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Thoughts on the First Issue of Arcadia
A practical look at how this 5e magazine adds a drop-in encounter, a sorcerer subclass, mounted combat options, and fresh celestials, plus tooling quibbles.
Posts tagged with “RPG Resources”
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Icewind Dale NPC: Arnold Beitz
Elitist Waterdeep-educated magnate in Bryn Shander runs salvage and crimes for the Chardalyn Syndicate, sabotaging rivals with goblins to seize the speakership.
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RotF Remix: Heart of Winter Supernatural Regions
Introduce volatile planar cold zones in Icewind Dale with triggers and a d100 table of chilling effects to reshape rests, spells, and encounters.
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Rime of the Frostmaiden Remixes
A DM shares plans for a series of practical remixes, showing how to tweak Icewind Dale’s 5e adventure for pacing, balance, and table needs.
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Character Voices Reference
A d100 table of vocal descriptors to inspire varied NPC portrayals and help DMs note and reuse consistent speech styles during play.
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Icewind Dale NPC: Beldora Nine-Dogs
A stoic, scarred sled dog trainer and secret Harper leader in Bryn Shander, she speaks little, uses dogs and messengers, and fiercely shields her agents.
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Winter Camp Map
Snowy campsite battlemap for Rime of the Frostmaiden: a 25x25 grid at 5 ft per 100 px, ideal for random encounters and quick drop-in play.
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RotF Remix: The Inkwell Taphouse, Termalaine
Decrepit roadside brewery turned ad hoc library battlemap, with a damp, coughing halfling keeper and research granting advantage on local lore checks.
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Tresendar Manor Above Ground
A large hilltop ruined manor battlemap for a prequel one-shot to Lost Mines of Phandelver, created in DungeonDraft and sized for extended play.
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RotF Remix: Houlen’s Tomb
Custom DungeonDraft battlemap for Rime of the Frostmaiden: a Horizon Walker's tomb besieged by a barbarian cult with sentries, a camp, and hidden leaders.