Monday, October 24, 2016

The Frozen Kingdom, Chapter 8



Chapter 8 of The Frozen Kingdom is now available for preview.
In this module the party continue their quest by traveling south into Koldar and the City of Ardan Castle. There they must deal with the locals to discover if Välásir's third library is even in the city, and where to go to find it. There's a great deal of potential side-tracking in the city, places to see, and characters to interact with.

This is the longest chapter in The Frozen Kingdom so far, and probably the longest of the entire 13-ish chapters in the whole story. The length is attributable to the large number of potential side-tracks for parties to go on as they scour the city looking for clues as to where the next library is located. Players on the direct path could be done in under an hour, whereas players who explore more or find a lot of dead-end paths will take several hours. Those dead-ends all have their own challenges and rewards, though, so I like to think of them as "optional encounters" rather than true dead-ends. DMs running this module will have to read their players and decide how big a trip to make of their time in The City of Ardan Castle.

Note: At time of publishing (Oct 24th), the bestiary has not been updated yet with blocks for NPCs from this chapter.

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Chapter 8 - Ardan Castle: Google Doc | PDF
The Frozen Kingdom Bestiary: Google Doc | PDF

Level 4 characters. Estimated playing time: 1-4 hours.

The Frozen Kingdom Chapters

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