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2016-02-04, 08:43 PM
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Elsa (http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Elsa_the_Snow_Queen) from the movie "Frozen" is a powerful magic user, and arguably the strongest Disney character. Elsa can actually be translated into D&D 3.5 more accurately than many characters, with a build that gives most of the capabilities that she can or should be able to do, but not much beyond that. Nothing can be mapped perfectly of course, but this does reasonably n-ice-ly. :smallwink: Elsa builds have been proposed before (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?392006-Is-Elsa-a-16th-Level-Sorcerer), but not completed with a full spell list and all. The below comes from looking at the “Frozen” movie, the “Frozen Fever” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojxCG5148qY) short feature, and the Frozen characters as featured in the “Once Upon a Time” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_(season_4)) TV show (first half Season 4). I’d say it’s Tier 3 since it does one thing very well (cold theme) although is backed with general utilities such as minion management, similar to a fixed list full caster.
In summary, Elsa is a level 17 generic Spellcaster (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/classes/genericClasses.htm#spellcaster) (Arcane CHA-based), giving her 8th level spontaneous casting from a fixed list. Generic Spellcaster works better than Sorcerer, because many of the most appropriate spells are on the Cleric or Druid lists, so this allows us to brrr-ring in the best cold spells. :smallwink:
Elsa's special (a Disney princess) so she gets elite array (8,10,12,13,14,15):
Str 10: Able to climb the North Mountain without problem.
Dex 12: She “doesn't dance” and can't dodge a falling chandelier, but is still pretty lithe.
Con 8: Low hp, since crossbows are a serious threat to her.
Int 14: Spent most of her childhood in her room thinking by herself.
Wis 13: Wise enough to know you shouldn't marry someone you just met. :smalltongue:
Cha 15+4=19: Put all 4 level up points into casting stat. High CHA fits royalty too of course.
Skill points focus on:
Knowledge (Nobility and Royalty): She's a queen and knows how to do coronation ceremonies.
Perform (Sing): For very obvious reasons (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0MK7qz13bU). :smallwink:
Craft: Given her ability to make beautiful things with ice, design her iconic dress, and decorate their dresses with flowers in "Frozen Fever".
Feats (Elsa gets 11: 7 as 17th level Human + 4 bonus from Spellcaster):
Eschew Materials: Elsa never needs material components.
Silent Spell: Elsa often casts without speaking.
Still Spell: Elsa can cast even with her hands restrained in mitten manacles.
Rapid Metamagic (CM): Needed for spontaneous casters using Quicken Spell.
Quicken Spell: Elsa casts more than one spell every six seconds.
Familiar: Spellcaster can spend a bonus feat to acquire one.
Improved Familiar: Allows Elsa to have an elemental familiar. Olaf is Elsa's familiar, a snow elemental or a frozen water elemental.
Versatile Spellcaster (RotD): For more higher level slots, e.g. spamming Halaster’s Fetch.
Spell Thematics (FR:PGtF): For CL and her showy snowflake themed casting effects. This build fluffs it so that Elsa doesn’t really “create life”, but rather her spell theme is snow seeming to form whatever she casts, summons, or calls. Olaf only says Elsa created him because the familiar ritual imbued a relatively lifeless elemental construct with new awareness.
Snowcasting (Fb): More CL, and prerequisite for Frozen Magic.
Frozen Magic (Fb): Very thematic. What Elsa build can pass up on a feat called “Frozen Magic”? :smallwink:
Spell list (17th level generic Spellcaster gets 9,5,5,4,4,4,3,3,2 spells known):
8) Fimbulwinter (Fb): Elsa accidentally cast this to put Arendelle into its deep freeze.
8) Greater Planar Ally: Elsa cast this to call Marshmallow. A huge snow elemental was sent, which liked Elsa and the environment so much it agreed to stay indefinitely for zero pay. XP cost is why she only did it once.
7) Ice Castle (Fb): Cast to create the North Mountain ice castle. At CL 20 (17 base + 1 each from Snowcasting/Frozen Magic/Spell Thematics) it should be large enough, with main tower + 3 additional towers, at 400 ft circumference (127 feet diameter).
7) Halaster's Fetch IV (FR:CoS): Like Summon Monster but the summons stay forever. Elsa accidentally spammed this in “Frozen Fever” to call in all the Snowgies (tiny elementals).
7) Control Weather: A less permanent version of Fimbulwinter.
6) Heartfreeze (Fb): Elsa accidentally struck Anna with this.
6) Halaster's Fetch III (FR:CoS): More Snowgies from lower level slots.
6) Freezing Sphere: For combat and quick way to freeze water into ice.
5) Mantle of the Icy Soul (Fb): Elsa cast this once to give herself permanent cold immunity.
5) Flesh to Ice (Fb): Accidentally cast upon Anna.
