Hoarfrost

Breathe winter onto the ground. Whatever lingers there stops.

Kind

Zone, place

Mana

10

Cooldown

4s

Range

8 tiles

Price

110 gold

Needs first

nothing

What it does

Rime spreads over a 2-tile radius at the aim point for 6 s. Every 0.5 s each foe in it takes 0.07x frost and one chill (slow 0.3, 2 s), so three ticks (1.5 s) freeze it: 1.4 s, half on large bodies, then today's 2.5 s thaw immunity. One foe can take at most 0.84x over the zone's life. Dragons are only slowed. Spares townsfolk and companions. Only one Hoarfrost at a time: casting again moves it. Pure setup: its ticks never trigger a Clash.