Loot

• 52,7 GP (Gehaltszahlung)

Teilnehmer:

(3) Arikatzi020 - Skalli "Frostgaze" - Shifter - Barbarian lvl 3
(3) Raimundo - Beru Chillwind Akannathi - Aasimar - Paladin 2/Warlock 1
(3) C0ldw0lf - Aerlyn Fuyu - Eladrin - Ranger 3
(3) Frederic - Elric - Human - Wizard 3

Loot:

10gp/Person weekly payment by speaker Duvessa Shane
1x Lockbox, containing 92 gp, 76 sp, 125 cp, and seven gemstones worth 10 gp each

Story:

The party has made their way back to Termalaine on their way to Lonelywood, trying to investigate about the frost druids that seem to stir unrest in Ten-towns. Stopping by their friends Martas home, the Eastside Inn, they found that Trog's caravan was currently in town and decided to pay them a visit.
Torrga Icevein's caravan consisted of three heavily laden dogsleds, each one pulled by six friendly sled dogs. One sled carried provisions and supplies for Torrga, her team, and her dogs. It flew a flag bearing the company’s emblem, a gold wolf’s paw on a black field. The other two sleds transported goods for sale, including cut wood, flint and tinder, flasks of whale oil, blankets, furs, rations, bottles of wine, casks of cheap ale, fake medicines, and vials of poison (used primarily for killing vermin).
Torg’s was an outdoor shop. Goods were unpacked and displayed in crates, with small canopies to keep the snow off them. Most of Torrga’s goods were stolen or fenced, and she sells them for double the normal price. She has a protection racket that earns her a little coin on the side, and she also commits murders for profit on the sly.
Torrga is interested only in profits, turned a blind eye to Sephek’s murderous escapades, and tried to help him as best she could without endangering her own life.
Sephek Kaltro was a well-built man in his thirties. He had an olive complexion, dark hair pulled back in a ponytail, and no facial or body hair. He dressed in a stylish vest with matching pants and boots, similar in style to those worn by mariners of the southern Sword Coast, but wore no armor or cold weather clothing and didnt’t appear to be armed. His most striking feature were his eyes, which were as blue as a frozen lake.
Because he was doing the Frostmaiden’s work, Sephek didnt’t care about getting caught and wasn't shy about admitting his guilt. In combat, he wielded a magical sword and magical daggers made of ice that he could conjure at will. He was also able to freely teleport short distanced in the snow and his wounds healed in the cold outside.
As Skalli sank her teeth into the mans throat, a blood-gurgling laught escaped Sephek: “You may destroy this mortal vessel, but Ten-Towns will not escape the Frostmaiden’s embrace. My sister will see to it!”
When Sephek drew his last breath, a cloud of icy vapor escaped his body and dispersed into the night.
Torrga and her bandits, seeing no use in a continued fight, struck a deal with the party. Coin, in exchange for leaving her and her crew well enough alone and keeping their pretty little mouths shut. Otherwise the party might find themselves being unable to buy something they need or denied lodging at a local inn because the merchant or proprietor don’t want to earn Torrga’s everlasting enmity. The charakters wisely accepted.

Loot

• Scroll of Animal Friendship
• Ring of Warmth

Teilnehmer:

(3) Arikatzi020 - Skalli "Frostgaze" - Shifter - Barbarian lvl 3
(3) Raimundo - Beru Chillwind Akannathi - Aasimar - Paladin 2/Warlock 1
(3) C0ldw0lf - Aerlyn Fuyu - Eladrin - Ranger 3
(3) Frederic - Elric - Human - Wizard 3

Loot:

20gp
1x Spell Scroll: Animal Friendship
Ring of Warmth
Ring, uncommon (requires attunement)
While wearing this ring, you have resistance to cold damage. In addition, you and everything you wear and carry are unharmed by temperatures as low as −50 degrees Fahrenheit.

Story:

The party have made their way onto Maer Dualdon in search of the lake monster as Tali, the half-elf reasearcher requested. “Perhaps this unending winter has affected its eating habits or demeanor in some way.” Waiting and fishing for knucklehead trout, the charakters were able to gather some information on the beast from the local wildlife and identified it as an awakened plesiosaurus. When the monster attacked the party tried to reason with it peacefully.
A reptilian head at the end of a long, slender neck rises out of the cold, dark water. The creature gazes at you intently and says, in Common, “I’m listening.”
The plesiosaurus answered straightforward questions and knew the following information:
It used to just swim around the lake and eat fish. The human who gave it this gift was named Ravisin and claimed to serve the Frostmaiden. Ravisin said it must do it's part to help the Frostmaiden, who wants the people of Bremen to suffer. It didn’t want to be a stupid beast again. (The plesiosaurus didn't know enough about druidic magic to know that its awakening is permanent.)
The plesiosaurus revealed that Ravisin instructed it to spread fear among the town’s fishers. The plesiosaurus or Nessie, as the party named it, doesn’t know where Ravisin came from or where she is now. The sharacters however have heard of rumors regarding a White Moose, terrorizing Lonelywood.
The plesiosaurus was afraid to stop what it was doing because it feared the druid might take away the gift that has been bestowed upon it. After convincing Nessie that its awakening is permanent, the plesiosaurus promised not to attack any fishers from the villages anymore.
When the characters made it back to Bremen’s docks, Grynsk showed up soon thereafter, eager to see how many knucklehead trout they caught. He honors his agreement, paying 5 cp per fish. Tali was eager to see the characters and gives the party a spell scroll of animal friendship and a pouch containing 5 gp as thanks, then headed toward Buried Treasures, the local Inn, to pore over the notes. The 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. The middle-aged innkeeper, Cora Mulphoon, treats her guests like royalty while trying to conceal the fact that she currently is barely making ends meet.
While resting and celebrating their success, the party have met with Marta Peskryk, a willowy teenager, innkeeper and bard of "The Eastside" Inn in Termalaine. She was down in Bremen to collect medicine for her bedridden father, Clyde, a retired fisherman.
Marta sang a peculiar song to herself:
Ahead of winter’s wind she came—
The lovely woman with no name;
Draped in a fur-lined cloak of red,
To the icy lake she fled;
The wind pursued her all the same—
As sure as night she’s dead.
She explained to the party that fifty years ago, a mysterious woman in a fur-lined red cloak stopped at the Eastside on her way to Lonelywood. Because the woman was alone and frightened, the innkeepers—a pair of retired adventurers who happened to be Marta’s grandparents—tried to console her. The woman gave them a ring as payment for their hospitality. Not long afterward, a howling wind burst into the inn and tossed the woman about like a rag doll. The innkeepers intervened, giving the woman time to escape. The evil wind battered Marta’s grandparents unconscious before resuming its hunt. That was the last anyone saw of the woman.
Marta wore the mysterious woman’s ring (which she had inherited) around her neck on a chain. It is a ring of warmth, and Marta gifted it as a good luck charm to the charakters when she was convinced they were helping t bring an end to the wintry curse that besets Icewind Dale.
Cora broke down in front of the party later the next morning while serving breakfast, unable to contain her worries. She explained briefly that her adult son and only child, Huarwar, used to help with the chores until two months ago. Her son had joined a search party to find Speaker Shalescar after he went missing during a blizzard 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.
Over the next few days, Huarwar displayed a meanness toward his mother that was uncharacteristic. The change in his demeanor started after Cora found what looked like a shard of black ice in her son’s room. Huarwar snatched it away and threatened his mother with bodily harm if she touched it again.
The next day, two tieflings (a male and a female) arrived at the inn and offered Huarwar sanctuary in their castle. He left with them willingly, taking the shard with him and telling his mother that he would never return. The tieflings wore amulets that looked much like the shard in Huarwar’s possession. Cora misses her son terribly and she hopes he is still alive. She recalls that one of the tieflings mentioned a castle, and she knows that there are only two castles in Ten-Towns: an intact one in Caer-Dineval and a ruined one in Caer-Konig.

