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<blockquote data-quote="arwink" data-source="post: 1022007" data-attributes="member: 2292">As a side note, you might want to check some reviews of the Malhavok Press product &quot;When the Sky Falls&quot;, which deals with the aftereffects of a meteor impact.If you want a major settlement in a primarily arctic settlement, and you're not afraid to throw around a little magic, I'd suggest having a council of wizards who opened a portal to the elemental plane of fire/heart of the sun/some other hot area.&nbsp; The heat itself is contained by a giant crystal sphere, so it doesn't burn the inhabitants to death, but the glowing orb is enough to keep the ice and snow at bay all year around.&nbsp; It also provides a good background feature to hook the city on (a big glowing orb in the centre of town will set it apart from most other cities the players have visited), and also has an added bonus of being an adventure hook (enemies of the city try to crack the sphere, unleashing an ungodly heat or lava wave that will destroy large parts of the city).Make a point of arming people with weapons other than swords - if you primarily have to deal with areas of snow and ice, weapons like Picks and hammers which can double as digging and tunneling tools will be more prevelent among all the races.&nbsp; Make a note of mentioning this to players when they're designing their characters, and arm a great deal of NPC's with varying weapons similar to this.&nbsp; Make up a few unique magic items for the setting - things like a heat coccoon (Which travellers can climb into, activate, and stay warm all night through in the sub-artic conditions), snow-shoes of speed (double speed over snow), etc.&nbsp; You might also want make greater use of standard magic items that would be of more use in this society - rings of waterwalking (which allow the wearer to traverse snow as if it were ground) and rings of Warmth will be more valuable than they are in most campaign worlds, and may take the place of such &quot;Mundane&quot; magic as +1 weapons in normal campaigns.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="arwink, post: 1022007, member: 2292"] As a side note, you might want to check some reviews of the Malhavok Press product "When the Sky Falls", which deals with the aftereffects of a meteor impact. If you want a major settlement in a primarily arctic settlement, and you're not afraid to throw around a little magic, I'd suggest having a council of wizards who opened a portal to the elemental plane of fire/heart of the sun/some other hot area. The heat itself is contained by a giant crystal sphere, so it doesn't burn the inhabitants to death, but the glowing orb is enough to keep the ice and snow at bay all year around. It also provides a good background feature to hook the city on (a big glowing orb in the centre of town will set it apart from most other cities the players have visited), and also has an added bonus of being an adventure hook (enemies of the city try to crack the sphere, unleashing an ungodly heat or lava wave that will destroy large parts of the city). Make a point of arming people with weapons other than swords - if you primarily have to deal with areas of snow and ice, weapons like Picks and hammers which can double as digging and tunneling tools will be more prevelent among all the races. Make a note of mentioning this to players when they're designing their characters, and arm a great deal of NPC's with varying weapons similar to this. Make up a few unique magic items for the setting - things like a heat coccoon (Which travellers can climb into, activate, and stay warm all night through in the sub-artic conditions), snow-shoes of speed (double speed over snow), etc. You might also want make greater use of standard magic items that would be of more use in this society - rings of waterwalking (which allow the wearer to traverse snow as if it were ground) and rings of Warmth will be more valuable than they are in most campaign worlds, and may take the place of such "Mundane" magic as +1 weapons in normal campaigns. [/QUOTE]

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