You survived the Frozen Veil.
Whether it was a failed expedition, a shattered caravan, a collapsed settlement, or a resonance-scarred winter that never ended — you endured when others did not. You know what true cold feels like. Not discomfort. Not hardship.
Silence.
The kind of cold that swallows sound. The kind that makes even prayer feel distant.
You have walked beneath a sky that did not answer.
And you came back.
In Tolara, regions scarred by elemental imbalance and ancient resonance anomalies still exist — remnants of older Ages when structure was hard-won
The DM’s Guide to Tolara.
The Frozen Veil is one such place: a stretch of land where wind carries more than snow, and where the boundary between endurance and erasure is thin.
You learned how to survive there.
You learned what the world becomes when warmth fails.
- Ability Scores: Constitution, Strength, Wisdom
- Feat: Tough
- Skill Proficiencies: Survival and Perception
- Tool Proficiencies: Navigator's Tools or Carpenter's Tools
- Equipment: Choose one type of Navigator's Tools, Carpenter's Tools, or Leatherworker's Tools;
Traveler’s Clothes;
Pouch;
a weather-worn cloak;
a frost-scarred knife (treat as Dagger);
15 GP.
The Frozen Veil did not take you.
You endured hunger that hollowed the bones, winds that stripped flesh raw, and nights where even the sky felt absent. Your body remembers that cold. It refuses to surrender easily.
Survival was not luck — it was will. And that will still hardens you against what should break others.
Your Hit Point maximum increases by an amount equal to twice your character level when you gain this feat.
Whenever you gain a level thereafter, your Hit Point maximum increases by an additional 2 Hit Points.
Suggested Characteristics
| d6 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I waste nothing — not food, not words, not chances. |
| 2 | Silence doesn’t make me uncomfortable. It feels honest. |
| 3 | I always position myself where I can see exits and shelter. |
| 4 | I instinctively track the weather, even when indoors. |
| 5 | I distrust comfort. It makes people careless. |
| 6 | In storms or tense moments, I hum quietly just to hear something alive. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Endurance. Survival is its own form of defiance. |
| 2 | Memory. Those who froze deserve to be remembered. |
| 3 | Balance. Cold isn’t evil — imbalance is. |
| 4 | Self-Reliance. No one is coming. Act accordingly. |
| 5 | Resonance. The world speaks through extremes. Listen carefully. |
| 6 | Shelter. No one should die without warmth and protection. |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I carry something that belonged to someone who didn’t make it out. |
| 2 | I owe my life to a stranger I never truly saw. |
| 3 | I will return to the Veil one day — for answers or closure. |
| 4 | A particular wind pattern still haunts my dreams. |
| 5 | I survived when someone stronger did not. |
| 6 | Something in the Veil noticed me… and chose not to take me. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I hoard supplies even when it isn’t necessary. |
| 2 | I push myself past safe limits because stopping feels like weakness. |
| 3 | I struggle to trust warmth or kindness. |
| 4 | When overwhelmed, I emotionally shut down. |
| 5 | I assume plans will fail and prepare for the worst outcome. |
| 6 | Part of me believes I should have stayed in the cold. |
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