Spell components

• 2x Find Familiar Kits (2x 10 GP)

Loot

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Teilnehmer:

(3) Arikatzi020 - Skalli "Frostgaze" - Shifter - Barbarian lvl 3
(3) Raimundo - Beru Chillwind Akannathi - Aasimar - Paladin 2/Warlock 1
(3) C0ldw0lf - Aerlyn Fuyu - Eladrin - Ranger 3
(3) Frederic - Elric - Human - Wizard 3

Spellcasting Sercives:

-450gp Greater Restoration
Mishann [House of the Morninglord]

Story:

The Party have rushed back to Bryn Shander, arriving late in the evening. Hoping to reverse the aging effect of Janths horryfying visage on Elric, they made their way to the House of the Morninglord. Inside they met with sister Mishann, a priestess of Amaunantor. who aspires to see the sun regain its rightful place in the sky over Icewind Dale. She calls Amaunator “the Morninglord,” a name that southerners use to describe Lathander, a god of the dawn and rebirth. Mishann views Lathander as a usurper of Amaunator’s light and doesn’t like it when people confuse the two deities.
She's was able to aid the party in reversing the ghosts effects on Elric via a Greater Restoration spell, however she was unable to provide free charity to the charakters, as all the money collected through temple services currently is needed to provide for the community and help foster the local orphanage, run by the House of the Triad.
Mishann rents her attic to a pessimistic rock gnome tinkerer named Copper Knobberknocker, who begrudgingly helps with services and chores. The two argue incessantly.
While not being able to offer more aid to the party at the moment, Mishann assures the party she will call on them, when an opportunity arises to help ten-towns and offer more readily available help, once possible.
In Targos the party has encountered a large crowd of people, gathered around the frozen and impaled corpse of their former ally, Kylan Bloodchaser. The charakters convinced the local guard to keep the remains of their dead friend and see to it, that he recieves a propper burial. Stopping by the towns store they met the scarecrow-like owner Jestin Hunrae and refilled their supplies.
Jestin currently has one arm in a sling, seemingly due to an accident with a colliding boat from Termalaine, however the Party harbors suspicions about the verasity of this statement. Towns Speaker Naerth Maxildanarr and his Sheriff Skath have won their positions fairly, because of his popularity with the fishers, but he holds trade in Targos in somewhat of a stranglehold.
Arriving in Bremen, the party has made contact with one fisherman named Grynsk Berylbore, a shield dwarf who owns a pair of rowboats tied to the docks and at first mistook the charakters for fishers and Tali, a gender non-binary half-elf researcher, who is in Icewind Dale to study how changes in climate alter the nature of the animal wildlife. They have begun to make plans on how to approach the Lake Monster living in Maer Dualdon, that has been attacking and sinking fishing boats.

Teilnehmer:

(2) Arikatzi020 - Skalli "Frostgaze" - Shifter - Barbarian lvl 2
(2) Raimundo - Beru Chillwind Akannathi - Aasimar - Paladin 1/Warlock 1
(2) C0ldw0lf - Aerlyn Fuyu - Eladrin - Ranger 2
(2) Frederic - Elric - Human - Wizard 2

Loot:

50gp for completing "A beautiful Mine"
50x intact geodes, worth 10gp each (500)
1x Small figurine of a dog carved out of rock, with two pebble-sized tourmalines for eyes. It was made by a miner while on break. The figurine is worth 10 gp.
Psi Crystal
Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement by a creature with an Intelligence score of 3 or higher)
This crystal grants you telepathy for as long as you remain attuned to it. See the introduction of the Monster Manual for rules on how this telepathy works. The crystal also glows with a purplish inner light while you are attuned to it. The higher your intelligence, the greater the light’s intensity and the greater the range of the telepathy (see the Psi Crystal Properties table).
Intelligence Score - Range of Telepathy - Light Intensity
3–7 15 feet Dim light out to a range of 5 feet
8–11 30 feet Bright light in a 5-foot radius and dim light for an additional 5 feet
12–15 60 feet Bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet
16 or higher 120 feet Bright light in a 15-foot radius and dim light for an additional 15 feet

