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Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
Special Equipment. Artus wears the Ring of Winter. He and the ring can't be targeted by divination magic or percieved through magical scrying sensors. While attuned to and wearing the ring, Artus
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Ring of Winter. The Ring of Winter has 12 charges and regains all its expended charges daily at dawn
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
polymorph into a Large bear–humanoid hybrid or into a Large polar bear, or back into its goliath form. Its statistics, other than its size and AC, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is
a creature that prowls the far reaches of Icewind Dale, known as Oyaminartok the Winter Walker. She can take the form of either a polar bear or a hulking, bipedal shape obscured by wind and blowing
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
can use its action to polymorph into a Large hyena or a Medium cloud of mist, or back into its true form.
While in hyena form, the vampire can’t speak, and its walking speed is 50 feet. Its
gnolls found an icy cleft on the edge of the Reghed Glacier and hid there for the winter. To keep their leader alive, the other gnolls allowed Tekeli-li to eat them one by one, yet his hunger would not
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
scales and ruffs of emerald-green fur running down their chins, chests, backs, and tails. One horn arcs from the back of a moonstone dragon’s skull and another at the tip of the nose; the two horns
can’t find a way back home to the Feywild.
Connected Creatures
In the Feywild, moonstone dragons interact mostly with pixie;pixies, sprite;sprites, and other Fey creatures who revere
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
more awkward than amusing.
A harsh winter trapped the duchess, her fool, and her fool's effigy in Castle Ravenloft for several months. The duchess subsequently succumbed to illness, after which Tatyana
sneak out of the closet in the middle of the night, smother the guest with a pillow, and then retreat back to the closet. The castle staff never considered that the effigy might be responsible
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
starlight between their bodies and the spines and horns that hover close to their heads and backs. These horns shift with the dragon’s mood: bristling with anger, lying back with fear or
winter wolf;winter wolves loyal to a frost giant, intent on convincing the wolves to change their evil ways.
4
A lonely werebear enjoys long conversations with a young crystal dragon but doesn
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
dozen adopted grandparents inviting you in for a meal.
3
Seeing a lost patriar after dark in the Outer City, you guided the wayward noble through back streets to safety. The patriar repaid your
for one last chance to win back the goodwill you’ve drunk away.
5
You once defeated a raging bugbear with a hand mirror, a mounted deer’s head, and two kicks to the groin. Later, you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
in. “Dang winter wolves say they ain’t givin’ ’em back till the town coughs up a king’s ransom in food and gold. This town barely got enough to feed its own, and there ain’t no gold. Ain’t no one
Getting the Quest If Dougan’s Hole is the starting town for this adventure, the characters already know some of what’s going on. Read: Dougan’s Hole is beset by winter wolves that stalk the outskirts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Holed Up Two winter wolves are extorting the people of Dougan’s Hole for food and treasure on behalf of a woolly mammoth named Norsu. Years ago, a frost druid cast an awaken spell on the mammoth
its side. The winter wolves, who served Garagai as faithful friends, look after the mammoth. Although Norsu feeds on plants, not meat, it delights in killing humanoids to avenge Garagai’s death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
for the Ring of Winter. If the characters make their way back to civilization with Artus in tow, they should encounter one or more of these groups along the way. Valindra Shadowmantle and the Red
Artus and the Ring of Winter Artus Cimber is unwilling to part with Ring of Winter. He is justifiably concerned that the ring would dominate and control any other owner. Furthermore, Artus would
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
trip back to Dougan’s Hole can be uneventful, or you can roll for a random encounter using the Wilderness Encounters rules (see "Wilderness Encounters"). If the winter wolves are still alive, they
awakened mammoth. However, they must also deal with the two winter wolves lurking outside. The remorhaz tunnel in area L8 provides an alternate escape route, since the wolves aren’t watching that exit. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
invitations and hands one to each character. Each invitation is contained in a pale-blue envelope that is cool to the touch and smells like a crisp winter morning. The invitations read as follows: Zorhanna
