Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden is a 5th-edition Dungeons & Dragons adventure that takes place in Icewind Dale. It is designed for 1st- to 12th-level characters.
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Feel the cold touch of death in this adventure for the world’s greatest roleplaying game.
In Icewind Dale, adventure is a dish best served cold.
Beneath the unyielding night sky, you stand before a towering glacier and recite an ancient rhyme, causing a crack to form in the great wall of ice. Beyond this yawning fissure, the Caves of Hunger await. And past this icy dungeon is a secret so old and terrifying that few dare speak of it. The mad wizards of the Arcane Brotherhood long to possess that which the god of winter’s wrath has so coldly preserved—as do you! What fantastic secrets and treasures are entombed in the sunless heart of the glacier, and what will their discovery mean for the denizens of Icewind Dale? Can you save Ten-Towns from the Frostmaiden's everlasting night?
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden is a tale of dark terror that revisits the forlorn, flickering candlelights of civilization known as Ten-Towns and sheds light on the many bone-chilling locations that surround these frontier settlements.”
Description[]
The campaign assumes the characters start in Ten-Towns, first giving an option between two starting quests, and then gives optional mini-quests in each location of Icewind Dale to level up and become familiar with the locations. Some—but not all—of these quests tie into the overall plot. Because of encounter levels in Chapter 2 and beyond, recommendations for liberal level ups are given. Chapter 2 also gives rumors under the assumption that previous quests had been completed and gained the trust of people in the region. The story has multiple potential endings, both good and bad, based on the choices the players make throughout the adventure.
Synopsis[]
After the Second Sundering, the deity Auril the Frostmaiden returns to Icewind Dale to plunge it into darkness and everlasting winter.
Contents[]
- Welcome to the Far North
- Chapter 1: Ten-Towns
- Chapter 2: Icewind Dale
- Chapter 3: Sunblight
- Chapter 4: Destruction's Light
- Chapter 5: Auril's-Abode
- Chapter 6: Caves of Hunger
- Chapter 7: Doom of Ythryn
- Epilogue
- Appendix A: Icewind Dale Trinkets
- Appendix B: Character Secrets
- Appendix C: Creatures
- Appendix D: Magic
- Appendix E: Rime of the Frostmaiden
- Afterword
Index[]
Characters[]
- Angajuk • Arveiaturace • Auril • Avarice • Hengar Aesnvaard • Arn Akannathi • Lanthis Alderdusk • Hethyl Arkorran • Imdra Arlaggath • Bartaban • Brojk • Grynsk Berylbore • Yselm Bloodfang • Vlax Brawnanvil • Chyzka • Cold Crone • Maud Chiselbone • Duhg • Dzaan • Yilsebek Dalambra • Finn Dejarr • Silja Dejarr • Edgra Durmoot • Elva • Elza • Jarund Elkhardt • Friend • Jarthra Farzassh • Shandar Froth • Gahg • Garagai • Gargle • Garn • Gurgle • Vaelish Gant • Dannika Graysteel • Hathowyn • Hilda • Holgi • Hruna • Günvald Halraggson • Vellynne Harpell • Iriskree Harrowhill • Nimsy Huddle • Iriolarthas • Iskra • Izobai • Torrga Icevein • Kadroth • Kanan • Kingsport • Klaska • Koran • Korux • Krintaas • Sephek Kaltro • Copper Knobberknocker • Eglendar Korr • Isarr Kronenstrom • Nass Lantomir • Macreadus • Mere • Mishann • Mjenir • Oarus Masthew • Naerth Maxildanarr • Nether Oak • Fef Moryn • Cora Mulphoon • Huarwar Mulphoon • Grandolpha Muzgardt • Nymetra Myskyn • Norsu • Elprekt Norbrav • Mylbara Norbrav • Ol'Bitey • Ossyl • Oyaminartok • Prosperon • Vorryn Q'uuol • Ravisin • Reggaryarva • Kendrick Rielsbarrow • Rinaldo • Roark • Ruvik • Dassir Ravenscar • Scramsax • Scrivenscry • Scython • Skelm • Skorn • Snorp • Söpo • Storn • Karou Salafan • Dorbulgruf Shalescar • Duvessa Shane • Tam Sharf • Allie Shorard • Cori Shorard • Crannoc Siever • Dredavex Sinfiz • Bjornhild Solvigsdottir • Markham Southwell • Alassar Sulmander • Durth Sunblight • Nildar Sunblight • Xardorok Sunblight • Fel Suparra • Atenas Swift • Tali • Tekeli-li • Thoob • Touche • Trovus • Prudence Tarkwold • Kapanuk Thuunlakalaga • Ogolai Thuunlakalaga • Hlin Trollbane • Urthhild • Olivessa Untapoor • Garret Velryn • Aerix Vokototh • White Lady • Danneth Waylen • Xerophon • Danae Xotal • Yajath • Yogobor • Zilbo • Zublorr
