Full Item Description
This item appears to be an ordinary silk hat, but it has the unusual power to animate normally unintelligent lumps of raw materials. This item appears usually around the winter holidays, it seems to ride in on the North Wind and is usually discovered by children.
History
The first recorded appearance of this item was in 1969 A.D. When it brought a pile of snow to life, much to the joy of the village children it began to sing and dance. It spread joy and warmed hearts, but was defeated by the coming spring. Some say this Wintery Artifact was crafted by the hands of Santa Clause himself. But its true origin is unknown. This hat has appeared on several winters following the Winter of ‘69 and has done similar things in villages across the globe. No one know when Frotsy’s legendary hat will strike.
Magic/Cursed Properties
This hat has the powers to animate lumps of snow, dirt, clay, slush, sand, salt, and similar materials if there is enough to form a roughly 5-foot-tall humanoid. The animated materials take on the appearance of a rounded man (furthering suspicions that Santa had a hand in it’s creation). The creature created is a Golem or Elemental with average human intelligence. It will sing and dance to entertain children, but also protects them. No one is sure what other powers this hat possesses, but many want to use them for evil (Including the infamous Jack Frost and Heatmeister).
(I found the Lyrics to the Frosty song on www.Christmas-Tree.com)
February 16, 2008, 23:23
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March 17, 2011, 8:19
I like it for a light-hearted, Christmas themed quest.
In a fantasy game maybe disguise it a bit in a similarly easy, light-hearted way. Frosty's Silk Hat of Sentience is good. Lord Fraws Lowman (formerly a commoner of the lowlands, which the players discover at some point makes him formally Fraws T. the Lowman) might make a more interesting NPC, and adds something for your players to put together as they go.
March 17, 2011, 13:16
Frosty as a water elemental. I like it.
February 7, 2014, 11:00