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Thank you so much for giving this book for free, I recantly started a new campaign so it will be a while before I get round to running this game but when I do I'll 100% use this book
question for ya about homebrew with GWM and the strength modifier of 1.5. Did a little bit of math but with this 2 combined they get a +8 to damage at say level 5 with a strength modifier of +4. At level 17 it would be a +14 to damage. Not a critic but just an observation was wondering if you notice this as well?
It’s funny, you’re so excited all the time, I thought it was kind of your thing to draw people in. It’s not, you’re just that excited about making DnD better. I watch everything you put out now after being introduced to you through Treantmonk. I have played for over 20 years, but will be a first time DM in the next few months and am currently in the process of building my own world. You have assisted with that process more than you know. Keep up the good work and thank you for what you do. Happy Birthday!
Wow what a great comment, thank you so much for that, I have heard that before that people think my energy is fake, but then they see my live streams or realize... nah hes just an excited kid on christmas! lol thank you for real
Man seriously, I can tell you want to grow, and you have a great ambition. But unlike alot of other people you actually put time, money, dedication in to all this and you find ways to give everything for free. Seriously plz dont stop you will definatly go far
Thank you for that Jozco, for real, its sometimes hard to "go all out" like that because so many others dont and get way more traction, BUT I'm a little guy right now and gotta keep grinding and I love this so much, so its a no brainer! Thank you for noticing thought :)
Your videos are so great! I just started dming a campaign and I have already added some of your homebrew to my campaign. I have a frozen north in my world and I can't wait to add some of this homebrew to my game!
I use the Death Exhaustion rule to limit tub-thumping. Characters can try to recover one level of exhaustion during a long rest with a CON Save with the DC determined by their accommodation quality, making it more appealing to pony up extra for that Comfortable or Wealthy inn. I've toyed with adding a consumable to clear a single level of exhaustion, but I need to balance that against the fact it takes Greater Restoration, a 5th level spell, to remove a level of exhaustion.
Yea they dont mess around with how to remove Exaustion, its ahrd core in RAW, part of why I think its so underused. I do like that death rule for this for sure!
I'm still balancing the recovery rate of levels of exhaustion. I definitely don't want to do all recovered per short rest. In fact, I like DC's suggestion for limiting short rests to 2 per day (I think it's from the PDF). Right now in my games it's a Save to recover one level during a long rest. If I introduce more ways to gain Exhaustion I might make recovering 1 automatic per long rest, and the Save to recover a second. As it stands now, if a PC gets to the point they think a hit could take them out, they'll call for heals, dodge, or chug a potion.
I just bought the document as I'm planning my own northern survival campaign. It feels so cool to see how much the channel has grown during these past few years! Much respect and keep it up!
OMG. So many good things again!! HOW DO YOU DO IT!? Well, I know how, you're pretty darn smart and have that awesome support from the Dungeon Crew and other patrons you bounce ideas off, but STILL. I continue to be amazed at how well mechanically your homebrews feel. I loved the Frost Checks, really look forward to reading about the different effects of blizzards, and the Dice Tower of Doom sounds amazing (and a nice alternative of Dice Bowl of Doom for online gaming). Also, Snow-vertime. Lol! One of the BIG things I did not like about Tomb of Annihilation was how easy it was for players to overcome the natural effects of the jungle. The module had tons of rules for getting lost, insects, disease, heat, rain, etc. And....the writers kinda totally forgot about magic and class abilities. My players and I kept laughing about how awesome and deadly the module would be if you ONLY brought in fighters and thieves. But any druids, rangers, barbarians, and heck, wizard type folk, just nerfed the hell out of all that fun environment stuff. Half the stuff wasn't really in effect once the players reached 2nd and 3rd level, and then by 4th it was laughable and we just ignored it. Your homebrews, like the Frost Checks, really allow the danger of the environment to still affect Mid-level and High-level players! Sure, they will have an easier time to overcome things (as they should), but the danger is still there. Love it. Thanks again for another tasty tasty homebrew!!