Story:

The Party has made their way to Termalaine and met with Speaker Oarus Masthew, who briefed them on the kobold situation of the mines. None of the miners has been hurt or seriously injured, merely been scared of. One casualty had appearantly fallen down the mines shaft into the underdark, but before the kobold had arrived there. Now many of the former miners have sought other work around ten-towns, mainly trying their luck on Maer Dualdon as fishers. Furthermore the town militia refused to aid or head his commands. He suspects influence from Targos on this matter, but has no proof on the matter, only a feeling of unease. He hopes solving the mines issues will bring trade and wealth back to Termalaine, strenghtening his position as speaker.
In the beautiful Mine, the charakters have met with Trex and hisicewind kobolds,
who sought refuge in the mine after being chased out of the foothills of Kelvin’s Cairn by a yeti. The miners got scared and ran off before Trex could explain that the kobolds meant no harm.
Trex himself was possesed by the ghost of a scholar named Janth, who was studying the local flora in icewind dale. The kobolds happened upon the ghost while searching for shelter during a blizzard, allowing it to possess Trex without the other kobolds’ knowledge.
Bound to his threadbare satchel, Janth's plan was to use the kobolds to lead him to one of the ten-towns, where he could posses someone more fitting and, preferably, more influential.
The Party has aided the kobolds in slaying a grell, that was inhabiting the mines and thankfully managed to lay janths ghost to rest. Unfortunately not before Elric was hit by the ghosts horryfying gaze ability and aging 20 years...
Oarus was initially hesitant to let the kobolds stay in the town. After hearing about their willingness to work, he decided to give them a chance and offerd them menial jobs. The kobolds, eager to prove themselves, turned out to be good workers. The townsfolk teased them at first, but eventually the kobolds won them over. Trex at this point had reverted to his skittish, much less intelligent self.

The party has reached 3rd Level, after completing their first mayor task: A beautiful Mine

Loot

• 25 GP
• Psi Crystal

Level 3 (Ranger 3)

Class: Ranger
Subclass: Beastmaster
HP: +8

Features: Primal Companion, Primal Awareness (Speak with Animals)
Spells: Entangle, Hunter's Mark -> Absorb Elements

Loot

• Lantern of Tracking (Elementals)

Teilnehmer:

(2) Arikatzi020 - Skalli "Frostgaze" - Shifter - Barbarian lvl 2
(2) Raimundo - Beru Chillwind Akannathi - Aasimar - Paladin 1/Warlock 1
(2) C0ldw0lf - Aerlyn Fuyu - Eladrin - Ranger 2
(2) Frederic - Elric - Human - Wizard 2

Loot:

Lantern of Tracking (Elementals)
Wondrous item, common
This hooded lantern burns for 6 hours on 1 pint of oil, shedding bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet.
Each lantern of tracking is designed to track down a certain type of creature, which is determined by rolling on the Lantern of Tracking table. Once determined, this creature type can’t be changed. While the lantern is within 300 feet of any creature of that type, its flame turns bright green. The lantern doesn’t pinpoint the creature’s exact location, however.

Story:

The Party has made their way through Targos and arrived at the Mining Town of Termalaine.
On their way they've met with Vellyne Harpell, a wizard of the Arcane Brotherhood:
“Adventurers, I presume? Pleased to meet you. My name’s Vellynn, Wizard of the Arcane Brotherhood in Luskan. I have a minor task – not a task, really, just a request. A colleague of mine, a younger woman named Nass Lantomir, was supposed to meet me here in Ten-Towns, but I have had a hard time finding her. I’d be very grateful if you could keep an eye out for her. She has dark hair, glasses, and may be carrying an orb of quartz – about this big – with her. If you hear or see anything, let me know – I’ll give you 25 gp for any clue that leads me to her.”
Vellyne was accompanied by Dannika Greysteel, a new resident of Ten-Towns trying to find a way to alter the climate in Icewind Dale. She's been giving out Lanterns of Tracking in hopes of finding or capturing a chwinga, several of which she believes are located in and around Ten-Towns. She thinks these creatures could be of help to the party: “Well met! You lot seem like you’re looking for work. Or trouble. You wouldn’t be standing around in this cold otherwise.”

mundane

• Sling (0,1 GP)
• 5x Sling Bullets (5x 0,04 GP)
• Potion of Healing (50 GP)

Teilnehmer:

(1) Arikatzi020 - Skalli "Frostgaze" - Shifter - Barbarian lvl 1
(1) Raimundo - Beru Chillwind Akannathi - Aasimar - Paladin 1
(1) C0ldw0lf - Aerlyn Fuyu - Eladrin - Ranger 1
(1) Yaidz - Kylan Bloodchaser - Goliath - Cleric 1
(1) Frederic - Elric - Human - Wizard 1

Starting the Adventure:

The players have come to Bryn Shander at the behest of Speaker Duvessa Shane and the Council of Speakers to aid Ten-Towns. Shortly after arriving, the party has encountered a wounded Crag Cat, that has made its way into town in desperation for pray and begun eating away at a frozen-to-death fishermans corpse and bounty. The party managed to dispatch the beast non-lethally and released it into the wilderness.
Sherrif Markham Southwell, alerted by the fleeing bystanders, has commended the party for their quick and sensible judgement and initiative and offered to accompany them to the town hall meeting.