- Referenced only
- Akar Kessel • Beldora • Big Knuck • DeGrootz • Demogorgon • Drizzt Do'Urden • Dougan Dubrace • Errtu • Artin Glanhig • Kintyre • The Maverick • Dagult Neverember • Oobok • Regis • Thruun • Vokarr
Creatures[]
- abominable yeti • arcanaloth • arctic fox • axe beak • barnacle • bear (cave, polar) • bee • brain in a jar • bulette • cat (crag) • chardalyn berserker • chardalyn dragon • chwinga • coldlight walker • crawling claw • demilich • devil (arch) • dog • dolphin • dragonborn • dryad • dwarf (duergar, shield) • elf (drow) • flameskull • flind • flying snake • fox • frost druid • frost giant (skeleton) • frost salamander • gargoyle • ghost • giant oyster • giant vulture • gnoll (fang of Yeenoghu) • gnome (rock • ceremorph • squidling) • goat • goblin • goliath • hag (lake) • half-elf • halfling (strongheart • hare • harpy • hawk • horse • human (Calishite, Chultan, Netherese, Reghed) • ice mephit • ice troll • invisible stalker • killer whale • knucklehead trout • kobold (Icewind) • magen (demos, galvan, hypnos) • merrow • mimic • mind flayer • moose • mountain goat • narwhal • night hag • nothic • ogre • ogre zombie • orc • orog • owlbear (snowy) • plesiosaurus • poltergeist • rat • raven • reindeer • remorhaz • roc • saber-toothed tiger • seal • sheep • slaad (green) • snow goblin • snow golem • tarrasque • tiefling • tomb tapper • vampire • vampire spawn • verbeeg • walrus (giant) • water weird • werebear • whale (sperm) • white dragon • wight • will-o'-wisp • woolly mammoth • wooly rhinoceros • wolf (dire, winter) • yeti (tyke) • zombie
- NPC Classes
- acolyte • bandit • bandit captain • commoner • guard • scout • spy • veteran
- Referenced only
- balor • bearded devil • Chondathan • dinosaur • doppelganger • ermine • gold dwarf • half-ogre • moon elf • mule • myconid • phaerimm • red dragon • red slaad • sarrukh • seal • specter • sun elf • wild elf • wood elf • wyvern
Events[]
- -343 DR • 1489 DR • Everlasting Rime
- Referenced only
- Midwinter
Items[]
- Armor & Clothing
- mask (object) • pegleg • sandal • scale mail • shield • snowshoes
- Books
- Lost in Lavender Orbs • The Codicil of White • The Incantations of Iriolarthas
- Food and Drink
- ale • beer • chowder • cider • Darklake Stout • elverquisst • honey • honey wine • mead • pear • pepper • ration • salt • tea
- Gems
- amethyst • aquamarine • bloodstone • eye agate • garnet • malachite • moonstone • moss agate • pearl • peridot • quartz • smoky quartz • star sapphire • zircon
- Tools
- healer's kit • navigator's tools • thieves' tools • tinker's tools • woodcarver's tools
- Materials & Substances
- alchemist's fire • basalt • ceramic • charcoal • chardalyn • copper • electrum • flagstone • gold • granite • iron • ivory • marble • obsidian • pitch • platinum • quicksilver • silk • silver • spidersilk • steel • thrym extract • vellum
- Vessels
- cog • dog sled • jolly boat • keelboat • nautiloid • rowboat • skiff • wagon
- Vessels, Named
- Bunch o' Knuckleheads • Burly Ram • Dark Duchess • Fallen Star • Id Ascendant • Pronged Goat
- Weapons
- arrow • battleaxe • crossbow • dagger • greataxe • handaxe • ice pick • javelin • longbow • longsword • scourge • shortsword • spiked chain • warpick • whip
- Miscellaneous
- alembic • anvil • barrel • bedroll • beehive • birdcage • blanket • boat • bowl • branding iron • brazier • candle • cauldron • chain • crampons • fabric doll • figurehead • fishing tackle • flag • flagon • hinge • hooded lantern • hookah • ice pick • iron maiden • jar • ladle • manacles • mannequin • map • needle • pincushion • plate • platter • pouch • pulley • quiver • rope • rope ladder • scrimshaw • snowshoes • soap • spyglass • stove • strongbox • stuffed creature • tent • thumbscrew • vial • whale oil • wool
