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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RainOfSteel" data-source="post: 3350444" data-attributes="member: 24460">That rocks!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /> If the characters descend into Niflheim by way of Yggdrasil, have them:1 -- Meet the dragon, Nidhogg, at the base.  Fight, flee, or sneak?  What, it's only CR 20-30, or something like that.2 -- See Hvergelmir.  It's a good place to meet the Norns.  It's also a good place to learn cryptic information or get final boons.3 -- After passing those challenges, have them face crossing the Elivagar (eleven rivers).  Splashing water from the rivers could, conceivably, form new giants when the drops hit the ground on the banks (if the rivers made Ymir, what can drops do?).  Oh yes, the rivers are all poisonous, and the one that runs to Hel's gate, Gjoll, is freezing cold and has knives flowing through it.  Undead fiendish advanced frost giants that can fire knife storms and are immune to edged weapons may live in the river.  Huzzah!  Good thing the PCs probably will be smart enough to avoid a swim.Gah!  The possibilities flow away in an endless cascade!This is the best idea I have seen in a long time.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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