Major Iceheart (item)

A major iceheart looks similar to a minor iceheart, except that it is constantly surrounded by a swirling vortex of snow and ice to a radius of 1 foot. Creatures holding a major iceheart take 1d4+1 points of cold damage per round as the powerful magic of the device leeches heat from the body. On command, a major iceheart can be used to produce the following effects:

• Ray of frost (at will)
• Cone of cold (3/day)
• Fog cloud (3/day)•Ice storm (3/day)
• Sleet storm (3/day)
• Polar ray (1/day)
• Fimbulwinter (1/day, see below)

A major iceheart’s most awesome power is the ability to create a fimbulwinter once per day. A major iceheart casts this spell automatically each day at sunset, unless it has already been used that day to create a fimbulwinter. Thus, the mere presence of a major iceheart generates a 15-mile-radius zone of eternal winter; the majority of frostfell regions that appear in temperate or tropical climates are the result of the introduction of a major iceheart into the region.

Strong transmutation; CL 15th; Craft Wondrous Item, cone of cold, fimbulwinter, fog cloud, ice storm, polar ray, ray of frost, sleet storm, creator must be an uldra or a winterhaunt of Iborighu; Price 140,000 gp; Weight 1 lb.