and Eliphas Adulare request the pleasure of your company at Paliset Hall to celebrate the arrival of the winter solstice. Come to Loch Wynnis no earlier than three days before the winter solstice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
State of the Ship After several days at sea, Soul of Winter comes in sight of the looming, shattered hulk of the derelict Emperor of the Waves. Wolgar Windrune brings Soul of Winter within 500 feet
was strong enough to carry off the masts, sails, and rigging. Its figurehead, once a majestic angel in flight, has been hacked and disfigured. Captain Wolgar and the sailors aboard Soul of Winter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
. Astronomers and navigators who closely watched the stars couldn’t fail to see that there were nights when they seemed to hang in the sky. The winter of 1487–1488 lasted longer than normal. It was then
. This shift in seasons has caused some sages, and the priests of Chauntea, to consider changing the marking of some of the annual feast days, but most folk counsel patience, believing that the seasons will fall back to their previous cycle over the coming years.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
The Crestfall Coven The hags of the Crestfall Coven have waited many years to steal back the shard solitaire. Until now, ill omens and vague auguries have stayed their hand, but the moment has
present stolen invitations to the winter wolves standing guard outside, then waltz into Paliset Hall, cackling with delight at how well their plan is unfolding.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
bay—an aurora that portends an everlasting winter. Storms bring driving hail and sleet that leaves everything coated in a sheath of ice. Snow piles in deep drifts and blocks all trails leading south
churns icebergs and floes in a deadly tumult, like winter grinding its teeth in anticipation of its next freezing assault. Trapped in winter’s cold embrace, nomadic humans follow herds of reindeer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Attack on Bryn Shander Twelve frost giants come to Bryn Shander looking for Artus Cimber and the Ring of Winter. Their leader, Drufi, has two winter wolves traveling with her. While nine of her
can either confront the giants and the winter wolves that are breaking through the southwest gate or deal with the rock-hurling giants as they see fit. Once the characters choose their enemies, assume
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Xandala The half-elf sorcerer Xandala has come to Chult in search of the Ring of Winter, an artifact in Artus Cimber’s possession. Xandala knows that the ring has kept Artus alive for over a century
him to give her the ring, then escape using her fly spell. Xandala’s magic traces back to a draconic bloodline, and parts of her skin are covered by a thin sheen of protective scales. She has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Street Chase: Winter After leaving the theater, the characters resume their pursuit of the elusive Zhent spy, Vevette Blackwater (CE female Tethyrian human swashbuckler; see appendix B). She leads
, after parting with it back in the theater. She doesn’t willingly divulge who has the stone, though the characters can pry the information from her using a charm person spell or similar magic. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, particularly the High Forest and the River Rauvin, but the book’s story dates back to the days before the future site of the city was settled. As the story opens, the weather in the demiplane is brisk but
not frigid, and the winter solstice is imminent. When the characters follow the course of the story, they arrive at the site of the adventure’s climax just before midnight on the day of the solstice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
stayed behind to guard the white dragon eggs and watch over the Northlanders and yetis. Also present in Svardborg are Isendraug, a female adult white dragon who desperately wants her eggs back, and
Nilraun Dhaerlost, the evil Zhentarim mage who is plotting with Jarl Storvald to find the Ring of Winter. Characters who interrogate Nilraun can learn where Storvald is and what the frost giant jarl is up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
became locked in a perpetual, dark winter without reprieve. Auril the Frostmaiden, the divine embodiment of winter’s fury, has withdrawn to this cold corner of the world to live among mortals
. Further, she has cast a terrible spell over Icewind Dale, to the detriment of most of its denizens. Each night before midnight, Auril takes to the sky on the back of a white roc and weaves her spell, which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Artus Cimber A former member of the Harpers, Artus Cimber is the keeper of the Ring of Winter. He found the ring in the jungles of Chult, where he also met his wife, Alisanda. The ring halts its
knuckles, Artus has tattooed the names of his dearly departed animal companions — a pair of talking wombats named Byrt and Lugg. Artus has spent most of his life trying to keep the Ring of Winter out of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