- Referenced only
- coffin • nail • scimitar • strawberry • stuffed animal (teddy bear) • wheat
Languages[]
- Common • Deep Speech • Draconic • Druidic • Dwarvish • Elvish • Giant • Gnomish • Infernal • Loross • Orcish • Sylvan • Undercommon • Yeti language
Locations[]
- Bodies of Water
- Lac Dinneshere • Maer Dualdon • Redwaters • Sea of Moving Ice • Shaengarne River
- Buildings & Sites
- Angajuk's Bell • Black Cabin • The Caer • Caer-Konig (castle) • Council Hall • Grimskalle • House of the Morninglord • Jarlmoot • Karkolohk • Lost Spire of Netheril • Revel's End • Shrine of the Flaming Sword • Sunblight (fortress) • Town Hall (Easthaven) • Twenty Stones of Thruun
- Inns & Taverns
- Black-Bearded Brother • Buried Treasures • Dinev's Rest • Even Keel • Grumpy Moose • Hook, Line, and Sinker • The Luskan Arms • The Northern Light • Northlook • River's Mouth • Stones • Uphill Climb • The Wet Trout • The White Lady Inn
- Islands
- Solstice
- Mountains
- Kelvin's Cairn • Spine of the World
- Regions
- Icewind Dale • Far North
- Roads
- Eastway
- Settlements
- Skytower Shelter • Ten Towns (Bremen • Bryn Shander • Caer-Dineval • Caer-Konig • Dougan's Hole • Easthaven • Good Mead • Lonelywood • Targos • Termalaine) • Wyrmdoom Crag • Ythryn
- Stores
- Blackiron Blades • Frozenfar Expeditions
- Wilderness
- Cackling Chasm • Caves of Hunger • Cave of the Berserkers • Dwarven Valley • Lonelywood Forest • Reghed Glacier
- Referenced only
- Amphail • Anauroch • Baldur's Gate • Cape Velen • Chult • Cormyr • Daggerford • Delzoun • Faerûn • Hosttower of the Arcane • Illefarn • Illusk • Longsaddle • Lower Planes • Luskan • Mirabar • Mithral Hall • Moonsea • Mount Hotenow • Netheril • Neverwinter • Nine Hells • Ostoria • Silverymoon • Stygia • Sword Coast • Underdark • Upper Planes • Vilhon Reach • Waterdeep • Yartar
Magic[]
- Clothing
- boots of the winterlands • piwafwi • ring of the ram • ring of warmth • quiver of Ehlonna
- Items
- abracadabrus • alchemy jug • anvil of disjunction • bag of tricks • cauldron of plenty • driftglobe • hook of fisher's delight • horn of blasting • lantern of tracking • mythallar • orb of divination • orc stone • pearl of power • professor orb • psi crystal • thermal cube • Ythryn mythallar
- Living Spells
- Living Bigby's Hand • Living Blade of Disaster • Living Demiplane
- Potions
- antitoxin • potion of animal friendship • potion of gaseous form • potion of healing • potion of invisibility • potion of longevity • potion of resistance • potion of vitality • potion of water breathing
- Scrolls
- scroll of tarrasque summoning • scroll of the comet • spell scroll
- Spells
- alarm • animal friendship • animate dead • animate objects • arcane eye • arcane lock • awaken • banishment • bestow curse • Bigby's hand • blade of disaster • blight • blur • clairvoyance • cloudkill • confusion • conjure elemental • continual flame • counterspell • create magen • create undead • demiplane • detect magic • dimension door • disguise self • disintegrate • dispel magic • dominate monster • dominate person • Evard's black tentacles • faerie fire • finger of death • fireball • fog cloud • frost fingers • globe of invulnerability • glyph of warding • greater restoration • hallucinatory terrain • identify • illusory script • invisibility • knock • levitate • mage hand • magic missile • major image • Melf's acid arrow • mind blank • mirror image • mislead • misty step • move earth • Otto's irresistible dance • phantasmal force • phantasmal killer • planar binding • produce flame • power word, kill • power word, stun • prismatic spray • Rary's telepathic bond • scrying • seeming • shield • silent image • slow • Tasha's hideous laughter • telekinesis • teleport • thunderwave
- Weapons
- staff of charming • staff of frost • staff of power • wand of binding • wand of magic missiles • wand of the war mage • wand of web
- Other
- holy water
