Low Level Abilities to Help Combat Cold

[Glutton]

Hello there, I was piecing together a list of helpful low level class features and feats for my upcoming RoW players, thought I would share them with you fellows and lasses.

Cold

Spoiler:

Cold and exposure deal nonlethal damage to the victim. A character cannot recover from the damage dealt by a cold environment until she gets out of the cold and warms up again. Once a character has taken an amount of nonlethal damage equal to her total hit points, any further damage from a cold environment is lethal damage. An unprotected character in cold weather (below 40° F) must make a Fortitude save each hour (DC 15, +1 per previous check) or take 1d6 points of nonlethal damage. A character who has the Survival skill may receive a bonus on this saving throw and might be able to apply this bonus to other characters as well (see the skill description).In conditions of severe cold or exposure (below 0° F), an unprotected character must make a Fortitude save once every 10 minutes (DC 15, +1 per previous check), taking 1d6 points of nonlethal damage on each failed save. A character who has the Survival skill may receive a bonus on this saving throw and might be able to apply this bonus to other characters as well. Characters wearing a cold weather outfit only need check once per hour for cold and exposure damage.A character who takes any nonlethal damage from cold or exposure is beset by frostbite or hypothermia (treat her as fatigued). These penalties end when the character recovers the nonlethal damage she took from the cold and exposure.Extreme cold (below –20° F) deals 1d6 points of lethal damage per minute (no save). In addition, a character must make a Fortitude save (DC 15, +1 per previous check) or take 1d4 points of nonlethal damage.

Bottom line: cold hurts the party by causing non-lethal damage and fatiguing them. Some people rule immunity to cold damage is the same as being immune to cold, I choose not to comment either way. Instead here are sure-fire low level classes that can withstand a cold environment.

Invulnerable Rager
Endure elements, cold resist 3rd level

Community Domain
heals non-lethal, cures fatigue 1st level

Weather Domain, Sub-Domain: Seasons
endure elements 3 + wis a day 1st level

Aquatic Druid
constant endure elements cold environment at 9th level

Artic Druid
constant endure elements cold environment at 4th level

Survivalist Rogue
endure elements spell-like at 3rd level

Mummification Alchemist Discovery
immune to cold and non-lethal, alchy 10

Oracle Winter Mystery
constant endure elements versus cold 2nd level

Winter Witch
constant endure elements versus cold 1st level

Brightness Seeker
24 hour endure elements, 7th level minimum

Rugged Northerner Feat
lower the penalties for cold

Frostborn Dwarf Trait
+4 versus cold weather saves

Master of peaks the wall of heaven trait
+2 versus cold weather saves

Poking around in equipment and spells will also garner you quite a few gems. Good luck in Irrisen.

[Lou Diamond]

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