Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden (Fridays, 8:00 PM GMT+2)

"Some secrets are worth dying for..."

In Icewind Dale, adventure is a dish best served cold.

Beneath the unyielding night sky, you stand before a towering glacier and recite an ancient rhyme, causing a crack to form in the great wall of ice. Beyond this yawning fissure, the Caves of Hunger await. And past this icy dungeon is a secret so old and terrifying that few dare speak of it. The mad wizards of the Arcane Brotherhood long to possess that which the god of winter's wrath has so coldly preserved--as do you! What fantastic secrets and treasures are entombed in the sunless heart of the glacier, and what will their discovery mean for the denizens of Icewind Dale? Can you save Ten-Towns from the Frostmaiden's everlasting night?

Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden is a tale of dark terror that revisits the forlorn, flickering candlelights of civilization known as Ten-Towns, and sheds light on the many bone-chilling locations that surround these frontier settlements.

*A Dungeons & Dragons adventure for characters of Levels 1 – 11.*

About Me:

Howdy! My name is Zlatan, and I've been playing D&D for more than 27 years, with DM-ing taking a big chunk of that time. Raised playing old-school eye-to-eye D&D, in these new and strange times I've learned to like all the advantages online play provides and decided to take my experience to the wide web, creating stories and worlds with my fellow players. In this game, like in every other I've run, my main and primary goal will be to use my experience and storytelling to create a compelling, engaging, and fun experience for all my players. D&D has been my passion for more than two decades, and I always give my absolute maximum to work with my players, with that same goal in mind - create an experience we will be excited to share together each week! We've already created a tight community of players and friends, sharing these adventures on a weekly basis. Looking forward to you becoming a part of that!

What to expect from the Campaign:

• Characters begin at Level 1 and finish the campaign at around Level 11;
• Immersive storytelling and carefully detailed atmosphere, to help engage the players completely into the game ambiance;
• Weekly 3 to 4-hour sessions;
• Fully detailed, high-quality maps and custom tokens for your characters;
• Premium account on Roll20, with Advanced Fog of War and Dynamic Lighting, all for your enjoyment!
• Carefully selected soundtracks to bring that immersion home;
• Access to my own Discord server and our own campaign channel within it;
• Access to our own private Teamspeak 3 server for voice chat;

What to expect from your DM:

• Expect a fully invested and experienced DM, with years of creating worlds, dungeons, and monsters under his belt;
• Special attention to characters: I want to know everything about your characters, so I will be keeping track of your backstories, and all the little changes your characters go through as we progress the campaign. With this knowledge, I will create homebrew content that will be especially focused on player characters and incorporate that into our game, in order to make this a story about your characters too!
• 24/7 assistance: I will be open to your suggestions, critiques, praises, and questions at all times! You can express all your ideas via PM at any time, and I will respond at my earliest convenience.
• Teamwork! I am not the tyrant type of DM with the credo „My table, my rules, my way or the highway!“. I believe we can all work together to make this a hell of a fun ride for all of us, and I will sometimes bend the rules, if needed, to make our gaming experience better.
• I am constantly investing in Roll20, Discord and Teamspeak additional content and features, to keep this a Premium experience for my players.

Character Building Information

• Characters start at Level 1.
• Ability scores are selected using 27 Point Buy or Standard Array of 15,14,13,12,10,8 (for details on these methods, refer to your Player's Handbook), or Stat Roll (4d6, drop lowest).
• Standard starting equipment comes with your Class and Background.
• Any WoTC released material is acceptable, including Unearthed Arcana that is not superseded by the official release. Use of homebrew races/class/subclass will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
• The latest rules presented in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything are fully acceptable.

Pay-To-Play Disclaimer

Kindly be informed that this will be a Pay-to-Play campaign, requiring payment of €14 (EUR) per session via PayPal or €49 (EUR) per month, due at least three hours before each session. Our Session 0 will be completely free. Additional benefits will be as follows:

- Its your Birthday? No need to pay! If your birthday is during the week of our game, that week's session is completely free for you!
- If a monthly payment is made, in addition to the cost reduction, the payment will cover the 5th session of the month as well, when available. This means the 5th session of that month will be completely free for monthly subscribers!

Why pay?

- No DM bailing. I'm here for the long haul, and your payment helps make sure of that.
- Committed players. Players who pay are usually maximally invested in making this work. You'll be playing with other players who love D&D and want to see this campaign through from start to finish. You will also be sharing your adventures with some of the players who have been part of our community for the last two years, making it a very stable group.
- My time. Your payment not only helps with keeping up the Premium accounts on Roll20, Discord, and Teamspeak for the enjoyment of us all, but also the time and preparation I will carefully and methodically put into the game.
- High-quality Roll20 module. This game will play in the official Rime of the Frostmaiden module installed, providing us with maps and other play materials of the highest quality. I will also constantly add homebrew content and update art, handouts, maps, and music.
- Premium Roll20 Features. We'll be using Dynamic lighting, Fog of War, carefully selected soundtracks, and other Premium features that will enhance our gaming experience!
- Shared Compendium. This provides easy access to all official 5E resources currently supported by the Roll20 Compendium system.

Applying

This game is intended for both new and experienced players! I am proud to say that our community has taken in so many completely new players until now, and they have all become an integral part of our little family, learning to play and love this fantastic game in the process! If you are looking to learn from scratch, shake off the rust, try something new, or simply have fun, this is the game for you!
You can apply by following the Roll20 link: https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/10961310/apply-here. Please provide some basic info by filling out the short application template.