Frostburn: what are you doing with it?

[nikolai]

What's everyone doing with Frostburn?

I know you can use bits from the book (monsters/magic/feats/etc.), but I'm thinking of running a campaign set in the snowbound North. What are the good campaign themes and arcs that you could use in that sort of arena?

 

[ForceUser]

I'm using bits from my friend's copy of Frostburn to design a couple of features of the icy north area of my campaign world, which is Norse in flavor. All in all, though, I'm glad I bought the now-defunct Monkey God Enterprises' Frost & Fur instead; F&F actually examines real-world arctic cultures, the Aluet/Inuit/Tlillik, the Norse, and the Slavs, as opposed to the generic fantasy clap-trap in Frostburn. Fluff-wise, Frostburn is a huge disappointment, but they win over F&F in the crunch department, hands down.

Still, feh. Don't really need it, glad I didn't buy it. Waste of 35 bucks if you ask me.

 

[Tarril Wolfeye]

Well, IMC the fey queen of air and darkness has just plunged the world into eternal winter and the players have to reverse that. So, obviously I can get quite some mileage out of Frostburn.

 

[jester47]

I am running a Forgotten Realms campaign in the Savage North. So it is turning out to be quite valuable.

Aaron.

 

[Pants]

I'm trying to find ways to use it in my current Eberron game. As it is, I really want to start up a Frostfell only type game, but I don't want to end yet another campaign yet. So far, I've come up with the idea that House Tharashk has unearthed some lost dwarven magic that was brought over from the Frostfell by the ancient dwarves. For whatever reason, both Vol and the Dreaming Dark want to get their hands on it.

This could segue into a nice little side adventure later on IF the PC's decide to investigate the ruins where the magical-frosty-widget of doom was unearthed. Insert Frostfell-styled dungeon here.

 

[mmadsen]

Well, IMC the fey queen of air and darkness has just plunged the world into eternal winter and the players have to reverse that. So, obviously I can get quite some mileage out of Frostburn.

Did she offer the party's rogue some Turkish delight?

 

[Falldog]

I'm using bits and bobs from Frostburn, and Frost and Fur, to build a campaign based around the Sami peoples of Northern Europe - like our version of the Inuits, basically.

I visited northern Sweden in winter a couple of years ago, and have since been fascinated with the Sami culture and their shamanistic beliefs - which is all stuff I'm trying to work in... Albeit with an ancient Cthulu-esque creature frozen into a slowly melting glacier, and a sect of vicious monks prepared to raze my PCs' county to the ground to make sure it can't be freed!

Now, I don't remember that in Sweden...

Basically, though, like ForceUser said, the more realistic stuff is coming from Frost and Fur (mainly environmental effects and cultural details - which that book rocks at) and I'm just using some of the fantasy crunch and a monster or two from Frostburn. The two books together make a pretty fantastic resource for a campaign such as this.

 

[DarrenGMiller]

What's everyone doing with Frostburn?

I am leaving it in the store.

Seriously, I will probably buy the desert book since I have always wanted to run a desert campaign and I may break down and buy Frostburn after that, but right now money is tight and I have to choose my gaming purchases wisely.

DM

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I visited northern Sweden in winter a couple of years ago, and have since been fascinated with the Sami culture and their shamanistic beliefs - which is all stuff I'm trying to work in... Albeit with an ancient Cthulu-esque creature frozen into a slowly melting glacier, and a sect of vicious monks prepared to raze my PCs' county to the ground to make sure it can't be freed!

Now, I don't remember that in Sweden...

You clearly weren't with the right tour group.

 

[Evilhalfling]

I have it checked out from my local library.
I love my library.
I will return it, statisfied I am missing little as my next campaign is set on tropical isles