- Referenced only
- charm person • Crenshinibon • detect evil and good • message • reincarnate • remove curse • potion of resistance • stone shape • suggestion • wand of Orcus • wish
Miscellaneous[]
- Art
- calligraphy • filligree
- Conditions
- albinism • frostbite (condition)
- Games
- goatball • Three-Dragon Ante
- Plants & Fungi
- ash • brown mold • fire lichen • laspar • lichen • moss • oak • pine • weirwood • yellow mold
- Societal Terms
- gender and sex
Organizations[]
- Akannathi • Arcane Brotherhood • Clan Battlehammer • Clan Brawnanvil • Clan Muzgardt • Clan Trollbane • Council of Speakers • Dinev • Knights of the Black Sword • Many-Arrows • Red Wizards of Thay • Telepathic Pentacle • Thuunlakalaga • Tribe of the Bear • Tribe of the Elk • Tribe of the Tiger • Tribe of the Wolf • Torg's • Zhentarim
- Referenced only
- Alagondar family • Dinev family • Harpers • Ship Suljack
Religion[]
Credits[]
- Story Creator & Lead Writer: Christopher Perkins
- Writing Team: Stacey Allan, Bill Benham, H.H. Carlan, Celeste Conowitch, Dan Dillon, Will Doyle, Mikayla Ebel, Anne Gregersen, Chad Quandt, Morrigan Robbins, Ashley Warren
- Rules Development: Jeremy Crawford, Dan Dillon, Ben Petrisor, Taymoor Rehman
- Worldbuilding: John Francis Daley, Crystal Frasier, Jonathan Goldstein, Ed Greenwood, Amanda Hamon, Adam Lee, Ari Levitch, Mike Mearls, Christopher Perkins, Jessica Price, R.A. Salvatore, Kate Welch, Shawn Wood
- Managing Editor: Christopher Perkins
- Editor: Kim Mohan
- Art Director: Kate Irwin
- Senior Graphic Designer: Trish Yochum
- Graphic Designer: Trystan Falcone
- Cover Illustrators: Hydro74, Tyler Jacobson
- Interior Illustrators: Mark Behm, Eric Belisle, Zoltan Boros, Christopher Burdett, Paul Scott Canavan, Sidharth Chaturvedi, Jedd Chevreir, David Rene Christensen, CoupleOfKooks, Nikki Dawes, Axel Defois, Olga Drebas, Jesper Ejsing, Jason A. Engle, Caroline Gariba, Lars Grant-West, Leesha Hannigan, Sam Keiser, Julian Kok, Olly Lawson, Titus Lunter, Andrew Mar, Marcela Medeiros, Robson Michel, Scott Murphy, Irina Nordsol, Stephen Oakley, Robin Olausson, Claudio Pozas, Livia Prima, April Prime, David Sladek, Craig J Speraing, Brian Valeza, Svetlin Velinov, Richard Whitters, Shawn Wood, Zuzanna Wuzyk
- Cartographers: Stacey Allan, Will Doyle, Mike Schley
- Concept Art Director: Shawn Wood
- Concept Illustrators: Olga Drebas, Titus Lunter, April Prime, Chris Rahn, Jenn Ravenna, Richard Whitters, Shawn Wood, Kieran Yanner
- Senior Producer: Dan Tovar
- Producers: Bill Benham, Robert Hawkey, Lea Heleotis
- Project Engineer: Cynda Callaway
- Imaging Technicians: Sven Bolen, Carmen Cheung, Kevin Yee
- Art Administrator: David Gershman
- Prepress Specialist: Jefferson Dunlap
- Franchise & Global Brand Strategy: Nathan Stewart
- Executive Producer: Ray Winninger
- Director if Licensing & Publishing: Liz Schuh
- Licensing Manager: Hillary Ross
- Marketing & Communications: Bart Carroll, Pelham Greene, Shauna Narciso, Emi Tanji, Greg Tito, Anna Vo
- Product Marketing Manager: Chris Lindsay
- Brand Manager: Shelly Mazzanoble
- Editorial Assistance: Orion D. Black
- Special Thanks: Holly Barbacovi, Jason Barbacovi, Bianca Bickford, Cassidy Borger, Chris Cocks, Tony Craven, Jonathan Cruz, Soren Danielson, Jonathan Doran, Eugene Evans, Jay Gellerman, Chad Gokey, Andrew Harasymiw, Emily Johnson, Omega “Critical Bard” Jones, Ty Koebernick, Erin Kramer, Dan LaValby, Randy Lenius, Joshua Mendenhall, Connor Miller, Glen Miller, Nick Mitchell, Tim O’Hara, Michele Picard, Bob Pursley, Jeff Rebbeck, Bill Rose, David Schwartz, Rebecca A. Smith, Jayson Thiry
Appendix[]
Notes[]
- ↑ The adventure takes place in the winter of 1489 DR or later. According to the writers, the date is unimportant, so the adventure can technically take place later.
References[]
- ↑ Christopher Perkins (September 2020). Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden. Edited by Kim Mohan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 5. ISBN 978-0786966981.