D&D 5E The Gaming Gang Pages Through Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

In this video from The Gaming Gang, you can watch a page-through of Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frost Maiden, including a look at Aurils three forms. There's a few snippets posted below, but check out the full video for a look at every page in the book, which comes out next week.

"Jeff dives in to take a look at and page through the latest adventure supplement for Dungeons & Dragons, from Wizards of the Coast. D&D Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frost Maiden transports the characters to the frigid lands of the Far North to save the inhabitants of Ten-Towns and foil a trio of evil plots. The 320 page hardcover arrives in stores September 15th, 2020 and will carry an MSRP of $49.95."

 

[Reynard]

I am excited. Not only is the art gorgeous but the maps look great. I am a fan of Dyson Logos' designs but always felt they should be inked and colored to make them pop. It also seems like the dungeons are smaller scale, which I prefer for a campaign like this. The Avernus dungeons were just too big to serve as forays.

 

[Rhineglade]

Personally, the maps are "nice" but not great. At $50 a book, I think I would prefer to have maybe LESS art work and more detailed maps that I could use on VTT games (which is all I play these days).

 

[Ilgiallomondadori]

Looks sweet, but doesn't scream "horror" to me, like they've been saying this is.
Still, looks sweet!

 

[Bitbrain]

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That has got to be the fattest dragon I’ve seen in a while. Dude needs to diversify his diet a bit if you ask me.

 

[Reynard]

Personally, the maps are "nice" but not great. At $50 a book, I think I would prefer to have maybe LESS art work and more detailed maps that I could use on VTT games (which is all I play these days).

DMsGuild crafted maps should appear rather quickly. Some of the ones folks put together for Avernus were pretty amazing. I suspect that at some point WotC will start selling VTT map packs. it's money on the table at this point. I think a lot of folks are going to stay VTT even after the pandemic has passed. I run a game with folks spread all over, but my other game was out local game and we save travel time and get more play time by doing VTT. I think we will get together physically sometimes just because that is a great experience, but I bet we still use FG regularly.

 

[Weiley31]

Dang it, I can't make out the info on the Living Spell Blade of Disaster.

 

[TheIdeaOfGood]

That has got to be the fattest dragon I’ve seen in a while. Dude needs to diversify his diet a bit if you ask me.

It's actually a construct. In one of the earlier articles about the adventure on ENworld, they showed the mini - which looks awesome - so it's more of a construction flaw than an unhealthy lifestyle

 

[Weiley31]

That has got to be the fattest dragon I’ve seen in a while. Dude needs to diversify his diet a bit if you ask me.

It's pretty much a mecha dragon made out of some not so kosher material so being Chonky is probably part of the design plans.

 

[HawaiiSteveO]

Wow spoilers if you care to squint ...