Quests:

Main-Story Quest: Cold-Hearted Killer
A serial killer has descended upon the Ten-Towns. They have slain three prominent figures in three separate towns: Bryn Shander, Easthaven, and Targos. They leave a distinctive calling card in their victim’s chests: a knife, made entirely out of black ice. With the Ten-Towns divided by the stress of the Rime, concerned officials stand little chance of stopping the killer in time before they claim their next victim.
Hlin Trollbane, a retired veteran and bounty-hunter, has taken it upon herself to investigate the recent murders because no one else—not even the Council of Speakers—can be bothered. She has asked the party to help her take down her only suspect: a man named Sephek Kaltro.
“Sephek Kaltro works for a small traveling merchant company called Torg’s, owned and operated by a shady dwarf named Torrga Icevein. In other words, Sephek gets around. He’s charming. Makes friends easily. He’s also Torrga’s bodyguard, so I’m guessing he’s good with a blade."
“His victims come from the only three towns that sacrifice people to the Frostmaiden on nights of the new moon. This is what passes for civilized behavior in Icewind Dale. Maybe the victims found a way to keep their names out of the drawings and Sephek found out they were cheating, so he killed them. Maybe, just maybe, Sephek is doing the Frostmaiden’s work."
“I followed Torg’s for a tenday as it moved from town to town. Quite the devious little enterprise, but that’s not my concern. What struck me is how comfortable Sephek Kaltro looked in this weather. No coat, no scarf, no gloves. It was like the cold couldn’t touch him. Kiss of the Frostmaiden, indeed."
“I will pay you a hundred gold pieces to apprehend Sephek Kaltro, ascertain his guilt, and deal with him, preferably without involving the authorities. When the job is done, return to me to collect your money.”
Reward: 100gp

Sidequests:

Foaming Mugs. Three frostbitten shield dwarves approached the characters in the snow-covered street, Hruna, Korux and Storn. They were due for an iron shipment for their forge, the "Blackiron Blades", but on their way from Kelvin's Cairn got ambushed by a peticularly violent Red Yeti. Their brother Oobok got brutally killed and now they're missing 600 pounds worth of iron for Bryn Shander forges. She promised the party a bag of gems worth 50gp each per Charakter, if they agree to bring back the missing sled and wares. After being held off for a few hours by a blizzard, the party found Oobok's body, aswell as traces of the sled and around half a dozen goblin tracks left in the snow. Having dealt with the looters, Goblinboss Izobai surrendered and begrudgingly fled with the survivors to their fortress of Karkolohk.
Treasure: Izobai carried two potions of animal friendship and a sealskin pouch containing 13 sp, 25 cp, and a bone whistle (1 sp). The other goblins carried 37 cp in sum.
Reward: 5 gems worth 50gp each and 10% discount at the Blackiron Blades.
"The friendship of the dwarves of Icewind Dale can also be a boon in these harsh times."
...
A Beautiful Mine. Speaker Duvessa Shane has hired the party to help with problems around Ten-Towns for a pay of 10gp per tenday. She recently has recieved a request for help from Termalaine, where Kobolds have taken over the local gem mines and tasked the party to travel north-west to investigate the issues.
...
Lake Monster. Rumors from Bremen about a strange sea monster have reached Bryn Shander and Duvessa Shane has tasked the party to go and investigate around Mear Dualdon.
...
Mountain Climb. The party overheard a group of fellow adventurers (Mokingo - male goliath warrior, Astrix - female tiefling wizard, Perilou - female halfling cleric) talk about a goliath werebear named Oyaminartok, who might have some information about what has befallen Icewind Dale. They are currently on their way to Targos.

Loot so far:

52,85gp per Person
2x Potion of Animal Friendship
each charakter recieved a trinket from the rollable Table in Appendix A
...
Beru Chillwind Akannathi -1 Level in Hexblade warlock recieved:
Oyaminartok's Legacy. This pole has a metal hook and a reinforced iron tip to break ice and provide additional safety when hiking through glaciers or steep mountain passes. There is a small indentation on the middle handle that, when pressed, extends a fishing rod at the bottom.
Temperate. The bearer suffers no harm in temperatures as cold as −20 degrees Fahrenheit or as warm as 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
[This item is RaimundoO's Pact weapon and does not exists as a magic item outside of this Hardcover. It is just fun flavor.]

After having completed 1 Sidequest in service to Bryn Shander the party has reached 2nd Level!

Loot

• 52,85 GP
• Potion of Animal Friendship

Level 2 (Ranger 2)

Class: Ranger
HP: +8

Features: Fighting Style, Spellcasting
Fighting Style: Archery
Spells: Goodberry, Hunter's Mark

Race: Eladrin

Size: medium
Speed: 30 feet
Languages: Common, Elvish
ASI: +2 Dex, +1 Wis
Skills: Perception
Features: Fey Step, Darkvision (60 ft.), Trance, Fey Ancestry

Class: Ranger

Hit Dice: d10
HP: +12

Proficiencies

Armor: Light, Medium, Shields
Weapons: Simple, Martial
Saving Throws: Strength, Dexterity
Skills: Nature, Stealth, Survival

Features: Natural Explorer (Arctic), Favored Foe

Ability Scores

Method: Point Buy
Strength: 8
Dexterity: 15 +2 = 17
Constitution: 14
Intelligence: 10
Wisdom: 15 +1 = 16
Charisma: 8

Description

Alignment: neutral
Deity: /
Faction: /
Age: 100
Height: 1,87m
Weight: 55kg

Background: Outlander

Skills: Acrobatics, Insight (Customized)
Tool Proficiencies: thieves' tools, Woodcarvers Tools (Customized)
Feature: Wanderer
Personality Trait 1:
Personality Trait 2:
Ideals:
Bonds:
Flaws:
Background Feat: Magic Initiate: Wizard (Prestidigitation, Shape Water, Find Familiar)

Starting Equipment

by class
a scale mail
two shortswords
an explorer's pack
A longbow and a quiver of 20 arrows

by background (customized - Guild Artisan)
a set of artisan's tools (Tinker's Tools)
a letter of introduction from your guild (thrown away)
a set of traveler's clothes
a pouch containing 15gp

sold
Tinker's Tools (25 GP)

bought
Find Familiar Kit (10 GP)
Thieve's Tools (25 GP)
Woodcarvers Tools (1 GP)
4x Arrows (4x 1 GP)

