A blizzard appears, growing to encompass an ever-wider area.

Daily   ✦     Cold, Implement, Zone
Standard Action      Area burst 2 within 20 squares

Target: Each creature in the burst

Attack: Wisdom vs. Fortitude

Hit: 4d6 + Wisdom modifier cold damage.

Miss: Half damage.

Effect: The burst creates a zone of wind and hail that lasts until the end of your next turn. Any creature that enters the zone or starts its turn there is slowed until the end of your next turn and takes 5 cold damage. A creature can take this damage only once per turn. You can end the zone as a minor action.

Sustain Minor: The zone persists, and you can increase its size by 1 to a maximum of burst 5.

Update (2/17/2012)
Changed in December 2011 updates.

Published in Player's Handbook 2, page(s) 92.