D&D 5E Homebrewed ability: Ice Song

Having an innate relationship with ice and snow, you gain the ability to, through a focused hymn, shape ice and snow. The ability also allows you to freeze water (or other liquids that you have direct access to). The Ice Song requires you to concentrate on a specific amount of ice, snow or water, so attempting other spells or actions would break the hymn. Already frozen water remains as ice and ice remains in whatever form it had reach, but shaped snow collapses.

At 3rd level character

Can be used once per long rest. The hymn takes time to finish; a chunk of ice the size of a person, can be shaped into looking like a person in about 10 minutes. Shaping a small hut would take an hour. Shaping anything out of snow is easier and only takes half the time. You can also freeze (or cool) most types of liquids, that you have direct access to (you have to touch said liquid), however, turning things into ice takes time. A bucket of water would take about 10 minutes to freeze solid. A small pond would take an hour to freeze solid (but only half an hour to give it an ice layer). It only counts as one use, if you continue the hymn, to shape the ice you just froze.

Notice that you HAVE to touch (and keep touching) the liquid or ice while using Ice Song.

At 6th level character

Your abilities are enhanced as you become deeper in touch with your cold heritage. You can now use Ice Song twice per long rest.
With this experience, you become able to compact snow into an ice-like substance, which you then can shape again. Compacting snow takes the same time as freezing water.

At 10th level character

Your Ice Song is now closer to a reflex, allowing you to halve the time it takes to shape ice. You can now use Ice Song three times per long rest.

At 15th level character

Icy thoughts become reality, and you no longer need to touch a liquid to freeze it. You still need to be in relative range (30 ft) of the liquid though. You can now use Ice Song four times per long rest, and short rests gives you one of Ice Song use back (can’t become more than the four per long rest). You are now also able to freeze the moisture in the air closest to you (5 ft range of each affected target of your choice, assuming there is any moisture), as the air turns cold around you, enemies attacking you with melee attacks are less likely to get through to you, you subtract 1d4 from their attack rolls for three turns. This ability requires 5 minutes to prepare, if you’re in a moist environment, 10 if you’re in a normal environment. Any allies within 5 ft of you also gains this bonus.

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