Battle the Bitter Cold of Icewind Dale this Winter!

Battle the Bitter Cold of Icewind Dale this Winter!

🥶Icewind Dale: Eternal Winter. Chilling horror, survival, and epic fantasy. Fight the Frostmaiden, save Ten-Towns. Can you survive the endless night?

TYPE

Campaign

LEVELS

1–11

LANGUAGE

English

EXPERIENCE

Open to all

AGE

All Ages
4 NEEDED TO START
$20.00

/ Session

Details

Weekly / Thursday - 7:00 PM UTC

Session Duration / 3–4 hours

0 / 6 Seats Filled

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About the adventure

🥶 D&D Awaits: Icewind Dale – Rime of the Frostmaiden 🥶 Stop playing D&D. Start surviving it. Step into Icewind Dale, a realm shattered by the spite of a goddess. For over two years, the malicious Auril the Frostmaiden has plunged this land into an unending, twilight winter. The sun is gone, the land is buried, and every breath you take is a fight against the lethal cold. This is the ultimate D&D survival challenge, blending chilling horror, high-stakes moral drama, and epic heroic fantasy. Are you ready to face a world where the blizzard is as deadly as the beast? Why Play This Campaign? ❄️True Survival Horror❄️ In the isolated communities of Ten-Towns, the true enemy is despair. Food is scarce, paranoia is rampant, and the desperate acts of humanity—like ritual sacrifice—will force you to make impossible choices. You’ll be managing resources, fighting the elements, and witnessing the psychological toll of endless winter. Every success will feel earned; every failure, devastating. ⚔️A Race Against Armageddon⚔️ Your journey quickly escalates from local heroics to world-saving urgency. ✨Uncover Ancient Secrets✨ You'll compete against formidable factions in a race to claim powerful artifacts and forbidden knowledge. This is your chance to wield magic that can change the very face of the world. 👑Confront a God👑 Your destiny is clear: you must confront a deity. To bring the sun back, you must trek across the deadliest tundra on the planet to the divine fortress of Auril herself. It will take cunning, teamwork, and sheer heroism can break the god's eternal spell. ________________________________________ This campaign is perfect for players who love high-stakes decisions, a dark, atmospheric setting, and stories where heroes must be forged in the fire (or rather, the ice) of extreme adversity. Grab your dice and your warmest furs—the fate of Icewind Dale depends on you. Ready to create your hero who will brave the Everlasting Rime?

Game style

Roleplay Heavy

Sandbox / Open World

Hexcrawl / Exploration

Rules as Written (RaW)

Meet the Game Master

5.0

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DMs Guild Writer

3 years on StartPlaying

16 games hosted

Highly rated for: Inclusive, Creativity, Teacher

Average response time: 12 hours

Response rate: 100%

About me

What Ho, adventurers! I'm JJ, I've been a Dungeon Master running campaigns and one-shots since I got the D&D 3.5e books in 2003. 22 years later, I'm still running weekly games. My experience as a DM ranges from the down-right bizarre such as an all-dwarven one-shot to save Santa, to more serious high-drama and high-fantasy multi-year campaigns. I'm available for one off custom requests covering all of the games I have listed in my profile such as: D&D 5e, D&D 3.5, Pathfinder 2e, LotR 5e, AoS Soulbound, and Star Wars RPG. Requests can be for one-shot sessions or campaigns. If desired, a pre-written campaign is always an option if your party just wants to play something!

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Character creation

Creating your character

- Standard array beginning at level 1 - WotC content only

What to expect

Preparing for the session

- Discord & DnD Beyond needed - Roll20 needed - Microphone needed - Headphones suggested but not necessary

What DM JJ brings to the table

- Access to the D&D5e (2024) rules via DnD Beyond - The campaign on D&D Beyond & Roll20 - Session-0 FREE to build the party and kick of the campaing. - A fun and friendly attitude!

Homebrew rules

- Perkin's Crit: Max dice damage plus the roll of the dice then add modifiers. e.g. roll 1d8+2 plus 8 (for the max of the dice) - Secret Death Saves: only the DM and player of the dying PC know how well they are doing - helps build suspense and 'realism' in moments of stress/chaos

Equipment needed to play

Internet

Computer

Microphone

Headphones

Safety

How DM JJ creates a safe table

- X, N, & O via message to DM - Open Door

Content warnings

Safety tools used

Frequently asked questions