Women of the North

“Let me get this straight. Where you come from, there are wintery witches, maidens of snow and ice, winged women warriors and women who turn into swans? You think maybe you’ve been out in the cold a little too long?”
A barmaid to a traveler from the north

Following on the Winter Witch Tradition and the most infamous of winter witches, I present two new temple selections for the templar and an additional totem animal to use with the beastlord or the Player’s Companion shaman.

Temple	Weapons	Special Abilities	Proficiency List
Snow Maiden	dagger, dart, hand axe, ice axe (battle axe), javelin, pick (war hammer), short sword, sling, sword, whip	1st level: resistant to cold, 5th level: icy darts ( as fiery darts but cold-based) once per 8 hours; each use takes 1 round, 9th level: add 1st – pass without trace, 2nd – obscuring cloud, slipperiness, 3rd – freezing rain to class spell list	Ambushing, Combat Trickery (disarm, knock down), Precise Shooting
Valkyrie	battle axe, great axe, hand axe, javelin, short sword, shortbow, spear, sword, two-handed sword, war hammer	1st level: aura of protection, 7th level: summon berserkers once per hour; each use takes 1 turn, 10th level: winged flight once per day; each use takes 1 round, 13th level: summon winged steed once per day; each use takes 1 turn, 14th level: call dragon once per week; each use takes 1 turn	Precise Shooting, Running, Swashbuckling, Weapon Finesse

Totem Animal	Key Ability	Totem Benefit	Characteristics
Swan	CHA	Mystic Aura	Move 300’ fly, HD 1, AC1, #AT 1, Dmg 1d4