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Cold Rider

CR 8.00 Fey CE Medium

Jagged, twisting antlers of dark blue ice crown the helm of this ice-armored humanoid figure.

Description

Cold riders are terrifying armored majesties, clad in cloaks of frost with a pair of large crystal-blue antlers cresting their almost skeletal heads. Their icy armor and weapons are as much a part of them as their frozen flesh. Cold riders delight in perversion, slaughter, and the corruption of other fey. They prefer undead or cold-resistant steeds, but even when they have no access to such, their phantom steed spell-like ability ensures they never go long without a mount.

Cold riders are 7 feet tall, though their antlers easily add another 2 feet to their height. They weigh 300 pounds.

Ability Scores

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Combat Stats

HP: 97 (13d6+52); fast healing 5
AC: 22, touch 13, flat-footed 19 (+9 armor, +3 Dex)
Speed: 30 ft.; icewalking
Init: +7
Melee: +2 icy burst glaive +12/+7 (1d10+6/×3 plus 1d6 cold) or gore +4 (2d6+1 plus 1d6 cold)
BAB: +6
CMB: +9
CMD: 22
Fort: +8
Ref: +11
Will: +10
SR: 19
Defensive Abilities: implements of ice

Proficiencies

Weapons: Simple

Feats

Improved Initiative, Mounted Combat, Ride-By Attack, Skill Focus (Ride), Spirited Charge, Trample, Weapon Focus (glaive)

Special Abilities

Improved Initiative from Feat

You get a +4 bonus on initiative checks.

Mounted Combat from Feat

Once per round when your mount is hit in combat, you may attempt a Ride check (as an immediate action) to negate the hit. The hit is negated if your Ride check result is greater than the opponent's attack roll.

Ride-By Attack from Feat

When you are mounted and use the charge action, you may move and attack as if with a standard charge and then move again (continuing the straight line of the charge). Your total movement for the round can't exceed double your mounted speed. You and your mount do not provoke an attack of opportunity from the opponent that you attack.

Skill Focus from Feat

You get a +3 bonus on all checks involving the chosen skill. If you have 10 or more ranks in that skill, this bonus increases to +6.

Spirited Charge from Feat

When mounted and using the charge action, you deal double damage with a melee weapon (or triple damage with a lance).

Trample from Feat

When you attempt to overrun an opponent while mounted, your target may not choose to avoid you. Your mount may make one hoof attack against any target you knock down, gaining the standard +4 bonus on attack rolls against prone targets.

Weapon Focus from Feat

You gain a +1 bonus on all attack rolls you make using the selected weapon.

Skills

Acrobatics +19, Handle Animal +16, Intimidate +16, Knowledge (nature) +18, Perception +18, Ride +22, Sense Motive +18, Stealth +19

Spells

spell-like abilities:

Constant—Pass Without Trace, At will—Chill Metal, At will—Deep Slumber, At will—Ghost Sound, At will—Obscuring Mist, At will—Phantom Steed, At will—Ray Of Frost, 1/day—Freedom Of Movement, 1/day—Ice Storm

Details

Type: Fey
Alignment: CE
Size: Medium
Environment: any cold
Organization: solitary, pair, or cavalry (3-12)
Treasure: standard
Senses: darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +18
Languages: Common, Elven, Sylvan
Source: Bestiary 3

Sources Used in This Record

16 House/Core

Uses feat: Improved Initiative (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Mounted Combat (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Ride-By Attack (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Skill Focus (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Spirited Charge (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Trample (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Weapon Focus (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Pass Without Trace (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Chill Metal (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Deep Slumber (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Ghost Sound (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Obscuring Mist (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Phantom Steed (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Ray Of Frost (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Freedom Of Movement (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Ice Storm (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.

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