Rime of the Frostmaiden go brrr 🥶 | fast paced pbp
A frozen wilderness in the thrall of a cruel demigod. A despot inspired by terrible purpose. An ancient city lost in the ice...
$12.00
/ Session
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Play by Post (Asynchronous)
Billed Weekly / Monday - 1:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 2–3 hours
Campaign Length / 40–60 Sessions
1 / 5 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
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About the adventure
Hello and welcome to Rime of the Frostmaiden, an adventure in the frozen north for players new and experienced alike! In the early levels of Rime, you can expect dangerous adventures of survival, investigation, and combat in Ten-Towns, the settlements north of the Spine of the World recently cursed with everlasting cold and unending twilight. Later on, Rime features confrontations with otherworldly powers vying for dominance in Icewind Dale, some of which may test your character's sanity. Throughout, you can expect clear, atmospheric, and professional writing. This game will hew very closely to the story as published, with minor changes for the play-by-post format. Play-by-post is exactly what it sounds like: we keep the fire of adventure lit constantly by posting in-character to our story channel in Discord as convenient to you (about once or twice a day on average), no scheduling required.
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Play By Post
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Meet the Game Master
5.0
(5)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
1 game hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Inclusive, Creativity
About me
Hello there! I'm Nick. Let's make an unforgettable story.
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Creating your character
I'll provide a link to a dndbeyond campaign with loads of content to share AND we'll roll for stats together (4d6, drop lowest, take any array rolled by any member of the party) in our session 0. Note that Rime of the Frostmaiden has built-in character secrets selected at random! If you dislike your secret, you can select another, but you won't want to build a backstory until you have drawn a secret in session 0! If you'd like to get started tinkering by using Standard Array as a placeholder until we roll, here are the other character creation guidelines: ⛄ Classes & Subclasses: any official or third-party subclasses available on dndbeyond that you or I have access to are fair game, have at it! For classes, we'll stick to the official 12 plus Artificer. Wizard, Warlock, Ranger, Druid, and Cleric are especially flavorful for this adventure! ⛄ Species: All 5.5e Core Rules species are good to go. For third-party stuff and non-core, just ask first. I'm less worried about the power level than I am about the tone and vibe. Human, Aasimar, Tiefling, Elf, Dwarf, and Goliath are especially encouraged for Rime! ⛄ Backgrounds: any official or third-party backgrounds available on dndbeyond that you or I have access to are good to go! Feel free to make a Custom Background and choose a fitting Origin feat to go with it. ⛄ Feats: any official or third-party on DDB is fine, AND everyone will get an extra Origin feat at level 1 (on top of the feat you get for your Background and on top of the feat a Human gets -- so Humans will start with three feats). ⛄ Spells: all official spells are good to go. For third-party stuff, go ahead and take what you like but if a spell starts to significantly overshadow the rest of the party or encroach big time on another player character's role, then I will (politely!) ask you to (please!) select something else. ⛄ Equipment: Starting equipment OR gold (and you can use the gold to "buy" your own equipment before we begin).
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You'll need a free Discord account and a free dndbeyond account. That's it!
What Dr. Nah brings to the table
🧊 Dndbeyond content sharing, including third-party material. 🧊 Rewards for inspired roleplay, tactical and challenging combat as desired, and atmospheric writing. 🧊 Help using the Avrae bot for dice rolling and Tupperbox for posting. 🧊 Guidance at any stage for anyone new to D&D or ttrpgs in general!
Homebrew rules
❄️ At Ranger level 5, Hunter's Mark no longer requires Concentration. At Ranger Level 13, Hunter's Mark is a Free Action to cast. ❄️ Monks, Rogues, and Barbarians get an extra General feat (from the 5.5e feats only, please) at Monk/Rogue/Barbarian level 6. ❄️ Death saves rolled in private. ❄️ We're using 2024 rules so potion guzzling is a bonus action by default!
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Safety
How Dr. Nah creates a safe table
In session 0, I'll ask you to fill out a Consent in Gaming form to establish lines and veils. A major advantage of pbp is that anyone can easily step away from the game at any time! If we accidentally hit on something NOT covered in the Consent in Gaming form that you'd prefer not to appear in the game, please communicate ASAP! Whether that's in the group chat or privately to me is up to you. The content listed in Content Warnings is representative of what may conceivably come up as relevant in game, NOT what MUST appear in the adventure.
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