5) Break Enchantment: To undo Fimbulwinter and Flesh to Ice, at least if given a minute to contemplate the Power of Love. <3
5) Fabricate: Elsa transforms her coronation outfit into her iconic blue ice dress, and moves real flowers into her and Anna’s dresses in “Frozen Fever”. Also great way to shape and manipulate ice in detail.
4) Wall of Ice: Make ice bridges like the one across the chasm, or walls to block crossbow bolts.
4) Ice Storm: “Let the storm rage on...” :smallwink:
4) Conjure Ice Beast IV (Fb): Elsa should be able to summon temporary ice minions too.
4) Orb of Cold (SC): Used to break through the wall of the dungeon. Any cold mage needs one of the best damage spells in the game!
3) Ice Shape (Fb): Shape and manipulate ice.
3) Column of Ice (Fb): Cast underneath Anna when they were playing as kids.
3) Ice Lance (SpC): Elsa used this in combat against the crossbowmen.
3) Control Temperature (Fb): Obvious.
2) Flash-Freeze (Fb): Quick way to freeze fountains into ice sculptures.
2) Conjure Ice Object (Fb): Elsa conjured ice skates for Anna.
2) Icicle (Fb): Elsa made semi-permanent icicles stick out in and around her ice castle.
2) Ice Darts (Fb), Snowball Swarm (SpC): More snow and ice based combat.
1) Path of Frost (DM): Elsa frequently walks and leaves a trail of ice behind her.
1) Ice Slick (Fb): Elsa cast this to allow her subjects to ice skate in the town square.
1) Glaze Lock (Fb): Elsa froze the lock to her prison cell.
1) Snowdrift (Fb): Shape and manipulate snow.
1) Thunderhead (SC): Permanencied version of something like this was cast to give Olaf a cloud that follows him around in summer. :smallwink:
0) Ray of Frost: Cast into the air when playing with her powers.
0) Prestidigitation: To color her iconic dress cyan. Also even in the dungeon Elsa looked perfectly clean with pristine purple eyeshadow. :smalltongue:
0) Arcane Mark: Elsa’s signature snowflake symbol appears in many places.
0) Open Close: Elsa is able to “turn away and slam the door” without touching it at the end of “Let it Go”.
0) Mage Hand, Mending, Know Direction, Resistance, Virtue: Generic spellcasters must know 9 cantrips, so here are a few more that aren’t too unelsaish (is that a word? ;)
Elsa (http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Elsa_the_Snow_Queen) from the movie "Frozen" is a powerful magic user, and arguably the strongest Disney character. Elsa can actually be translated into D&D 3.5 more accurately than many characters, with a build that gives most of the capabilities that she can or should be able to do, but not much beyond that. Nothing can be mapped perfectly of course, but this does reasonably n-ice-ly. :smallwink: Elsa builds have been proposed before (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?392006-Is-Elsa-a-16th-Level-Sorcerer), but not completed with a full spell list and all. The below comes from looking at the “Frozen” movie, the “Frozen Fever” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojxCG5148qY) short feature, and the Frozen characters as featured in the “Once Upon a Time” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_(season_4)) TV show (first half Season 4). I’d say it’s Tier 3 since it does one thing very well (cold theme) although is backed with general utilities such as minion management, similar to a fixed list full caster.
In summary, Elsa is a level 17 generic Spellcaster (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/classes/genericClasses.htm#spellcaster) (Arcane CHA-based), giving her 8th level spontaneous casting from a fixed list. Generic Spellcaster works better than Sorcerer, because many of the most appropriate spells are on the Cleric or Druid lists, so this allows us to brrr-ring in the best cold spells. :smallwink:
Elsa's special (a Disney princess) so she gets elite array (8,10,12,13,14,15):
Str 10: Able to climb the North Mountain without problem.
Dex 12: She “doesn't dance” and can't dodge a falling chandelier, but is still pretty lithe.
Con 8: Low hp, since crossbows are a serious threat to her.
Int 14: Spent most of her childhood in her room thinking by herself.
Wis 13: Wise enough to know you shouldn't marry someone you just met. :smalltongue:
Cha 15+4=19: Put all 4 level up points into casting stat. High CHA fits royalty too of course.
Skill points focus on:
Knowledge (Nobility and Royalty): She's a queen and knows how to do coronation ceremonies.
Perform (Sing): For very obvious reasons (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0MK7qz13bU). :smallwink:
Craft: Given her ability to make beautiful things with ice, design her iconic dress, and decorate their dresses with flowers in "Frozen Fever".
Feats (Elsa gets 11: 7 as 17th level Human + 4 bonus from Spellcaster):
Eschew Materials: Elsa never needs material components.
Silent Spell: Elsa often casts without speaking.
Still Spell: Elsa can cast even with her hands restrained in mitten manacles.
