So… there is a new #DND adventure coming out tomorrow. #rimeofthefrostmaiden Hope you bring your wool socks. pic.twitter.com/ebD7BIigsh
— Shawn G. Wood (@thesgw) September 14, 2020
Illo (color) from the adventure: Rime of the Frost Maiden. #dnd pic.twitter.com/vQI7KkZY7w
— Shawn G. Wood (@thesgw) September 15, 2020
SHOP NOW!
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden is full of terrifying secrets, some of which lie buried under ice and snow. Cartography by @staceyallanart and @BeholderPie (AD: Kate Irwin). #wotcstaff #dnd pic.twitter.com/Jw0tWtR0l2
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) August 13, 2020
That’s the reaction I was hoping for. 👍
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) August 13, 2020
@TheEdVerse Hi Ed. Someone was asking today on one of the FR FB pages what the dwarven words for “snow”, “snowball”, “snowflake” and “frost” might be. Are you able to fill us in?
— George Krashos (@gkrashos) September 21, 2020
1)
Sure!
Sleet is “agwurl” (from agh = sharp + wurl = perilous water or unwelcome water [as opposed to wurn, which is useful, wanted water/good drinking water]). 2)
Powdery white snow is “neywurl” (white-water) when falling, and “neytulr” (white + heap or pile) when fallen/on the ground.
A snowflake is “neywurth” (white-wet, as “wurth” is wetness, and the state of something being wet).#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 22, 2020
3)
Frost is “thorhavr” (derived from thorord = cold + havar = hide, skin, coating).
Ice is “aghvorwurl” (sharp-hard-perilous water), but shortened in daily speech to just "aghvorl."#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 22, 2020
Yet somewhat flawed, he said, looking down. At the belly and the heart monitor currently riding it. ;}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 22, 2020
Ed, how would you pronounce “neytulr” above? "NAY-tulur" but shorten the second "u" as much as possible.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 22, 2020
Since people have had a chance to thumb through Rime of the Frostmaiden now, I might share some of what I got to contribute to the book
The Gnome Squidling – hope your brain isn't ticklish. 🦑🤯
Based on an original design by Richard Whitters (@WhittersRichard)
AD: Kate Irwin pic.twitter.com/3QDCtgxFs1— David René (@BBoyFruit) September 25, 2020
Little tester piece with @SmugLabs pic.twitter.com/R4ZFsPbdqC
— hydro74 (@hydro74) October 26, 2020
Hey @TheEdVerse , it's becoming more obvious that Netheril is involved in the new book. My problem is I can't find any sources at all that say that Netheril was in Icewind Dale. I looked at GHotR and one of its maps says that Icewind Dale was dominated by Orc tribes during .. (1)
— Alex McClay (@AlexMcclay2000) September 15, 2020
And with the location marked on the map, that just adds to my confusion. Thanks! (3)#Realmslore
— Alex McClay (@AlexMcclay2000) September 22, 2020
1)
Here’s the thing: at the height of the “empire” of Netheril, Netheril consisted of many enclaves, a lot of them what are now referred to as “flying cities” (which, yes, fly about and so are mobile), created by Netherese… 2)
…archwizards. They all had wards or mythals or other magic arrangements to alter their local environments to what the creators wanted (even if it was just tinkering with ambient temperature and acting as a local umbrella).#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 16, 2020
am I correct that “as written” the players couldn’t take control of the Ythryn Mythallar without finding and destroying Iriolarthas’s phylactery, which is only described as “buried under the rubble of Ythryn”? SPOILER REPLY. Demiliches don’t have the Rejuvenation trait that liches do (they’re no longer tethered to their phylacteries), which is why Iriolarthas’s phylactery plays no meaningful role. So yes, characters could steal Ythryn (not an easy task, mind you). #wotcstaff
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) September 17, 2020
No, I know. I am asking how long it takes me to try to dig out on my own. You helping me takes a minute. But me doing it myself? Heh. Having been buried in a few avalanches (back in my day, wheeze, we did our research), it depends on how deep you're buried, the wetness/weight of the snow, and how you ended up buried (arms trapped underneath? in front of face, creating airspace to breathe and move in?).
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 6, 2020
The original draft of the avalanche rules had provisions for trying to keep yourself closer to the surface, and was harder to dig yourself/someone else free the more they failed while the avalanche was moving.
Way too fiddly and complicated, but stuck pretty close to realism. The rules for digging yourself out in the final version mostly represent you being able to clear enough space to breathe. If you can manage to do that, the rest is less important to track in a granular fashion.
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) September 6, 2020
Surprises me not at all. More realistic = more fiddly, and slows down roleplaying at the table more, every time. Gary saw that from the beginning, and often answers cavils at early GenCon panels with: “D&D is NOT a simulation game. If you want that…” etc etc. Avalanches and crevasses in glaciers are a very good argument for carrying the classic ten-foot-pole (or better, a longer one!), though. Also reaching someone who's fallen through thin ice on a frozen lake or river (and I've done that far too often, too!).
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 6, 2020
You ain’t lived in Wisconsin until you’ve fallen in a frozen lake. Yep. And Michigan, and Ontario where I'm from. I even fell through ice on my neighbours' frozen outdoor in-ground swimming pools, when I was a kid. And once tobogganed onto someone's roof in a blizzard, to their great astonishment. ;}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 6, 2020
