Just announced live on-stream at D&D Live 2020, Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden is this year’s new D&D adventure. Join us in watching D&D Live 2020 and scouring the the footage for new information about this upcoming new adventure. Or, read the article below as it's updated throughout the weekend with new information about Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden. 

This horror-fantasy adventure takes heroes to the frigid wastes of Icewind Dale as a divine evil descends upon land, threatening the Forgotten Realms with eternal night. Your characters begin their adventures in the isolated settlement of Ten-Towns, an aptly named group of ten nearby towns that have banded together in an enduring alliance to survive the dangers of Icewind Dale. 

Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden will be released physically as a 320-page hardcover adventure, and digitally on D&D Beyond with full digital toolset integration of the new monsters, magic items, and more found within. You can preorder it now on the D&D Beyond Marketplace to get special rewards. This story will feature icy environmental danger, modular adventures that can be played separately or together as an overarching story, and over 50 new creature stat blocks, including multiple for Auril the Frostmaiden, a lesser god whose schemes will place the characters—and all of Icewind Dale—in mortal peril. 

Learn all the secrets of Icewind Dale as D&D Beyond's Todd Kenreck speaks with lead designer Chris Perkins about the mysterious dangers you might encounter in this dark and magical land. This is just the tip of the iceberg, though! See all six of Todd's interviews in our full interview playlist.

As you explore beyond Ten-Towns, a tale of dark fantasy terror unfolds. Eternal night blankets Icewind Dale, and the amoral and power-hungry Arcane Brotherhood seeks to exploit this chaos to unearth and claim a dark and twisted power deep beneath this frozen land.

This is not the first time we’ve seen the Arcane Brotherhood at work in fifth edition D&D. Adventurers who have been with this edition since the beginning may recognize some of their members. You may have allied with the clever and wide-eyed dragon scholar Maccath the Crimson in Rise of Tiamat, done battle with Turbulence and Vengeance, the Horned Sisters in Dungeon of the Mad Mage, and seen fireballs slung from the Hosttower of the Arcane in defense of Luskan in Storm King’s Thunder.

These ambitious wizards have lurked in the background for long enough—now, characters will be faced with their true might directly as the Arcane Brotherhood seeks to break into the Caves of Hunger. What secrets lurk within the heart of this glacier, and can you uncover them before the Brotherhood gets to them first? As apocalyptic night descends upon the frozen north, you might be tempted to do anything in order to survive.

Preorder Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden on D&D Beyond will gain instant access to special rewards, including the brand-new Glacial Dice Set.

Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden releases on September 15th, 2020. This story will be updated as more information is revealed throughout D&D Live 2020.

James Haeck is the lead writer for D&D Beyond, the co-author of Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus, and the Critical Role Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, a member of the Guild Adepts, and a freelance writer for Wizards of the Coast, the D&D Adventurers League, and other RPG companies. He lives in Seattle, Washington with his fiancée Hannah and their animal companions Mei and Marzipan. You can find him wasting time on Twitter at @jamesjhaeck.