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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sadras" data-source="post: 5917271" data-attributes="member: 6688277">My PCs were heroic, but I threw in a Frost Giant as a wandering encounter monster outside the Cairn that took on both the PCs and some of the Winter King's undead minions they were fighting at the time. Fortunately they retreated into the safety of the Cairn and let the giant take care of the undead (as I had intended), he was only meant for fluff and to showcase the hostile environment around them. This entire encounter all took place over a frozen lake which was already starting to show cracks due to the weight and violent movements of the Frost Giant.But good call on mixing those two modules. Thanks, will check this out. It's still great and after our discussion I believe I could work the Skill Challenge to be used to make a powerful caster "trip over himself." It does require some skill by the DM to not overtly give the impression to the PCs that the foe can be defeated through a Skill Challenge, but rather let it happen naturally through roleplay - with secret dice on the side by letting the DM make all the skill check rolls/saving throws..etc</blockquote>