Loot

• 52,7 GP (Gehaltszahlung)

Teilnehmer:

(3) Arikatzi020 - Skalli "Frostgaze" - Shifter - Barbarian lvl 3
(3) Raimundo - Beru Chillwind Akannathi - Aasimar - Paladin 2/Warlock 1
(3) C0ldw0lf - Aerlyn Fuyu - Eladrin - Ranger 3
(3) Frederic - Elric - Human - Wizard 3

Loot:

10gp/Person weekly payment by speaker Duvessa Shane
1x Lockbox, containing 92 gp, 76 sp, 125 cp, and seven gemstones worth 10 gp each

Story:

The party has made their way back to Termalaine on their way to Lonelywood, trying to investigate about the frost druids that seem to stir unrest in Ten-towns. Stopping by their friends Martas home, the Eastside Inn, they found that Trog's caravan was currently in town and decided to pay them a visit.
Torrga Icevein's caravan consisted of three heavily laden dogsleds, each one pulled by six friendly sled dogs. One sled carried provisions and supplies for Torrga, her team, and her dogs. It flew a flag bearing the company’s emblem, a gold wolf’s paw on a black field. The other two sleds transported goods for sale, including cut wood, flint and tinder, flasks of whale oil, blankets, furs, rations, bottles of wine, casks of cheap ale, fake medicines, and vials of poison (used primarily for killing vermin).
Torg’s was an outdoor shop. Goods were unpacked and displayed in crates, with small canopies to keep the snow off them. Most of Torrga’s goods were stolen or fenced, and she sells them for double the normal price. She has a protection racket that earns her a little coin on the side, and she also commits murders for profit on the sly.
Torrga is interested only in profits, turned a blind eye to Sephek’s murderous escapades, and tried to help him as best she could without endangering her own life.
Sephek Kaltro was a well-built man in his thirties. He had an olive complexion, dark hair pulled back in a ponytail, and no facial or body hair. He dressed in a stylish vest with matching pants and boots, similar in style to those worn by mariners of the southern Sword Coast, but wore no armor or cold weather clothing and didnt’t appear to be armed. His most striking feature were his eyes, which were as blue as a frozen lake.
Because he was doing the Frostmaiden’s work, Sephek didnt’t care about getting caught and wasn't shy about admitting his guilt. In combat, he wielded a magical sword and magical daggers made of ice that he could conjure at will. He was also able to freely teleport short distanced in the snow and his wounds healed in the cold outside.
As Skalli sank her teeth into the mans throat, a blood-gurgling laught escaped Sephek: “You may destroy this mortal vessel, but Ten-Towns will not escape the Frostmaiden’s embrace. My sister will see to it!”
When Sephek drew his last breath, a cloud of icy vapor escaped his body and dispersed into the night.
Torrga and her bandits, seeing no use in a continued fight, struck a deal with the party. Coin, in exchange for leaving her and her crew well enough alone and keeping their pretty little mouths shut. Otherwise the party might find themselves being unable to buy something they need or denied lodging at a local inn because the merchant or proprietor don’t want to earn Torrga’s everlasting enmity. The charakters wisely accepted.

Loot

• Scroll of Animal Friendship
• Ring of Warmth

Teilnehmer:

(3) Arikatzi020 - Skalli "Frostgaze" - Shifter - Barbarian lvl 3
(3) Raimundo - Beru Chillwind Akannathi - Aasimar - Paladin 2/Warlock 1
(3) C0ldw0lf - Aerlyn Fuyu - Eladrin - Ranger 3
(3) Frederic - Elric - Human - Wizard 3

Loot:

20gp
1x Spell Scroll: Animal Friendship
Ring of Warmth
Ring, uncommon (requires attunement)
While wearing this ring, you have resistance to cold damage. In addition, you and everything you wear and carry are unharmed by temperatures as low as −50 degrees Fahrenheit.

Story:

The party have made their way onto Maer Dualdon in search of the lake monster as Tali, the half-elf reasearcher requested. “Perhaps this unending winter has affected its eating habits or demeanor in some way.” Waiting and fishing for knucklehead trout, the charakters were able to gather some information on the beast from the local wildlife and identified it as an awakened plesiosaurus. When the monster attacked the party tried to reason with it peacefully.
A reptilian head at the end of a long, slender neck rises out of the cold, dark water. The creature gazes at you intently and says, in Common, “I’m listening.”
The plesiosaurus answered straightforward questions and knew the following information:
It used to just swim around the lake and eat fish. The human who gave it this gift was named Ravisin and claimed to serve the Frostmaiden. Ravisin said it must do it's part to help the Frostmaiden, who wants the people of Bremen to suffer. It didn’t want to be a stupid beast again. (The plesiosaurus didn't know enough about druidic magic to know that its awakening is permanent.)
The plesiosaurus revealed that Ravisin instructed it to spread fear among the town’s fishers. The plesiosaurus or Nessie, as the party named it, doesn’t know where Ravisin came from or where she is now. The sharacters however have heard of rumors regarding a White Moose, terrorizing Lonelywood.
The plesiosaurus was afraid to stop what it was doing because it feared the druid might take away the gift that has been bestowed upon it. After convincing Nessie that its awakening is permanent, the plesiosaurus promised not to attack any fishers from the villages anymore.
When the characters made it back to Bremen’s docks, Grynsk showed up soon thereafter, eager to see how many knucklehead trout they caught. He honors his agreement, paying 5 cp per fish. Tali was eager to see the characters and gives the party a spell scroll of animal friendship and a pouch containing 5 gp as thanks, then headed toward Buried Treasures, the local Inn, to pore over the notes. The 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. The middle-aged innkeeper, Cora Mulphoon, treats her guests like royalty while trying to conceal the fact that she currently is barely making ends meet.
While resting and celebrating their success, the party have met with Marta Peskryk, a willowy teenager, innkeeper and bard of "The Eastside" Inn in Termalaine. She was down in Bremen to collect medicine for her bedridden father, Clyde, a retired fisherman.
Marta sang a peculiar song to herself:
Ahead of winter’s wind she came—
The lovely woman with no name;
Draped in a fur-lined cloak of red,
To the icy lake she fled;
The wind pursued her all the same—
As sure as night she’s dead.
She explained to the party that fifty years ago, a mysterious woman in a fur-lined red cloak stopped at the Eastside on her way to Lonelywood. Because the woman was alone and frightened, the innkeepers—a pair of retired adventurers who happened to be Marta’s grandparents—tried to console her. The woman gave them a ring as payment for their hospitality. Not long afterward, a howling wind burst into the inn and tossed the woman about like a rag doll. The innkeepers intervened, giving the woman time to escape. The evil wind battered Marta’s grandparents unconscious before resuming its hunt. That was the last anyone saw of the woman.
Marta wore the mysterious woman’s ring (which she had inherited) around her neck on a chain. It is a ring of warmth, and Marta gifted it as a good luck charm to the charakters when she was convinced they were helping t bring an end to the wintry curse that besets Icewind Dale.
Cora broke down in front of the party later the next morning while serving breakfast, unable to contain her worries. She explained briefly that her adult son and only child, Huarwar, used to help with the chores until two months ago. Her son had joined a search party to find Speaker Shalescar after he went missing during a blizzard 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.
Over the next few days, Huarwar displayed a meanness toward his mother that was uncharacteristic. The change in his demeanor started after Cora found what looked like a shard of black ice in her son’s room. Huarwar snatched it away and threatened his mother with bodily harm if she touched it again.
The next day, two tieflings (a male and a female) arrived at the inn and offered Huarwar sanctuary in their castle. He left with them willingly, taking the shard with him and telling his mother that he would never return. The tieflings wore amulets that looked much like the shard in Huarwar’s possession. Cora misses her son terribly and she hopes he is still alive. She recalls that one of the tieflings mentioned a castle, and she knows that there are only two castles in Ten-Towns: an intact one in Caer-Dineval and a ruined one in Caer-Konig.

