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7. Entombed Greatship Two punts are anchored next to a frost-covered greatship half-embedded in a wall of ice. The hull of the ship leans at a precarious angle. Relaxing in one of the punts is a lazy
their spears to chip away at the ice around the greatship. Meanwhile, three yetis clamber across the deck and dig at the ice with their claws. The Northfolk won’t throw away their spears, so only the
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plunder. Sea. If this encounter occurs at sea, the party encounters a frost giant greatship (see chapter 7, “Berg of the Frost Giants”) with twenty hostile frost giants aboard. If the characters are
traveling aboard a vessel that has a speed of at least 3 miles per hour, their ship can outpace the frost giants’ greatship. Otherwise, the greatship overtakes them. Treasure. Each frost giant has a sack
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crew and passengers who saw a cloud giant castle or a frost giant greatship, or 1d4 survivors floating on debris after their ship was sunk by a frost giant greatship
Tundra: 1d4 hunters or trappers who narrowly escaped from a fire giant or a frost giant but were forced to leave a companion behind
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equivalent of a snowball fight) when the characters approach. If they detect intruders, they hurl chunks of ice at them instead. Treasure Each greatship holds treasure that has been piled up and concealed
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plundered from merchant vessels. 3A. Old Ship Construction The hull of a greatship takes up most of the interior space. Giant wooden braces hold the ship upright. The giants of Ostoria built the ship, which
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wood and have sails made from dragon wings. When not in use, the ships are anchored and their sails are lowered.
Greatships are longships sized for frost giants. A typical greatship measures 240
feet from bow to stern and requires a crew of at least ten creatures that are Large or bigger. A greatship has a speed of 6 mph, AC 15, a damage threshold of 20, and 3,000 hit points. It can hold up to
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oars hang from the walls of this room, which has snowy giant tracks on the floor. A door in the north wall opens to a tunnel through the ice. It leads to a ledge overlooking a greatship (area 9). A
dwarf can learn that she was named Mordana Ur’gray and stowed away aboard a frost giant greatship by hiding in a chest. Unfortunately for her, the chest lid froze shut, and she couldn’t get it open. It
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covers it. Once she swims to the surface of the lagoon, she takes flight and looks for a place to roost, such as a greatship or the top of the iceberg. Even if her eggs are destroyed, she won’t leave
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shipwrecks — the tombs of seafarers who fought for the town’s spoils and lost. Suggested Encounter Port Llast has fallen once more, this time to marauding frost giants whose greatship has run aground on two
giants left two winter wolves aboard the greatship to guard it (see the “Svardborg: General Features” sidebar in chapter 7, “Berg of the Frost Giants”). The wolves attack any characters who board the
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it goes and can’t be coaxed into veering off course unless they are magically charmed. Suggested Encounter Three days after the characters arrive in Fireshear, a frost giant greatship with white dragon
wings for sails and mammoth tusks lashed to its bow emerges from the thick fog shrouding the coastline. The greatship (see the “Svardborg: General Features” sidebar in chapter 7, “Berg of the Frost
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the harbor. The smoke billows out of a frost giant greatship (see the “Svardborg: General Features” sidebar in chapter 7, “Berg of the Frost Giants”) that blew into port and rammed several longships