Rapid Metamagic (CM): Needed for spontaneous casters using Quicken Spell.
Quicken Spell: Elsa casts more than one spell every six seconds.
Familiar: Spellcaster can spend a bonus feat to acquire one.
Improved Familiar: Allows Elsa to have an elemental familiar. Olaf is Elsa's familiar, a snow elemental or a frozen water elemental.
Versatile Spellcaster (RotD): For more higher level slots, e.g. spamming Halaster’s Fetch.
Spell Thematics (FR:PGtF): For CL and her showy snowflake themed casting effects. This build fluffs it so that Elsa doesn’t really “create life”, but rather her spell theme is snow seeming to form whatever she casts, summons, or calls. Olaf only says Elsa created him because the familiar ritual imbued a relatively lifeless elemental construct with new awareness.
Snowcasting (Fb): More CL, and prerequisite for Frozen Magic.
Frozen Magic (Fb): Very thematic. What Elsa build can pass up on a feat called “Frozen Magic”? :smallwink:
Spell list (17th level generic Spellcaster gets 9,5,5,4,4,4,3,3,2 spells known):
8) Fimbulwinter (Fb): Elsa accidentally cast this to put Arendelle into its deep freeze.
8) Greater Planar Ally: Elsa cast this to call Marshmallow. A huge snow elemental was sent, which liked Elsa and the environment so much it agreed to stay indefinitely for zero pay. XP cost is why she only did it once.
7) Ice Castle (Fb): Cast to create the North Mountain ice castle. At CL 20 (17 base + 1 each from Snowcasting/Frozen Magic/Spell Thematics) it should be large enough, with main tower + 3 additional towers, at 400 ft circumference (127 feet diameter).
7) Halaster's Fetch IV (FR:CoS): Like Summon Monster but the summons stay forever. Elsa accidentally spammed this in “Frozen Fever” to call in all the Snowgies (tiny elementals).
7) Control Weather: A less permanent version of Fimbulwinter.
6) Heartfreeze (Fb): Elsa accidentally struck Anna with this.
6) Halaster's Fetch III (FR:CoS): More Snowgies from lower level slots.
6) Freezing Sphere: For combat and quick way to freeze water into ice.
5) Mantle of the Icy Soul (Fb): Elsa cast this once to give herself permanent cold immunity.
5) Flesh to Ice (Fb): Accidentally cast upon Anna.
5) Break Enchantment: To undo Fimbulwinter and Flesh to Ice, at least if given a minute to contemplate the Power of Love. <3
5) Fabricate: Elsa transforms her coronation outfit into her iconic blue ice dress, and moves real flowers into her and Anna’s dresses in “Frozen Fever”. Also great way to shape and manipulate ice in detail.
4) Wall of Ice: Make ice bridges like the one across the chasm, or walls to block crossbow bolts.
4) Ice Storm: “Let the storm rage on...” :smallwink:
4) Conjure Ice Beast IV (Fb): Elsa should be able to summon temporary ice minions too.
4) Orb of Cold (SC): Used to break through the wall of the dungeon. Any cold mage needs one of the best damage spells in the game!
3) Ice Shape (Fb): Shape and manipulate ice.
3) Column of Ice (Fb): Cast underneath Anna when they were playing as kids.
3) Ice Lance (SpC): Elsa used this in combat against the crossbowmen.
3) Control Temperature (Fb): Obvious.
2) Flash-Freeze (Fb): Quick way to freeze fountains into ice sculptures.
2) Conjure Ice Object (Fb): Elsa conjured ice skates for Anna.
2) Icicle (Fb): Elsa made semi-permanent icicles stick out in and around her ice castle.
2) Ice Darts (Fb), Snowball Swarm (SpC): More snow and ice based combat.
1) Path of Frost (DM): Elsa frequently walks and leaves a trail of ice behind her.
1) Ice Slick (Fb): Elsa cast this to allow her subjects to ice skate in the town square.
1) Glaze Lock (Fb): Elsa froze the lock to her prison cell.
1) Snowdrift (Fb): Shape and manipulate snow.
1) Thunderhead (SC): Permanencied version of something like this was cast to give Olaf a cloud that follows him around in summer. :smallwink:
0) Ray of Frost: Cast into the air when playing with her powers.
0) Prestidigitation: To color her iconic dress cyan. Also even in the dungeon Elsa looked perfectly clean with pristine purple eyeshadow. :smalltongue:
0) Arcane Mark: Elsa’s signature snowflake symbol appears in many places.
0) Open Close: Elsa is able to “turn away and slam the door” without touching it at the end of “Let it Go”.
0) Mage Hand, Mending, Know Direction, Resistance, Virtue: Generic spellcasters must know 9 cantrips, so here are a few more that aren’t too unelsaish (is that a word? ;)