Yeti Movement

[DGRM44]

Does a Yeti get full movement on icy surface? The PCs treat it as difficult terrain and get 1/2 movement, but I couldn't find anything as far as this monster getting special treatment on the slick icy surface.

[Death Dealer Rex]

DGRM44 wrote:

Does a Yeti get full movement on icy surface? The PCs treat it as difficult terrain and get 1/2 movement, but I couldn't find anything as far as this monster getting special treatment on the slick icy surface.

I dont know the official ruling but I would say yes since that type of surface is very common to its natural environment.

[Mauril]

Yeti are actually native to snowy areas, not icy ones. Not that it would matter anyway as, according to the stat block, they have no special abilities regarding movement over cold-based difficult terrain. It wouldn't have been unreasonable for them to have something like the white dragon's ability, but they don't have anything in their stat block regarding that.

You may houserule something in, but RAW they are just as penalized by ice as your average PC.

[Stockvillain]

I don't see anything that specifically says they do or don't, but I think it would be awful funny to see a yeti run-in-place-Scooby-style-face-plant while trying to charge a party of terrified PCs at least once. Sometimes a tough fight needs a little comic relief, y'know?