# Elemental, Permafrost

*Large* *Elemental* *neutral*

- **Armor Class:** 16 (natural armor)
- **Hit Points:** 133 (14d10+56)
- **Speed:** walk 20 ft. burrow 30 ft.
- **Challenge Rating:** 6 (2,300 XP)
- **Source:** Tome of Beasts 3, page 167

| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 19 (+4) | 8 (-1) | 18 (+4) | 5 (-3) | 15 (+2) | 5 (-3) |

- **Skills:** perception +2
- **Damage Vulnerabilities:** fire
- **Damage Resistances:** nonmagic B/P/S attacks
- **Condition Immunities:** exhaustion, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, unconscious
- **Senses:** darkvision 60', tremorsense 60', passive Perception 12
- **Languages:** Terran

### Special Abilities

- **Earth Glide:** Can burrow through nonmagical unworked earth/stone with o disturbing material it moves through.
- **Elemental Nature:** Doesn't require air food drink or sleep.
- **Frigid Footprints:** The ground within 10 ft. of the permafrost elemental freezes over and is difficult terrain.
- **Plague Bearer:** If it takes 15+ fire on single turn each creature within 10 ft. of it: infected with primordial plague disease (DC 14 Con negates). Alternatively creature becomes infected with sewer plague or cackle fever (elemental's choice) instead. Primordial plague takes 1 min to manifest in infected creature. After 1 min creature poisoned until disease cured. Every 24 hrs that elapse creature must re-save reducing its hp max by 5 (1d10) on failure. Disease is cured on success. Reduction lasts until disease is cured. Creature dies if disease reduces its hp max to 0.

### Actions

- **Multiattack:** Two Slam attacks.
- **Slam:** Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, 10 ft., one target, 13 (2d8+4) bludgeoning damage + 7 (2d6) cold.
- **Plague-Ridden Pound (Recharge 5-6):** Brings both of its fists down striking ground and sending ice shards from its body flying at nearby creatures. Each creature on the ground within 20' of it: 10 (3d6) bludgeoning damage and 10 (3d6) cold knocked prone and becomes infected with primordial plague (see Plague Bearer; DC 14 Dex half damage and not prone or infected).