NPC - Jadis, the White Witch

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Large Fey Giant, Lawful Evil


Armor Class 22 (Natural Armor, Frost Ward)
Hit Points 425 (34d10 + 238)
Speed 40 ft., Ice Glide (40 ft.)


STRDEXCONINTWISCHA
24 (+7)18 (+4)24 (+7)22 (+6)18 (+4)26 (+8)

Saving Throws Str +14, Con +14, Int +13, Wis +11, Cha +15
Skills Arcana +13, Deception +15, Intimidation +15, Persuasion +15, Perception +11
Damage Resistances Cold; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
Damage Immunities Cold, Psychic
Condition Immunities Charmed, Frightened, Paralyzed, Petrified
Senses Truesight 120 ft., Passive Perception 21
Languages Common, Giant, Elvish, Sylvan, Infernal
Challenge 23 (50,000 XP)
Proficiency Bonus +7


Traits

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Jadis fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.

Icewalker. Jadis is immune to difficult terrain created by ice or snow. She can move across and stand on icy surfaces without needing to make an ability check.

Regal Presence. Creatures of Jadis’s choice within 60 feet that can see or hear her must succeed on a DC 23 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. A creature that succeeds on the saving throw is immune to this feature for 24 hours.

Frost Ward. When a creature within 30 feet of Jadis hits her with an attack, they take 14 (4d6) cold damage as ice shards burst from her skin.

Magic Resistance. Jadis has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Innate Spellcasting. Jadis’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 23, +15 to hit with spell attacks). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

  • At will: frostbite, ray of frost, ice knife, misty step
  • 3/day each: cone of cold, ice storm, wall of ice, hypnotic pattern
  • 1/day each: control weather, globe of invulnerability, mass suggestion, power word kill

Actions

Multiattack. Jadis makes three attacks with her Icicle Spear or uses her Frozen Blast.

Icicle Spear. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +14 to hit, reach 10 ft. or range 60/180 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (3d8 + 7) piercing damage plus 18 (4d8) cold damage.

Frozen Blast. Ranged Spell Attack: +15 to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 32 (5d10 + 5) cold damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 23 Constitution saving throw or become restrained in ice for 1 minute. A restrained creature can make a DC 23 Strength check at the end of each of its turns, breaking free on a success.

Wrath of Winter (Recharge 5-6). Jadis summons a blizzard centered on a point she can see within 120 feet. Each creature within a 20-foot-radius sphere must make a DC 23 Dexterity saving throw, taking 54 (12d8) cold damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful one. The area becomes difficult terrain for 1 minute, and any creature that starts its turn in the area takes 14 (4d6) cold damage.


Legendary Actions

Jadis can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action can be used at a time, and only at the end of another creature’s turn. Jadis regains spent legendary actions at the start of her turn.

  • Cantrip. Jadis casts a cantrip.
  • Move. Jadis moves up to her speed without provoking opportunity attacks.
  • Chilling Gaze (Costs 2 Actions). Jadis targets one creature she can see within 60 feet of her. The target must succeed on a DC 23 Wisdom saving throw or become paralyzed for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
  • Summon Ice Elemental (Costs 3 Actions). Jadis summons an Ice Elemental that appears in an unoccupied space within 30 feet of her. The elemental obeys her commands and acts immediately after her in initiative order. It disappears after 1 minute or when reduced to 0 hit points.

Background & Personality

Background: Jadis hails from a realm of eternal winter, where she learned to harness the raw power of ice and darkness. Born from a lineage that mingles the ancient power of the fey with the strength of frost giants, she grew into a being of overwhelming magical might. After seizing control of a kingdom through manipulation and cruelty, she maintains a rule of iron and ice, crushing any resistance with her frostbitten hand.

Personality: Jadis is cold, calculating, and utterly ruthless. Her charisma and intelligence make her a master manipulator, delighting in bending others to her will and ruling with an iron fist. She views most mortals as beneath her, believing herself a rightful ruler destined to rule all she surveys. Despite her evil nature, she can exhibit a twisted sense of beauty and elegance, which she uses to charm and deceive.

Ideal: “The strong were meant to rule; the weak were meant to serve or perish.”

Bond: She believes herself the rightful ruler of all realms that touch upon winter, and she will not rest until her domain stretches over all.

Flaw: Her arrogance makes her prone to underestimating her enemies, and her pride can lead her to overreach in her ambitions.


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