Dungeons & Dragons Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden Adventure Book September 2020 Book

Very atmospheric and packed with details so that the DM can tailor this to their own style of play.

Surprisingly no transport damage to the book, I suspect a roll of at least 15 with that (perhaps with advantage?). A worthwhile book with fantastic themes surrounding the wilderness and the barren nature of the Icewind dales setting, I'm using the campaign as a reference to help inspire the depth and notions my campaign characters might go to in a setting where the nature of the wider world can be expressed through its strife and characters. Thematic spells and creatures also help introduce new considerations for any GMs looking to expand new possibilities and threats to their own settings or envision during the module!

Fifth Edition D&D goes from strength to strength with this chunky 320-page adventure set in the classic Forgotten Realms location of Icewind Dale. Chris Perkins has conjured a dark, horror-tinged story that sits perfectly in the harsh isolation of its icy setting. It certainly has an much edgier feel to it than the Icewind Dale of the Crystal Shard era. The superb artwork really helps to create that chilling, sinister atmosphere, and the book is well-organised, with a generous 45-page bestiary, too. The structure is loose and follows the tiered flow system of recent D&D publications: there is an overall linear progression to the story, but each stage can be approached in many ways so the players aren’t railroaded into a predefined sequential plot. There’s lots to inspire here, even if you’re not intending running the whole adventure as written - locations, NPCs and adventure threads are all ripe for the picking for creative DMs. All the 5e adventure books have been excellent to date, and Rime of the Frostmaiden is no exception.

Visit the frozen north and solve the mystery. This Dungeons and Dragons campaign book brings a whole dunnit style hunt in the frozen tundra. Whilst the book can be run by a skilled DM you will need to do a bit more work to utilise all the suggested weather rules. The story is fun and well written.

I'm about half way through this campaign with a well established group of players. The encounters are reasonable, the artwork is great, the information that's there is clear. This isn't a complete campaign, be prepared to fill a lot of gaps, add short pre-gens in or create your own to aid there storyline and levelling process. Currently well discounted as an older release, it is decent value for money and does make for a solid area to adventure in, just needs that extra input, so may be not for a DM's first campaign.

Great art work and information for playing ice D&D campaign

Excellent condition

Absolute beast of a book, with loads of really interesting background on IWD. Be careful taking the map out of the back of it, as it can be tricky, but really good quality adventure, looking forward to running it.