Freezing Ray

Freezing Ray

	Physical
	5
	Hands, Feet, Face
	yes
	Flaming Ray
	Hands, Feet, Face
	FreezingRay
	no
Infobox data from game version 2.0.206.63

Freezing Ray

You emit a ray of frost from your (variant).

Emits a 9-square ray of frost in the direction of your choice.
Damage: (level based)
Cooldown: 20 rounds
Melee attacks cool opponents by -(level based) degrees
Your brittle temperature is set to -(level based) degrees

Freezing Ray is a physical mutation that grants the icy vapor natural body equipment on the limb of your choosing, allowing you to emit a freezing ray from that limb. On character creation, the player can Customize to select between the Hands, Feet, and Face, designating which limb the icy vapor will be located on.

Hitting a creature with a freezing ray deals Cold damage and forces a Temperature change dependent on the mutation level. Creatures with Freezing Ray will also decrease their targets temperature when making melee attacks; the attack can be made by any limb (even those wielding weapons) and does not need to penetrate for this temperature change to occur.

Having this mutation sets your brittle temperature to a value dependent on the level of the mutation. Note that it is set to this value rather than being reduced by it, regardless of other factors.

Freezing Ray allows creatures to wear equipment in its designated limb's slot and will continue to function even if that limb is covered. Losing the limb the icy vapor is located on will result in losing the mutation's abilities until the limb is restored.

If Freezing Ray is present on the same limb as other natural equipment, such as a Beak, that equipment will be icy. This will not be the case if the natural equipment occupies the limb's slot, such as in the case of the hooks granted by Hooks for Feet (D).

For each additional limb similar to the one that hosts the Freezing Ray (pair of limbs in case of hands), ray damage increases by 1: for instance, having Freezing Ray level 4 on hands, Multiple Arms, and helping hands equipped will result in 4d3+37-15 (Avg: 11) damage.

Formulas

The following formulas are used to determine damage, temperature change, and melee temperature change based on mutation level.

Damage	(Level)d3 + 1
Temperature Change	-120° - (7° × Level)
Melee Temperature Change	-(Level)d4°
Brittle Temperature	-600° + (-300° × Level)

Advancement Table

Mutation Level	Damage	Temperature Change	Melee Temperature Change	Brittle Temperature
1	1d3+12-4 (Avg: 3)	-127°	-1d4°	-900°
2	2d3+13-7 (Avg: 5)	-134°	-2d4°	-1200°
3	3d3+14-10 (Avg: 7)	-141°	-3d4°	-1500°
4	4d3+15-13 (Avg: 9)	-148°	-4d4°	-1800°
5	5d3+16-16 (Avg: 11)	-155°	-5d4°	-2100°
6	6d3+17-19 (Avg: 13)	-162°	-6d4°	-2400°
7	7d3+18-22 (Avg: 15)	-169°	-7d4°	-2700°
8	8d3+19-25 (Avg: 17)	-176°	-8d4°	-3000°
9	9d3+110-28 (Avg: 19)	-183°	-9d4°	-3300°
10	10d3+111-31 (Avg: 21)	-190°	-10d4°	-3600°

Mutation Level	Damage	Temperature Change	Melee Temperature Change	Brittle Temperature
11	11d3+112-34 (Avg: 23)	-197°	-11d4°	-3900°
12	12d3+113-37 (Avg: 25)	-204°	-12d4°	-4200°
13	13d3+114-40 (Avg: 27)	-211°	-13d4°	-4500°
14	14d3+115-43 (Avg: 29)	-218°	-14d4°	-4800°
15	15d3+116-46 (Avg: 31)	-225°	-15d4°	-5100°
16	16d3+117-49 (Avg: 33)	-232°	-16d4°	-5400°
17	17d3+118-52 (Avg: 35)	-239°	-17d4°	-5700°
18	18d3+119-55 (Avg: 37)	-246°	-18d4°	-6000°
19	19d3+120-58 (Avg: 39)	-253°	-19d4°	-6300°
20	20d3+121-61 (Avg: 41)	-260°	-20d4°	-6600°

Mutation Level	Damage	Temperature Change	Melee Temperature Change	Brittle Temperature
21	21d3+122-64 (Avg: 43)	-267°	-21d4°	-6900°
22	22d3+123-67 (Avg: 45)	-274°	-22d4°	-7200°
23	23d3+124-70 (Avg: 47)	-281°	-23d4°	-7500°
24	24d3+125-73 (Avg: 49)	-288°	-24d4°	-7800°
25	25d3+126-76 (Avg: 51)	-295°	-25d4°	-8100°
26	26d3+127-79 (Avg: 53)	-302°	-26d4°	-8400°
27	27d3+128-82 (Avg: 55)	-309°	-27d4°	-8700°
28	28d3+129-85 (Avg: 57)	-316°	-28d4°	-9000°
29	29d3+130-88 (Avg: 59)	-323°	-29d4°	-9300°
30	30d3+131-91 (Avg: 61)	-330°	-30d4°	-9600°

Ability Cooldown

Freezing Ray's cooldown (CD) in rounds depends on the user's willpower (WI) attribute:

WI	CD	WI	CD	WI	CD	WI	CD
9	27	15	21	21	15	27	9
10	26	16	20	22	14	28	8
11	25	17	19	23	13	29	7
12	24	18	18	24	12	30	6
13	23	19	17	25	11	31	5
14	22	20	16	26	10	32	5

Advantages & Disadvantages

This section is opinion-based. Your mileage may vary.

Advantages

• Deals decent area damage
• Can freeze enemies
• Has a far lower chance of destroying loot lying on the ground than Flaming Ray
• Makes dealing with enemies who have methods of freezing their opponents far easier

Disadvantages

• Very high cost at character generation
• Lower damage and higher cooldown than Flaming Ray
• Prevents the player from taking the Flaming Ray mutation
• Freezing in melee combat can be unreliable, as freshly spilled blood will warm targets that it spills on

Creatures with Freezing Ray

• ice frog(Level 3)
• Isahind(Level 3)
• Warden Ualraig(Level 9)
• Warden Yrame(Level 9)

References