D&D 5E Previews of Rime of the Frostmaiden

IGN has posted a preview of Rime of the Frostmaiden, including some preview pages (I've put one below). They will also be posting more previews tomorrow!

Exclusive: Get An Early Look Inside D&D's Rime of the Frostmaiden - IGN

We've got an exclusive early look at pages from D&D's newest adventure, Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden.

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[UnknownDyson]

Auril seems really weak for a deity of the same power level as Tiamat....

 

[Weiley31]

Auril seems really weak for a deity of the same power level as Tiamat....

The way I see/view it, Auril is like that because she was kicked outta the Gods of Furys by Talos, Malar, and Umberlee and went into an isolated form of hiding in Icewind Dale.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Auril seems really weak for a deity of the same power level as Tiamat....

I will say the three forms thing kind of throws off the true power of Auril, as if you consider a CR 9, 10, and 11 one after another that's actually more comparable to one CR 17 fight.

Still, Tiamat is CR 30 by comparison. So Auril is actually as tough as an Adult Red Dragon... which isn't really that tough.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Yeah, it's more that the late 1480's-1490's are a sort of field of potential events in the Sword Coast that can be mixed and matched as desired (Sky King's Thunder has some guidelines for that).

Still, it seems this is the first time the nominal date has gone backwards in 7 years of releases.

There may be a connection to one of the other FR adventures that requires this one to occur first?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Auril seems really weak for a deity of the same power level as Tiamat....

I assume the reasons for Auril's relative weakness will be part of the plot.

 

[NiClerigo]

If my memory serves me well, I think I read a page from the book shown in the YouTube video in which it was said that Auril was weakened due to her casting of a spell to bring about a colder and lightless era

 

[Paul Farquhar]

If my memory serves me well, I think I read a page from the book shown in the YouTube video in which it was said that Auril was weakened due to her casting of a spell to bring about a colder and lightless era

That was a hypothesis of mine: Auril is channelling most of her power into her perma-winter spell, leaving her only able to create weakened avatars to combat the heroes.

 

[NiClerigo]

Et voilà! That is indeed the reason. Found the excerpt -very blurry image

 

[Parmandur]

There may be a connection to one of the other FR adventures that requires this one to occur first?

Maybe the opposite: the Lord's Alliance prison might mean that if it took place after the events of the other Adventures, they would need to make canon ending choices for certain events.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Maybe the opposite: the Lord's Alliance prison might mean that if it took place after the events of the other Adventures, they would need to make canon ending choices for certain events.

I've a hunch it relates to the obelisks.