Icewind Dale Rime of the Frostmaiden: Two Years in Darkness

Creating your character

Characters start at level 3, so you arrive in Icewind Dale already shaped by the world, with a subclass, a set of hard-earned abilities, and a reason you're still here when most people have left. Building your character is something we do together. You lead, I'll ask questions. Why did you come to the Dale? Not the story you tell strangers, the real reason. What's the one thing that keeps you from leaving? What does your character want so badly they'd do something they're not proud of to get it? That's where your story starts, and it's where the campaign will find you. Character creation happens during Session 0 or beforehand, whatever works for you. I read every backstory and deliberately weave it into what's already there, so nothing you give me goes unused. Allowed sources: all 2024 official material, Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, Xanathar's Guide to Everything, and more. Homebrew is welcome on a case-by-case basis, bring it to me and we'll make it work. Stats via Standard Array, Point Buy, or rolled (decided as a group at Session 0). Your character should arrive with three things: a reason to be in Icewind Dale, a personal goal that matters to them, and at least one unresolved problem. The rest, we build from there.

Preparing for the session

Getting set up is straightforward, and I'll walk you through anything that feels unfamiliar. You don't need to be a technical wizard, just someone who wants to play. You'll need three free accounts: Discord - for voice, session chat, and campaign updates (camera optional, mic required) Forge VTT - where we host Foundry, our virtual tabletop (free account is all you need) D&D Beyond - for your character sheet Once you book, I'll send you a campaign Discord invite. Join before Session 0 and you're all set. Everything else, maps, rules, lore, is waiting for you inside.

What Davi brings to the table

At some point in this campaign, something you wrote in your backstory, something you maybe half-forgot about, is going to walk back into the story and look your character in the eye. That's the promise. Everything else, session recordings, lore handouts, custom maps, in-world documents, written summaries, is just the packaging around a GM who has thought about your character specifically, and built this week's session around where your arc is going. Icewind Dale is cold. It asks hard things of the people who survive it. You won't be surviving it alone.

Homebrew rules

To improve pacing and enjoyment: Potions may be consumed as a bonus action (action for full effect if used on others) Critical hits deal max damage plus rolled dice Inspiration is awarded for strong roleplay and clever ideas and many more

How Davi creates a safe table

Dark fiction only works if the people experiencing it feel safe enough to go there with you. That's not a disclaimer, it's the foundation the whole campaign is built on. Session 0 exists so we can talk honestly before anything is at stake: what this story will ask of you, where your limits are, and how to tell me when something isn't working: during a scene, after a session, or three weeks later when it finally lands wrong. There is no wrong time and no explanation required. We use X/N/O cards throughout the campaign. Breaks are built into every session. My DMs are always open. And the open door policy means exactly what it says, you can leave any scene, any session, any time, and the table will be here when you're ready to come back. Respect isn't a rule I post and forget. It's the minimum standard I hold myself to first.