of Winter, and a crew to mount a mission to the derelict. Now he needs adventurers to go along and board the Emperor once they reach it, then find the box and bring it back. Aubreck describes the box
mansion is large but run down, and his clothes haven’t been fashionable for at least a year. He keeps his iron-gray hair pulled back in a short ponytail, and his mustache is neatly tended. Aubreck
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Theater: Winter As this encounter opens, the characters follow a fleeing Zhent swashbuckler into a theater in the Trades Ward called the Brizzenbright. Named after Malkolm Brizzenbright, its dead
owner, the establishment has struggled in recent years. It stays open in the winter for its own survival, but the theater is wickedly cold this time of year. Brizzenbright’s Ghost Malkolm Brizzenbright
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Chapter 7: Berg of the Frost Giants From their icy fortress of Svardborg, Jarl Storvald and his frost giants strike out in their ships in search of the Ring of Winter, an artifact they can use to
. When the adventurers first arrive at Svardborg, Jarl Storvald isn’t there. He’s aboard the Krigvind, his flagship, hunting whales in the Sea of Moving Ice. As the characters search for his conch, the Krigvind and its giants are on their way back.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Good Wolf, Bad Wolf When the characters first approach the outskirts of Dougan’s Hole or shortly after they first leave town, they encounter two winter wolves named Koran and Kanan. Here’s how the
easily. Koran approaches the characters, limping on one back leg and whimpering like a pitiful dog, making himself as unthreatening as possible. Kanan remains nearby but out of sight. Any character who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
part of the city without your dozen adopted grandparents inviting you in for a meal. 3 Seeing a lost patriar after dark in the Outer City, you guided the wayward noble through back streets to safety
. You’re hoping for one last chance to win back the goodwill you’ve drunk away. 5 You once defeated a raging bugbear with a hand mirror, a mounted deer’s head, and two kicks to the groin. Later, you and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
octopus has remained in the area, lurking in the water a hundred feet below. (The creature is fixated on bringing down the Emperor and pays no heed to Soul of Winter or the rowboat that waits for the
characters 200 feet away from the derelict.) When it hears noise from the characters’ fight against the ghouls in area 12, the creature comes back for another attack. (For best dramatic effect, you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
mourned her lover, Pero. She entered the Winter Nexus, a cave on the edge of Setessa that leads to the Underworld, and played a love song to lure Pero’s soul back to the mortal world. When Erebos saw this
in which worshipers make a symbolic journey into the Underworld. The supplicants enter a cave, offer prayers and sacrifices to Erebos in utter darkness, and slowly make their way back to the surface
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
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2 Nylea refuses to turn winter into spring unless Karametra agrees to abolish agriculture and yield all cropland back to the forest.
3 When tensions between Akros and Setessa peak, Nylea
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Buried Treasures Inn This inn caters to treasure-seekers, specifically ones who pan for treasure along the riverbank in warmer weather. During the winter, this establishment has few, if any, visitors
one afternoon. The speaker was brought back safe and sound, but Huarwar got separated from the others and didn’t find his way home until the following morning. He had frostbite and could barely walk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
through that part of the city without your dozen adopted grandparents inviting you in for a meal.
3 Seeing a lost patriar after dark in the Outer City, you guided the wayward noble through back
admirers are losing hope. You’re hoping for one last chance to win back the goodwill you’ve drunk away.
5 You once defeated a raging bugbear with a hand mirror, a mounted deer’s head, and two kicks to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
of operations (winter wolves make good trackers) and, if successful, attack it at the most inopportune time. Finally, make sure to keep track of the fate of important giants and their allies or
blizzard-like conditions in this area makes the characters hard to catch. The characters have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks to evade pursuit. At the same time, winter wolves are considered to have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Alley: Winter The characters’ search for the Stone of Golorr leads them to a snow-covered alley in the Trades Ward that contains a windowless Zhentarim safe house (area L1) and a meat shop called
of the Guild of Butchers. Given that fresh meat is in short supply in winter, Sora could hardly turn it down. If the characters see fit to tell her that the meat came from chopped-up humanoids, Sora