Abominable Yeti

The Abominable Yeti was a monster the party fought for the Dawn Runners, a job given to them by the Battlehammer Society.

Description
An Abominable Yeti is a Huge Monstrosity, standing three times as tall as a human. Their white fur camouflages them in the snow and keeps them warm, allowing them to take prey by surprise despite their size. Then the teeth and claws are put to use, sharp enough to tear apart animal and armour alike.

Physical Abilities
An Abominable Yeti has great strength and toughness, making it incredibly hard to kill. They have a keen sense of smell, allowing them to track prey easily, and their aforementioned fur hides them in snowy climates.

They also possess Darkvision, allowing them to hunt whatever time of day.

Magical Abilities
All Yeti's possess a "Chilling Gaze", which allows it to paralyse an opponent who meets its gaze with ice magic. This allows them to isolate a target; either to make them easier to kill, or keeping them in place while the Yeti kills the weaker enemies.

Abominable Yetis, however, possess a more deadly ability - Freezing Breath. It can exhale a large cone of frigid air, freezing everyone in the area. The party heard from Throk about a herd of caribou near the foot of the mountain that had been frozen in place by this breath, instantly killing them.

History
The Dawn Runners, a hunters guild, passed a hunting contract onto the Battlehammer Society. Alexandra then gave the task to the party - to kill a Yeti in the Whitetooth Mountains, in the north of Belldora. Joined by Bearcharger, Daniel, Thera-si, Gym and Ira made their way north.

Stopping by North's Respite to stock up on supplies, the party made their way into the Snowbluff Dales, towards the mountains the Yeti was rumoured to live in. They met an orc druid, Throk, tending to an injured polar bear. He pointed them in the right direction, and warned them about the Yeti's freezing breath.

Heading up the specified mountain, the party encountered a griffin devouring a deer. It noticed them, but didn't engage them, so they moved wide around it and continued onward.

Finally coming up to a large plateau, the party found the Abominable Yeti eating a caribou, with the carcasses of a few others scattered about. They stealthily surrounded it and attacked. Unfortunately it's mate was in the mountain above, and joined them. Daniel was then killed by a Freezing Breath attack, but was brought back by Tymora. After a difficult battle, in which one Yeti was polymorphed into a cat and Ira was nearly thrown off a cliff by an avalanche, the party managed to kill both Yetis.