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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden (D&D Adventure Book) (Dungeons & Dragons)
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden (D&D Adventure Book) (Dungeons & Dragons) | Dungeons & Dragons
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Feel the cold touch of death in this adventure for the world's greatest roleplaying game. Beneath the unyielding night sky, you stand before a towering glacier and recite an ancient rhyme, causing a crack to form in the great wall of ice. Beyond this yawning fissure, the Caves of Hunger await. And past this icy dungeon is a secret so old and terrifying that few dare speak of it. The mad wizards of the Arcane Brotherhood long to possess that which the god of winter's wrath has so coldly preserved--as do you! What fantastic secrets and treasures are entombed in the sunless heart of the glacier, and what will their discovery mean for the denizens of Icewind Dale? Can you save Ten-Towns from the Frostmaiden's everlasting night? Brave the frozen North of Faerun in this Dungeons & Dragons adventure for characters level 1-12. Explore the frontier of Icewind Dale! Maps and guides will aid you on your journey through a land of isolation, paranoia, and deadly cold. Venture into the Ten Towns and other beloved D&D locations made famous by Drizzt Do'Urden and the Companions of the Hall. Encounter the hazards of a frozen wilderness. This book provides DMs with rules for running D&D adventures in icy tundras and wintery climes. Discover long-lost treasures, magic items, and long-forgotten spells in the icy depths of a truly unforgettable Dungeons & Dragons adventure.
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PuddleJumper
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Mehso-so

I am finally able to review this! I‘ve been running the campaign for close to two years now and we‘re going into the finale in July (which is not in the book). I replaced the Icewind Dale setting with Eiselcross from Wildmount. Nothing major was changed but I thought I‘d mention it.

PuddleJumper This cannot be run as written; it is a poorly conceived adventure and needs a lot of help from third party material. It felt more like random encounter after random encounter rather than a complete adventure. If you are looking for snowy side quests or ideas then grab a few from here and re-jig as necessary.
6mo
PuddleJumper Ten Towns is problematic. I would grab either an expanded version of them or write your own as some of the stuff included in the book did not make sense or was unnecessary. Looking at you incest town.

The middle part has nothing to do with the main plotline. It‘s essentially a side quest to grind levels. The players had no motivation to engage with it. It was mostly dungeon crawls, fortresses, nothing unusual or special.


6mo
PuddleJumper My players had a lot of fun in Ythryn, though mine was Aeor and I took a lot of inspiration from what was done in Critical Role. They did not enjoy hitting specific locations to find bits of poetry. Again, they weren‘t fully interested in the plot.

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PuddleJumper There were fun elements but get third party stuff to help restructure it and make Auril an interesting BBEG. Her stat block was a joke. If your characters are level 15 when they encounter her, she won‘t be a challenge at all.


6mo
PuddleJumper The art work was amazing. I loved flicking through this book because it was so colourful. It does add depth to a tundra/snow setting, the monsters are fun, and you can transplant the dungeon crawls into other settings. The maps were really good as well so the locations could be useful in other campaigns.


6mo
PuddleJumper I would definitely run it again but I would make changes before we even start.

Also, if your players/characters like animals ignore the awakened animals part because that is all they will focus on.
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PuddleJumper
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I'm running this campaign set in Wildemount rather than Forgotten Realms so I'm making some changes to the big bad.

Instead of Auril it's Errevon and the players have to find a magical artefact in an Aeorian ruin that will seal the rift into the elemental plane of ice.

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PuddleJumper I'm rejigging the Doom of Yhtryn. I'm taking out Arcane Blight because it would kill my players. Then adding in some dungeon crawling and a bit more treasure.

#wintergames bucket list and I'll hopefully have finished ‘reading‘ the book. Fitz is helping.

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robinb Such a beautiful baby! 😻 13mo
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Jari-chan Fluffy!!! 😻😻😻 13mo
RaeLovesToRead I cannot cope with Fitz's cuteness!!!! ❤💕 Was he named for the Robin Hobb character? 13mo
PuddleJumper @RaeLovesToRead Yes, his full name is FitzChivalry but we shortened it to Fitz 😃 13mo
RaeLovesToRead Awesome! Sending him snuggles through the airwaves! 🤗 13mo
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