'm thinking about renaming Icy Veins, which I think would better describe something like resistance to Charm. "Icy Glare" or "Frosty Glance" or something like that seems more appropriate. Or even "Heart of Ice". Thoughts?
Oh, and I took out the part about consuming a corpse from Congeal Essence. The coolest would be that it starts off weaker and gains HD and Str each time it lands a killing blow, but that seems overly complicated (and too slow to ramp up) for 5e's aesthetic.
1) It's basically worthless at low level. +1 twice per rest, that you most likely can't use when you need it, is terrible.
2) Huge disincentive to use anything but cold spells in combat.
3) You wouldn't want it to stack. I.e., two 5th level spells in quick succession shouldn't give you +9 after the second one. You'd want it to reset. Not allowing it to stack both undermines much of the utility (casting two spells in succession means you 'wasted' a bunch of the bonus of the first one) and I struggled to explain it in a very, concise, elegant sentence. ("This ability does not stack" isn't clear enough for my taste.)
I did add the bit about Invocations that affect Eldritch Blast also affecting Ray of Frost. I waffled on whether to make it instead or also, but ultimately concluded that the latter is preferable.
I also tweaked Icy Veins to end at the end of the target's next turn rather than the beginning.
I'm thinking about renaming Icy Veins, which I think would better describe something like resistance to Charm. "Icy Glare" or "Frosty Glance" or something like that seems more appropriate. Or even "Heart of Ice". Thoughts?
Oh, and I took out the part about consuming a corpse from Congeal Essence. The coolest would be that it starts off weaker and gains HD and Str each time it lands a killing blow, but that seems overly complicated (and too slow to ramp up) for 5e's aesthetic.
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