Spell components

• 2x Find Familiar Kits (2x 10 GP)

Loot

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Teilnehmer:

(3) Arikatzi020 - Skalli "Frostgaze" - Shifter - Barbarian lvl 3
(3) Raimundo - Beru Chillwind Akannathi - Aasimar - Paladin 2/Warlock 1
(3) C0ldw0lf - Aerlyn Fuyu - Eladrin - Ranger 3
(3) Frederic - Elric - Human - Wizard 3

Spellcasting Sercives:

-450gp Greater Restoration
Mishann [House of the Morninglord]

Story:

The Party have rushed back to Bryn Shander, arriving late in the evening. Hoping to reverse the aging effect of Janths horryfying visage on Elric, they made their way to the House of the Morninglord. Inside they met with sister Mishann, a priestess of Amaunantor. who aspires to see the sun regain its rightful place in the sky over Icewind Dale. She calls Amaunator “the Morninglord,” a name that southerners use to describe Lathander, a god of the dawn and rebirth. Mishann views Lathander as a usurper of Amaunator’s light and doesn’t like it when people confuse the two deities.
She's was able to aid the party in reversing the ghosts effects on Elric via a Greater Restoration spell, however she was unable to provide free charity to the charakters, as all the money collected through temple services currently is needed to provide for the community and help foster the local orphanage, run by the House of the Triad.
Mishann rents her attic to a pessimistic rock gnome tinkerer named Copper Knobberknocker, who begrudgingly helps with services and chores. The two argue incessantly.
While not being able to offer more aid to the party at the moment, Mishann assures the party she will call on them, when an opportunity arises to help ten-towns and offer more readily available help, once possible.
In Targos the party has encountered a large crowd of people, gathered around the frozen and impaled corpse of their former ally, Kylan Bloodchaser. The charakters convinced the local guard to keep the remains of their dead friend and see to it, that he recieves a propper burial. Stopping by the towns store they met the scarecrow-like owner Jestin Hunrae and refilled their supplies.
Jestin currently has one arm in a sling, seemingly due to an accident with a colliding boat from Termalaine, however the Party harbors suspicions about the verasity of this statement. Towns Speaker Naerth Maxildanarr and his Sheriff Skath have won their positions fairly, because of his popularity with the fishers, but he holds trade in Targos in somewhat of a stranglehold.
Arriving in Bremen, the party has made contact with one fisherman named Grynsk Berylbore, a shield dwarf who owns a pair of rowboats tied to the docks and at first mistook the charakters for fishers and Tali, a gender non-binary half-elf researcher, who is in Icewind Dale to study how changes in climate alter the nature of the animal wildlife. They have begun to make plans on how to approach the Lake Monster living in Maer Dualdon, that has been attacking and sinking fishing boats.

Teilnehmer:

(2) Arikatzi020 - Skalli "Frostgaze" - Shifter - Barbarian lvl 2
(2) Raimundo - Beru Chillwind Akannathi - Aasimar - Paladin 1/Warlock 1
(2) C0ldw0lf - Aerlyn Fuyu - Eladrin - Ranger 2
(2) Frederic - Elric - Human - Wizard 2

Loot:

50gp for completing "A beautiful Mine"
50x intact geodes, worth 10gp each (500)
1x Small figurine of a dog carved out of rock, with two pebble-sized tourmalines for eyes. It was made by a miner while on break. The figurine is worth 10 gp.
Psi Crystal
Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement by a creature with an Intelligence score of 3 or higher)
This crystal grants you telepathy for as long as you remain attuned to it. See the introduction of the Monster Manual for rules on how this telepathy works. The crystal also glows with a purplish inner light while you are attuned to it. The higher your intelligence, the greater the light’s intensity and the greater the range of the telepathy (see the Psi Crystal Properties table).
Intelligence Score - Range of Telepathy - Light Intensity
3–7 15 feet Dim light out to a range of 5 feet
8–11 30 feet Bright light in a 5-foot radius and dim light for an additional 5 feet
12–15 60 feet Bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet
16 or higher 120 feet Bright light in a 15-foot radius and dim light for an additional 15 feet

