Recent content by Forester

Playtesting…. We have never done critical success/fail with ability rolls. But, DMing today, I said we would. PCs have been carrying around this locked metal chest since they were level 3 (they are now level 5 – and one at 6). It is DC25 to open. The only one with proficiency with thieves’...

Today I finished reading to the end of it (I did skim-read a few parts). Love so much. I think I can use this book for a long time. But the Epilogue?? ‘The Obelisk has now sent them back to the spring of -343 DR … the characters now have a whole new world to explore … you will need to delve...

Thank you so much for your replies, they have encouraged me - and yes, I must do a bit of movie-watching/reading ... that kind of research sounds fun. About 10 years ago, I read 'Frostbite' (I think it was called), with lots about temperature bands, wind chill, snow blindness, and 'snow-impeded...

Actually, that's a very good idea. Doesn't even need to be before the game. Just say a little something in-game, and then say, 'So what's that like?' It doesn't really matter who the imagery comes from. Thank you.

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...