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Freeze Greaze

Added 2024-05-02 15:00:07 +0000 UTC

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Design notes from Matthew:
I want to do more consumables. This is something I’ve stated before, but I really like the design balance of making something of limited use. You get to cram some interesting things in when you know that it’s only going to be used a couple of times before it’s time to be discarded. The original concept here was just ice focused with no healing whatsoever, but once Fernando started showing me some examples with “Icy Cold” on it, I couldn’t get “Icy Hot” out of my head and saw an opportunity for a design change.
On the PF2E side, I went with tried and true methods for scaling damage. There are a lot of oils out there at apply a rune for a minute and that seemed to be the most natural way to pursue balancing the damage piece here. Frost runes are exactly what I was looking for, but that did mean I had to crank up the item level a bit to bring it in line. For the healing option, well you only need to look at healing potions to get a good idea of where to scale it at. I decided to opt for the lower end of healing here to avoid pushing the item level higher and keep in line with the multiple uses.
For the 5E side, well I know that I wanted to keep this lower rarity at something like an uncommon rarity as I wanted it to be an early game item for 5E. It was pretty straightforward to bring that in line by just converting damage to cold. This can be relevant for reasons of avoiding elemental resistance or it can be an early way to bypass non-magical damage resistance. Additionally, the longer duration and crit ability allow it to punch a little higher. Tack on some healing like from a potion and we’ve got an interesting item.

This month is a bit busy for me as I’ll be flitting back and forth on a vacation as well as Paizocon the next week after. That said, we should be lined up for our usual releases. It’s hard to think we’d ever miss one anymore. I like to keep that streak alive. We’ve managed to have a release every week for well over 100 weeks now and I’m really proud of that!

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