Story:

The Party has made their way to Termalaine and met with Speaker Oarus Masthew, who briefed them on the kobold situation of the mines. None of the miners has been hurt or seriously injured, merely been scared of. One casualty had appearantly fallen down the mines shaft into the underdark, but before the kobold had arrived there. Now many of the former miners have sought other work around ten-towns, mainly trying their luck on Maer Dualdon as fishers. Furthermore the town militia refused to aid or head his commands. He suspects influence from Targos on this matter, but has no proof on the matter, only a feeling of unease. He hopes solving the mines issues will bring trade and wealth back to Termalaine, strenghtening his position as speaker.
In the beautiful Mine, the charakters have met with Trex and hisicewind kobolds,
who sought refuge in the mine after being chased out of the foothills of Kelvin’s Cairn by a yeti. The miners got scared and ran off before Trex could explain that the kobolds meant no harm.
Trex himself was possesed by the ghost of a scholar named Janth, who was studying the local flora in icewind dale. The kobolds happened upon the ghost while searching for shelter during a blizzard, allowing it to possess Trex without the other kobolds’ knowledge.
Bound to his threadbare satchel, Janth's plan was to use the kobolds to lead him to one of the ten-towns, where he could posses someone more fitting and, preferably, more influential.
The Party has aided the kobolds in slaying a grell, that was inhabiting the mines and thankfully managed to lay janths ghost to rest. Unfortunately not before Elric was hit by the ghosts horryfying gaze ability and aging 20 years...
Oarus was initially hesitant to let the kobolds stay in the town. After hearing about their willingness to work, he decided to give them a chance and offerd them menial jobs. The kobolds, eager to prove themselves, turned out to be good workers. The townsfolk teased them at first, but eventually the kobolds won them over. Trex at this point had reverted to his skittish, much less intelligent self.

The party has reached 3rd Level, after completing their first mayor task: A beautiful Mine

Loot

• 25 GP
• Psi Crystal

Level 3 (Ranger 3)

Class: Ranger
Subclass: Beastmaster
HP: +8

Features: Primal Companion, Primal Awareness (Speak with Animals)
Spells: Entangle, Hunter's Mark -> Absorb Elements

Loot

• Lantern of Tracking (Elementals)

Teilnehmer:

(2) Arikatzi020 - Skalli "Frostgaze" - Shifter - Barbarian lvl 2
(2) Raimundo - Beru Chillwind Akannathi - Aasimar - Paladin 1/Warlock 1
(2) C0ldw0lf - Aerlyn Fuyu - Eladrin - Ranger 2
(2) Frederic - Elric - Human - Wizard 2

Loot:

Lantern of Tracking (Elementals)
Wondrous item, common
This hooded lantern burns for 6 hours on 1 pint of oil, shedding bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet.
Each lantern of tracking is designed to track down a certain type of creature, which is determined by rolling on the Lantern of Tracking table. Once determined, this creature type can’t be changed. While the lantern is within 300 feet of any creature of that type, its flame turns bright green. The lantern doesn’t pinpoint the creature’s exact location, however.

Story:

The Party has made their way through Targos and arrived at the Mining Town of Termalaine.
On their way they've met with Vellyne Harpell, a wizard of the Arcane Brotherhood:
“Adventurers, I presume? Pleased to meet you. My name’s Vellynn, Wizard of the Arcane Brotherhood in Luskan. I have a minor task – not a task, really, just a request. A colleague of mine, a younger woman named Nass Lantomir, was supposed to meet me here in Ten-Towns, but I have had a hard time finding her. I’d be very grateful if you could keep an eye out for her. She has dark hair, glasses, and may be carrying an orb of quartz – about this big – with her. If you hear or see anything, let me know – I’ll give you 25 gp for any clue that leads me to her.”
Vellyne was accompanied by Dannika Greysteel, a new resident of Ten-Towns trying to find a way to alter the climate in Icewind Dale. She's been giving out Lanterns of Tracking in hopes of finding or capturing a chwinga, several of which she believes are located in and around Ten-Towns. She thinks these creatures could be of help to the party: “Well met! You lot seem like you’re looking for work. Or trouble. You wouldn’t be standing around in this cold otherwise.”

mundane

• Sling (0,1 GP)
• 5x Sling Bullets (5x 0,04 GP)
• Potion of Healing (50 GP)

Teilnehmer:

(1) Arikatzi020 - Skalli "Frostgaze" - Shifter - Barbarian lvl 1
(1) Raimundo - Beru Chillwind Akannathi - Aasimar - Paladin 1
(1) C0ldw0lf - Aerlyn Fuyu - Eladrin - Ranger 1
(1) Yaidz - Kylan Bloodchaser - Goliath - Cleric 1
(1) Frederic - Elric - Human - Wizard 1

Starting the Adventure:

The players have come to Bryn Shander at the behest of Speaker Duvessa Shane and the Council of Speakers to aid Ten-Towns. Shortly after arriving, the party has encountered a wounded Crag Cat, that has made its way into town in desperation for pray and begun eating away at a frozen-to-death fishermans corpse and bounty. The party managed to dispatch the beast non-lethally and released it into the wilderness.
Sherrif Markham Southwell, alerted by the fleeing bystanders, has commended the party for their quick and sensible judgement and initiative and offered to accompany them to the town hall meeting.

