introduced in UM, frostbite is arguably a 'must have' spell for melee druids. at 4th level, when the druid first gets the wildshape ability, this humble first level spell will, barring spell resistance or charge dispersion, weigh in with a healthy 4d6 + 16 damage (nonlethal) and fatigue up to four targets. all this, and the extra punch is added to your natural attacks. worthy of an honourable mention is the rime spell feet, which adds an entangling effect to your attacks with no saves or combat manuver checks required.
is there something i'm missing here, or is this a seriously good spell for wildshape druids?
EDIT: forgot to mention. is there any first level spell that levels as well as this? i mean, at 20th level it's doing 20d6 + 400 damage. that's bang for your buck thats hard to match!
I believe you've misread the damage. I think it does 1d6 damage and +1 damage per level. Not d6 damage per level and +1 damage per level. So at 4th level you get 1d6+4 (+ other modifiers).
but you get that per touch attack, for one attack per level.
I'm sorry, I didn't check the duration. Wow, you're right, that does seem like some really great value. It's not too much per attack, but it adds up nicely provided you get the chance for many attacks. Seems much better.
it's a good spell on its own merit, agreed, but its true strength is in the fact that after casting it you can wildshape (a supernatural ability, thus not affecting the held charges) and add that extra damage to your claw claw bite combo for extra nasty goodness.
Good one. I'll have to use this on an NPC druid sometime, for S & Gs. :P