Crystalline Egret
- Armor Class
- 3 [16]
- Hit Dice
- 5
- Attacks
- Bite or Claw (1d6+1)
- Special
- breath weapon, fire, cold, surprise
- Move
- 3 Fly 21
- HDE/XP
- 7/600
Description
A Crystalline Egret is a 5-foot tall white egret made entirely of ice. Due to the its pure white color it can surprise on 1-4 on 1d6 in snowy or foggy conditions. Each crystalline egret has a diamond in its head as a focus for the magic animating it; this gem is worth 300 gp. Once every 1d4+1 rounds the crystalline egret is capable of "breathing" shards of ice at a single opponent up to 10 feet away, instead of performing its normal attacks. These icy shards do 2d8 points of damage, with a successful saving throw reducing damage by half. This is physical damage from the sharp shards of ice, rather than cold damage, so resistance to cold of any sort provides no protection. At temperatures above freezing the egret will begin to melt, suffering 1d4 points of damage per turn. It suffers an extra die (at least 1d6 points) of damage from any attack involving fire or heat.
Source note: This creature is converted from The Basic Fantasy Field Guide of Creatures Malevolent and Benign – Omnibus Edition, 1st Edition Release 4, © 2010–2025 Chris Gonnerman, R. Kevin Smoot, James Lemon, Matt Sluis, and Contributors. The Basic Fantasy Field Guide textual material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International; this page adapts that creature to White Box.