Dude thank you so much for that comment! I have literally pushed myself to the limits to make this thing and this is exactly why I do it for people like you man, I want to help take your game to the next level because I love your energy and want to make your life easier! I will keep it up man, youve hyped me up so much! LETS GOOO
Yooo I absolutely love these, I’m starting an Icewind Dale campaign an I’ve been looking for new and elaborate ways to really drive the sense of fear and urgency. Thanks a million, m8
Tip, if you've read through the brew and think it will be too tough, you can change the increases of "Frost check" modifiers and DC's to +4, +3 or only +2 for each level. It will be a little less daunting that way. Also keep in mind that the Frost check is actually a modified Constitution save, so you still treat it as a save :)
Heading through the PDF and adapting it to my setting now, I REALLY appreciate this, dude! Came out just in time for my party to head north and I can't wait to unleash it on them
Thank you so much! Already downloaded it and can't wait to dig in! And the Dice Tower of Doom is such a good idea to build tension. Again, thank you so much! Very excited to use these in my own game!
One thing I learned after using the exhaustion on dropping to 0 for a while at my table... it encourages leaving the dying player down and finishing the fight since they won't be as useful with exhaustion. And I wanted that moment to feel more tense, so instead I now have sticky failed death saves. If you fail a death save, you keep them until you complete a long rest. Now if someone drops, the party is encouraged to heal them before they even start their turn. And even though they are just as effective after being healed, if they have any death save fails, the whole table will feel that tension.
yes!!!! yes!!!!! im glad other people are making homebrew re: the cold and its effects. i was originally just going to reflavor the exhaustion points to relate to frostbite but im excited to see what homebrew you have written! such a missed opportunity from wotc to do fun and interesting cold effects like frostbite and hypothermia and really lame that its a low dc skill check that can even just be passed over.
I was just about to comment on how maybe something else would fit better than exhaustion but the pdf already has varient options! Nice work. Definitely going to see if I can use some of this stuff to spice up wilderness exploration or hex crawls in super cold environments.
Then that means even more than usual to me! I am the same way when I watch stuff, so I feel ya man! But yes it really does help when people comment, so thank you!
Totally loved your video.... I especially like the Tower of Doom homebrew... plan on using that in lots of different ways. Already have bought your PDF (even though I coulda gotten it for free). Cheers!
@@TheDungeonCoach I feel like exhaustion would be a lot better of a mechanic if there more ways to deal with it. Some of those impediments hit hard and it seems unfair to make players deal with it for multiple long rests as it slowly falls. Maybe you should open this idea up to your discord, it seems like a much better place to have this discussion
Great work again Coach. Just an idea to think about... There are times when being exposed to or being trapped in really cold conditions can aid survival. It might increase tension for a party if one of their members was put into some sort of suspended animation at zero hit points. Perhaps the death saves can stretch to an hour, while the party try and create conditions for the one in the cold induced coma to come round. (I have written this before I've read your pdf, so sorry if you have already covered this.) Cheers again
Hey DC good job. It sucks that I didn’t notice this in the first 24 but the info overload on the discord was too much for me to handle. But that’s fine because I got a ton of great ideas just from the video. I think between this and the discord you have fostered a budding and benevolent community that I’m happy to experience. This pdf looks like it was a major success as a test run and I’m sure the future will hold more successful projects for you. Keep it up man, but don’t forget to take some R&R to match the D&D.
This is perfect, my players just thwarted the deep dwarves and dragon, they lost all the towns except bryn shander , since all attention is on Auril i was thinking about raising the severity of the cold to get the players to see Auril is becoming an absolute threat
Hey Coach, I like your idea of Exhaustion death saves, but I think this kind of comes with a catch. Technically, when a player is restored to 1 HP after falling unconscious, it is done via magic. Like a potion, or a cure wounds, etc. In my mind, healing magic like that restores the body to its previous conditions, so they probably would not suffer any exhaustion. However, if someone is Stabilized as a result of a feat, ability, or use of a medicine check, I would agree with the exhaustion then. Because technically, they aren't healed, they just aren't dying either.
Great video👍🏻 For the avalanche I feel like it would make more sense if it was 2D10 bludgeoning damage instead of cold damage. In addition, a character becomes restrained and they can’t breathe beginning some sort of skill challenge or maybe use timer dice to illustrate how long the companion heroes who weren’t trapped have to dig out and rescue their compatriots. That would give it a more realistic feel to what we all have been told happens during an actual avalanche.
