TABLE OF CONTENTS Credits....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Table of Contents.................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Introduction............................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Running Encounters on the Ice............................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Encounter 1: The Crusader...................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Overview..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Background................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5 The Encounter........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Outcomes & Rewards............................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Scaling the Encounter............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Oleg............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Encounter 2: The Fey Raiders................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Overview..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Background................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Shulikun..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 The Encounter........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Outcomes & Rewards............................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Scaling the Encounter............................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Encounter 3: The Magic Fish.................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Overview.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Background............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 The Encounter.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Sprekker’s Characteristics.................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Outcomes & Rewards............................................................................................................................................................................................. 10 Sprekker................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Scaling the Encounter............................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 Awakened Animal Characteristics....................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Encounter 4: The Skating Team...........................................................................................................................................................12 Overview................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Background.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 12 The Encounter......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Outcomes & Rewards.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Scaling the Encounter............................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Skater Goblin........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Appendix A: Maps.................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Player Map................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 13 DM Map.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Sample file 2 INTRODUCTION RUNNING ENCOUNTERS ON THE ICE Two armies march against each other in the cold of winter: To run the encounters in this supplement, you’ll need the Dungeon Master’s Guide, although the relevant rules are heavily armored zealots on one side face off against a ragtag repeated here for your convenience. The first encounter group defending their homes. The battlefield is a slick sheet of uses NPC stat blocks that can be found in the Monster ice. Though they seem outmatched, the ragtag fighters hold Manual or the Basic Rules. All of the encounters were created to be used within Icewind Dale: Rime of the their own, and at the climactic moment, the straining ice Frostmaiden, but they can be easily adapted to any arctic or breaks under their opponents feet. The zealots are swallowed winter setting. by the frigid waters below. The combat encounters have been optimized for a 3rd level party of four adventurers, and all can be introduced It’s a powerful scene, retold in historical fiction and during overland travel in chapters 1 or 2 of Rime of the fantasy fiction alike. Such dramatic battles almost Frostmaiden. Each encounter also has notes for scaling the certainly never took place in reality, but it is true that in difficulty for weaker or stronger parties. cold lands like Russia, Mongolia, and the Baltics, battles All of the encounters are designed to take place at least were fought on frozen lakes and rivers. Whether you’re in part on ice. The following section includes simplified looking for a spectacular set piece or trying to add rules for moving on thin ice to speed up combat and to give historical realism to your game, battles on the ice will add resourceful