I DM Forgotten Realms, and I’d love to run the far north. But, in reality, I’ve only ever lived in or travelled in mid-Europe. I know Quite Warm (well, Very Hot to me), and I know Rather Colder, but I don’t know Icewind-Dale-Cold. Or the environment.
No problem, maybe: just use imagination and resources and describe it anyway?
But…
One of my players has lived above the Arctic Circle.
So whatever I say about truly cold places, I fear I’m going to get it far wrong.
I can’t say, ‘OK, you DM this.’ They wouldn’t want to, and after years of playing - well, I’m the unchanging DM, and that’s the way it is.
Any ideas? Or am I forever going to pretend that The Far North is totally out-of-bounds?
No problem, maybe: just use imagination and resources and describe it anyway?
But…
One of my players has lived above the Arctic Circle.
So whatever I say about truly cold places, I fear I’m going to get it far wrong.
I can’t say, ‘OK, you DM this.’ They wouldn’t want to, and after years of playing - well, I’m the unchanging DM, and that’s the way it is.
Any ideas? Or am I forever going to pretend that The Far North is totally out-of-bounds?