I see the bludgeoning from the IMPACT, so very true I originally was going to have repeated damage per round but felt it was too much to that’s probably why it’s still cold, I’d totally go bludge now
To survive a real-world avalanche, I learned the the instructor of the wilderness survival class I took back in the 1980's, that is there's no way to get out of the path of an avalanche, stand with your back to the avalanche, cover your mouth & nose with a cloth of some kind so you don't breathe in any snow dust, and angle you head forward so that the force of the avalanche can't trip you backward, and so your head will be closer to the surface. And you should also try to keep your hands close enough to your face to form an air pocket as the snow piles around you.
This brings to mind this combo. All that weather gear (base+fur+blubber) + the ring of warmth. The base gives you a +15 to frost checks of -20*C. The ring of warmth makes you immune to -45*C (DC 20 frost checks) and gives you resistance (+5). What happens if your wearing all that? Do you basically get a base 20(ring) +5(resist) +15(clothing) = 40 frost check? Making you basically immune to the cold? The average temperature of Icewind dale is -45*C. The max being on how colder it can get being around 80 factoring in only temperature change. Adding other weather mechanics would be around -105*C ish?
I’d like to see what else you do with exhaustion. I also think it’s an under used mechanic. I have a homebrew ranger spell to help exhaustion. I have a homebrew warlock sub class that suffers exhaustion. I’m planning to lead my campaign into the desert, and I will adapt some of your cold homebrew for hot homebrew.
Love the Frost Checks in your home brew but have a question. How often should I ask the players to roll these? The typical roll once an hour for exposure listed in RotFM seems excessive. I’m thinking dawn, dusk, midnight and whenever a weather event warrants it (or when other events like falling in freezing water happens).
I have that all flushed out in the PDF, BUT I would ask for one every night AT MID NIGHT👌🏼 Ever hour seems draining and excessive! So I do it every night at midnight and ANY time a large moment happens that would make them cold! Like falli in ice etc
I love all your homebrew man, and see that you mentioned homebrewing Polar Bears. I was severely disappointed with what icewindale did with their polar owlbear, any chance you'll do a homebrew on that? Literally all the book says is use the original owlbear and give them cold resistance and something else that wasn't anything special that i already forgot about.
Definitely gonna pick up this pdf. I was wondering if you could do the same sort of environment survival thing for jungle terrain for use in Temple of Annihilation? I’m currently working on pre-made encounters for the exploration portion of said campaign for chapter two, I would be happy to email what I have so far if your interested. Thanks again for the great home brews.
Just one question, when do you suggest we should ask players for a frost check? And how do you determine how cold it is when there’s no blizzards and such
You should check out the Scholar from Adventures in Middle Earth 5e. The class has a feature called healers hands which make them a bit of a mundane healer, but at level 9 they can remove exhaustions by spending healing hands dice. Might be cool to homebrew something like that as a class feature reward.
I have a question! As always, love what you've done. Content is always top notch. Are you/people doing travel on the road the same as the info provided? I feel like I might make travel too stale if it takes 3+ days to travel on the road but it also takes the same amount of time to do that without a road. So... Any suggestions on speed limits for road vs the awesome homebrew for travel (MPD is super helpful)
@@TheDungeonCoach that's what I was thinking, just double it. Especially with the checks easier. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything obvious 😃
Frost Check question: Isn’t the average temperature already -49 degrees Fahrenheit in Icewind Dale? Significantly increasing your check that high seems a little unfair unless you’re changing the average temp for the entire region, no?
Yea once I homebrew it, its separated from that line in the book, or else there would only ever be on DC of temperature. Id have it at 0 around populated towns and what not (or higher if they have large heat sources/ magic warmth) but you get to chooose what temp everywhere is intead of one temp everywhere
@@TheDungeonCoach no you are definitely the MVP making content that I as a DM love to use and add to my games to increase the enjoyment my players have at the table. they also love the things you do as well.
