D&D 5E Running Rime of the Frost Maiden

[SuperTD]

Brain fart. How far can you see in dim light. You only have 4 hours of dim light during the day.

The same distance as usual (DM discretion I believe) but with disadvantage on perception checks relying on sight.

 

[TheBoredGM]

Also which monster was released in July that is the most powerful in 5E so far? Outside of Timate and the three Mythic Monsters in the Theros book, I can't think of anything else in 5E meeting that criteria.

Tromokratis.

 

[sim-h]

I'm shocked by how much Icewind Dale information is left out of the book - looking at the 'Encounters of the Week' for DnD Beyond is highly recommended to collate all these sources. Biggest shocker for me is that there is a far more detailed section on Bryn Shander in Storm King's Thunder than the one in Rime of the Frostmaiden! Seems a bit calculated to leave it out of the new book (i.e. now buy this other book as well) - some of the sections that are in there are copied verbatim from that source.

Disappointing.

 

[Weiley31]

I'm shocked by how much Icewind Dale information is left out of the book - looking at the 'Encounters of the Week' for DnD Beyond is highly recommended to collate all these sources. Biggest shocker for me is that there is a far more detailed section on Bryn Shander in Storm King's Thunder than the one in Rime of the Frostmaiden! Seems a bit calculated to leave it out of the new book (i.e. now buy this other book as well) - some of the sections that are in there are copied verbatim from that source.

Disappointing.

So if you do Icewind Dale, Rime of the Frostmaiden+Legacy of The Crystal Shard Next are both needed?

 

[sim-h]

The other sources are not 'needed' but they certainly make things a lot easier to flesh out, since we're talking about existing lore and published adventures

 

[Paul Farquhar]

So if you do Icewind Dale, Rime of the Frostmaiden+Legacy of The Crystal Shard Next are both needed?

No, there is plenty of detail in Rime for the purposes of the adventure. More, really. It's only if you are afraid of conflicting with some so called "canon" that you might want to refer to those other sources.

 

[Reynard]

The other sources are not 'needed' but they certainly make things a lot easier to flesh out, since we're talking about existing lore and published adventures

I have told my players, among whom there are a couple FR fans, that this is MY interpretation of Icewind Dale and there are sure to be conflicts with existing lore. None of them have refused to play so I think it will be fine.

 

[Azzy]

Elsa is a cheater, sorcerers don't get find familiar.

Nah, she just took either the Magical Initiate or Ritual Caster feat.

 

[Azzy]

Yes, there are a few shared elements between them (both have the whole "ice queen in a tower", both involve black ice / chardalyn, and both can potentially involve an attack on Ten-Towns by a 'dragon', etc), but I still think it would be good as a setup, since Rime of the Frostmaiden does draw on elements from that previous adventure.

I found it strange that they've (apparently) decided to conflate black ice and chardalyn. It seems, in the little bit of reading I've done, that chardalyn predates the idea of black ice and has nothing to do with Cren... Crenshin... uh... Cinnabon, whereas black ice is the aftermath of the uh, um... Crystal Shard's destruction.

I'm not opposed to this at all, as it condenses two not-overly-distinct quasi-magical materials (which can both be forged and can possibly negatively impact the weilder's mind into one) that are only found in the (mostly) same location.

 

[jasper]

Hmm wonder what the average dog sled HP and AC is? And I just did the number on the flight time for a certain encounter. Ouch.