Ice Giant Jarl
A jarl leads an ice giant hold and wears a horned iron helm and the cloak of a white bear it killed. The axe is the one the hold has handed down since it was cut. Rank among ice giants is settled by fighting, so a jarl is the strongest fighter in a building full of them. A jarl will hear out a parley and will hold to it. A jarl who breaks a parley in front of the hold loses the rank.
- Physiology
- Giantkin
- Size
- Huge
- Speed
- 40 ft.
- Armor class
- 19 (bearhide and iron)
- Hit points
- 212 (17d12 + 102)
- Proficiency
- +4
- STR 25 +7 save +11
- DEX 13 +1 save +1
- CON 22 +6 save +10
- INT 12 +1 save +1
- WIS 16 +3 save +7
- CHA 17 +3 save +3
- Skills
- Athletics +11 , Intimidation +7 , Perception +7 , Survival +7
- Passive Perception
- 17
- Senses
- darkvision 60 ft.
- Languages
- Common, Jotun, Old Norska
- Damage immunities
- cold
- Found in
- Terran (Barren) , Arctic , Tundra , Utgard
Traits
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Hold's Axe
The jarl's axe attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20. A critical hit with the axe knocks a creature of size large or smaller Prone.
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Fearless Command
Allied giantkin within 60 feet that can hear it are immune to the Frightened condition.
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Winter-Born
It ignores difficult terrain made of ice or snow and leaves no tracks in either.
Actions
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Multiattack
It makes two axe attacks, or one axe attack and one Rimebreath.
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Hold Axe
+11 to hit · reach 10 ft.
4d10 + 7 slashing damage
A swing of the hold's two-handed axe.
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Rimebreath
DC 18 Constitution save
The jarl breathes a 40-foot cone of cold. Every creature in the cone makes a Constitution saving throw, taking 8d8 cold damage and being Slowed until the end of its next turn on a failure, or half as much damage on a success. Recharges after it rolls a 5 or 6 on a d6 at the start of its turn.
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Hurled Ice
+11 to hit · long range
4d8 + 7 bludgeoning damage
It throws a block of river ice.
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Call the Hold Bonus action
Each allied creature within 60 feet that can hear it makes one weapon attack as a reaction. It can do this once per day.