Hey Coach! I recently purchased your guide on DMs guild. Fantastic stuff, will def be using for my campaign. I wanted to ask your opinion on where PCs can purchase the gear. Should it be anywhere? Maybe some places, esp. the more north they go? How about in the Dale itself, I'm thinking there should be no problem finding and buying the gear there as long as they have the coin? Reason I'm asking is because the hook for my campaign is the party is being sent on an expedition north by local guilds of Neverwinter, per pressure from the Lord's Alliance, to investigate the extended winter. I want to set it up in a way where they perhaps have a pool of money and from that can buy some gear, and then perhaps that can be a catalyst to accepting some of those initial quests when they get there, i.e. money to get more geared up. But I realize this may be a catch 22 of sorts, you need the gear for the quests, but you need the money to buy the gear. Any advice or thoughts?
How does this work with the rest homebrew? I've been using something similar for short rest/long rest/ "complete" rest (I think you said full rest). I think this story would destroy the PCs if you use those rules. But I want it to be harder. I guess I'll just be buying the pdf haha
@@pixeljunkie7105 yea I can see that being frustrating but it’s all about of has what the players are down for, BOOM big hit, ouch. But that can also snowball, tricky balance for sure
yea? I try and get high quality pictures and put catchy titles on em? I am defiitely open for stuff, still trying to dial in "my style" on em. And the intro being white leaves it as the central focus, but I felt the same way you did initially too, but I could never come up with what the background would be?? Any ideas?
@@TheDungeonCoachI think you should continue with the tademark the Purple White Red color scheme, it's recognizable. When I made this comment I think you had green in there. As for the intro background, I think having it be some textured grey could fit well. Even paperwhite texture is better. I also think this applies to the logo. Also I found the discord, thank you!
I had to pause the video when I heard that 0 degrees is not cold. Like WTF!?... then I realized you were not using international metric system ... which means the that table and probably the entire PDF is quite useless for the entire world (minus 3 countries) . So I would suggest you update the PDF to add metric measurements.
If you wanted to change the numbers than that’s part of the Homebrew, I sousing make different tables for different real world regions. Just like I hope people would take inspiration from my systems and make it their own, that would be what you do, change the temperature ranges and your good to go, others might make the chart go by 2s instead of 5s, up to you 👍🏼
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@@shotgun5822 I see it as PWYW, and you can put a 0 there
Thank you so much for giving this book for free, I recantly started a new campaign so it will be a while before I get round to running this game but when I do I'll 100% use this book
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question for ya about homebrew with GWM and the strength modifier of 1.5. Did a little bit of math but with this 2 combined they get a +8 to damage at say level 5 with a strength modifier of +4. At level 17 it would be a +14 to damage. Not a critic but just an observation was wondering if you notice this as well?
Dice tower of doom is the *coolest* idea of heard for running horror! ❄️
Thanks bob! I appreciate coming over and bringing some puns!!
It’s funny, you’re so excited all the time, I thought it was kind of your thing to draw people in. It’s not, you’re just that excited about making DnD better. I watch everything you put out now after being introduced to you through Treantmonk. I have played for over 20 years, but will be a first time DM in the next few months and am currently in the process of building my own world. You have assisted with that process more than you know. Keep up the good work and thank you for what you do. Happy Birthday!
Wow what a great comment, thank you so much for that, I have heard that before that people think my energy is fake, but then they see my live streams or realize... nah hes just an excited kid on christmas! lol thank you for real
Thank you so much Coach, for letting me be a part of this.
That FREAKING Skelliton is so legit for this book and in a PERFECT spot for tit
Running icewind dale in 48 hours! first time playing d&d and first time dming. would love to pick this up straight away!
Nice!! Share this with your DM and y’all can choose what you want! It’s free today 👌🏼
@@TheDungeonCoach i am the DM 😂
@@TheDungeonCoach also, purchased! wouldnt dream of not paying you for.your hard work!
Man seriously, I can tell you want to grow, and you have a great ambition. But unlike alot of other people you actually put time, money, dedication in to all this and you find ways to give everything for free. Seriously plz dont stop you will definatly go far
Thank you for that Jozco, for real, its sometimes hard to "go all out" like that because so many others dont and get way more traction, BUT I'm a little guy right now and gotta keep grinding and I love this so much, so its a no brainer! Thank you for noticing thought :)
My Lord, dude your video description is the most detailed piece of work I've ever seen... And that's ecery video.
What the hell? Amazing work my dude
Haha I do put a lot of work into that lol! Im trying to get a website up and running so its easier for people to navigate! I appreciate you noticing!
