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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 8104488" data-attributes="member: 6775477">Icewind Dale, AFAIK, was detailed by Salvator for his first book. The description of them shrugging off a rough winter is about accurate, as they're a tough and stubborn breed. The pass out of Icewind Dale is only accessible a few months out of the year, so long winters are very, very common. Depending on the timeline of the PCs arrival, this makes total sense. If the party arrives in what should be mid-summer, however, then you're correct that the ultra-long winter would be part of events discussed (the winter itself probably already ran its discussion long ago).As for the ecology and economy, it's not really any different than ANY other wilderness settlements in RPGs. Civilized regions easily have enough farms to feed large cities, but as you pointed out, even a small town requires more food sources than are available. A village might have enough farming surrounding it, but that's as large as you could get.</blockquote>