Quests:

Main-Story Quest: Cold-Hearted Killer
A serial killer has descended upon the Ten-Towns. They have slain three prominent figures in three separate towns: Bryn Shander, Easthaven, and Targos. They leave a distinctive calling card in their victim’s chests: a knife, made entirely out of black ice. With the Ten-Towns divided by the stress of the Rime, concerned officials stand little chance of stopping the killer in time before they claim their next victim.
Hlin Trollbane, a retired veteran and bounty-hunter, has taken it upon herself to investigate the recent murders because no one else—not even the Council of Speakers—can be bothered. She has asked the party to help her take down her only suspect: a man named Sephek Kaltro.
“Sephek Kaltro works for a small traveling merchant company called Torg’s, owned and operated by a shady dwarf named Torrga Icevein. In other words, Sephek gets around. He’s charming. Makes friends easily. He’s also Torrga’s bodyguard, so I’m guessing he’s good with a blade."
“His victims come from the only three towns that sacrifice people to the Frostmaiden on nights of the new moon. This is what passes for civilized behavior in Icewind Dale. Maybe the victims found a way to keep their names out of the drawings and Sephek found out they were cheating, so he killed them. Maybe, just maybe, Sephek is doing the Frostmaiden’s work."
“I followed Torg’s for a tenday as it moved from town to town. Quite the devious little enterprise, but that’s not my concern. What struck me is how comfortable Sephek Kaltro looked in this weather. No coat, no scarf, no gloves. It was like the cold couldn’t touch him. Kiss of the Frostmaiden, indeed."
“I will pay you a hundred gold pieces to apprehend Sephek Kaltro, ascertain his guilt, and deal with him, preferably without involving the authorities. When the job is done, return to me to collect your money.”
Reward: 100gp

Sidequests:

Foaming Mugs. Three frostbitten shield dwarves approached the characters in the snow-covered street, Hruna, Korux and Storn. They were due for an iron shipment for their forge, the "Blackiron Blades", but on their way from Kelvin's Cairn got ambushed by a peticularly violent Red Yeti. Their brother Oobok got brutally killed and now they're missing 600 pounds worth of iron for Bryn Shander forges. She promised the party a bag of gems worth 50gp each per Charakter, if they agree to bring back the missing sled and wares. After being held off for a few hours by a blizzard, the party found Oobok's body, aswell as traces of the sled and around half a dozen goblin tracks left in the snow. Having dealt with the looters, Goblinboss Izobai surrendered and begrudgingly fled with the survivors to their fortress of Karkolohk.
Treasure: Izobai carried two potions of animal friendship and a sealskin pouch containing 13 sp, 25 cp, and a bone whistle (1 sp). The other goblins carried 37 cp in sum.
Reward: 5 gems worth 50gp each and 10% discount at the Blackiron Blades.
"The friendship of the dwarves of Icewind Dale can also be a boon in these harsh times."
...
A Beautiful Mine. Speaker Duvessa Shane has hired the party to help with problems around Ten-Towns for a pay of 10gp per tenday. She recently has recieved a request for help from Termalaine, where Kobolds have taken over the local gem mines and tasked the party to travel north-west to investigate the issues.
...
Lake Monster. Rumors from Bremen about a strange sea monster have reached Bryn Shander and Duvessa Shane has tasked the party to go and investigate around Mear Dualdon.
...
Mountain Climb. The party overheard a group of fellow adventurers (Mokingo - male goliath warrior, Astrix - female tiefling wizard, Perilou - female halfling cleric) talk about a goliath werebear named Oyaminartok, who might have some information about what has befallen Icewind Dale. They are currently on their way to Targos.

Loot so far:

52,85gp per Person
2x Potion of Animal Friendship
each charakter recieved a trinket from the rollable Table in Appendix A
...
Beru Chillwind Akannathi -1 Level in Hexblade warlock recieved:
Oyaminartok's Legacy. This pole has a metal hook and a reinforced iron tip to break ice and provide additional safety when hiking through glaciers or steep mountain passes. There is a small indentation on the middle handle that, when pressed, extends a fishing rod at the bottom.
Temperate. The bearer suffers no harm in temperatures as cold as −20 degrees Fahrenheit or as warm as 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
[This item is RaimundoO's Pact weapon and does not exists as a magic item outside of this Hardcover. It is just fun flavor.]

After having completed 1 Sidequest in service to Bryn Shander the party has reached 2nd Level!

Loot

• 52,85 GP
• Potion of Animal Friendship

Level 2 (Ranger 2)

Class: Ranger
HP: +8

Features: Fighting Style, Spellcasting
Fighting Style: Archery
Spells: Goodberry, Hunter's Mark

Race: Eladrin

Size: medium
Speed: 30 feet
Languages: Common, Elvish
ASI: +2 Dex, +1 Wis
Skills: Perception
Features: Fey Step, Darkvision (60 ft.), Trance, Fey Ancestry

Class: Ranger

Hit Dice: d10
HP: +12

Proficiencies

Armor: Light, Medium, Shields
Weapons: Simple, Martial
Saving Throws: Strength, Dexterity
Skills: Nature, Stealth, Survival

Features: Natural Explorer (Arctic), Favored Foe

Ability Scores

Method: Point Buy
Strength: 8
Dexterity: 15 +2 = 17
Constitution: 14
Intelligence: 10
Wisdom: 15 +1 = 16
Charisma: 8

Description

Alignment: neutral
Deity: /
Faction: /
Age: 100
Height: 1,87m
Weight: 55kg

Background: Outlander

Skills: Acrobatics, Insight (Customized)
Tool Proficiencies: thieves' tools, Woodcarvers Tools (Customized)
Feature: Wanderer
Personality Trait 1:
Personality Trait 2:
Ideals:
Bonds:
Flaws:
Background Feat: Magic Initiate: Wizard (Prestidigitation, Shape Water, Find Familiar)

Starting Equipment

by class
a scale mail
two shortswords
an explorer's pack
A longbow and a quiver of 20 arrows

by background (customized - Guild Artisan)
a set of artisan's tools (Tinker's Tools)
a letter of introduction from your guild (thrown away)
a set of traveler's clothes
a pouch containing 15gp

sold
Tinker's Tools (25 GP)

bought
Find Familiar Kit (10 GP)
Thieve's Tools (25 GP)
Woodcarvers Tools (1 GP)
4x Arrows (4x 1 GP)