[Winter] Item - Snowball Auto-Launcher (Patreon)

Snowball Auto-LauncherOther

Snowball fights in gnomish polar regions can get especially heated.  This contraption combines the best of gnomish engineering with the rowdy antics of arctic elves.

The tank in this machine can hold up to 5 gallons of water. While holding this machine, you can use an action to activate the machine, causing it to consume 1 gallon of water and launch a volley of 10 snowballs at a creature you can see within 30 feet of you. The target creature must make a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, target takes nonlethal cold damage equal to 20 minus the saving throw result, and is pushed a number of feet away from you equal to the cold damage taken. A creature within 5 feet of the machine can use an action to pour up to 1 gallon's worth of water into the tank. 

Enhanced Variant. If the machine is well-designed, improved, or briefly overclocked, increase the DC of the save to 25, and the cold damage taken becomes 25 minus the saving throw result. 

Blizzard Variant. This version of the machine is a beast unto itself. Increase the DC of the save to 30, and the cold damage taken becomes 30 minus the saving throw result.