Your videos are so great! I just started dming a campaign and I have already added some of your homebrew to my campaign. I have a frozen north in my world and I can't wait to add some of this homebrew to my game!
Oooooo thats perfect then! Good luck to your players!!! Muahahahaha
Thank you!
Wow thank you for all of the work you put in to helping players and DMs
I love doing it, so its my pleasure!
I use the Death Exhaustion rule to limit tub-thumping. Characters can try to recover one level of exhaustion during a long rest with a CON Save with the DC determined by their accommodation quality, making it more appealing to pony up extra for that Comfortable or Wealthy inn. I've toyed with adding a consumable to clear a single level of exhaustion, but I need to balance that against the fact it takes Greater Restoration, a 5th level spell, to remove a level of exhaustion.
Yea they dont mess around with how to remove Exaustion, its ahrd core in RAW, part of why I think its so underused. I do like that death rule for this for sure!
I'm thinking of using exhaustion at drop to 0 HP that can be recovered during a short rest in my games, similar to the DMG Chase rules
I'm still balancing the recovery rate of levels of exhaustion. I definitely don't want to do all recovered per short rest. In fact, I like DC's suggestion for limiting short rests to 2 per day (I think it's from the PDF).
Right now in my games it's a Save to recover one level during a long rest. If I introduce more ways to gain Exhaustion I might make recovering 1 automatic per long rest, and the Save to recover a second.
As it stands now, if a PC gets to the point they think a hit could take them out, they'll call for heals, dodge, or chug a potion.
I just bought the document as I'm planning my own northern survival campaign. It feels so cool to see how much the channel has grown during these past few years! Much respect and keep it up!
OMG. So many good things again!! HOW DO YOU DO IT!? Well, I know how, you're pretty darn smart and have that awesome support from the Dungeon Crew and other patrons you bounce ideas off, but STILL. I continue to be amazed at how well mechanically your homebrews feel. I loved the Frost Checks, really look forward to reading about the different effects of blizzards, and the Dice Tower of Doom sounds amazing (and a nice alternative of Dice Bowl of Doom for online gaming).
Also, Snow-vertime. Lol!
One of the BIG things I did not like about Tomb of Annihilation was how easy it was for players to overcome the natural effects of the jungle. The module had tons of rules for getting lost, insects, disease, heat, rain, etc. And....the writers kinda totally forgot about magic and class abilities. My players and I kept laughing about how awesome and deadly the module would be if you ONLY brought in fighters and thieves. But any druids, rangers, barbarians, and heck, wizard type folk, just nerfed the hell out of all that fun environment stuff. Half the stuff wasn't really in effect once the players reached 2nd and 3rd level, and then by 4th it was laughable and we just ignored it.
Your homebrews, like the Frost Checks, really allow the danger of the environment to still affect Mid-level and High-level players! Sure, they will have an easier time to overcome things (as they should), but the danger is still there. Love it.
Thanks again for another tasty tasty homebrew!!
Dude thank you so much for that comment! I have literally pushed myself to the limits to make this thing and this is exactly why I do it for people like you man, I want to help take your game to the next level because I love your energy and want to make your life easier! I will keep it up man, youve hyped me up so much! LETS GOOO
Wow this video was way better than I expected. Amazing video Coach. I love the pdf too.
Thanks man! I gotta keep raising the bar for this channel and what I produce!
Keep it up Coach. Loved the video
Thanks Elijah! Love the comments!
Yooo I absolutely love these, I’m starting an Icewind Dale campaign an I’ve been looking for new and elaborate ways to really drive the sense of fear and urgency. Thanks a million, m8
I was in the same boat, I was thinking... If I ran this... I gotta do SOMETHING!!! Hope this gets you the right frozen FEEL!!
As a new DM, I am so thankful for these Homebrews, which are allowing me to make playing more personal with my players
Tip, if you've read through the brew and think it will be too tough, you can change the increases of "Frost check" modifiers and DC's to +4, +3 or only +2 for each level. It will be a little less daunting that way.
Also keep in mind that the Frost check is actually a modified Constitution save, so you still treat it as a save :)
I love the homebrew of the homebrew! +2 increments would definitly work too, more room to add stuff without KILLING everyone lol
Heading through the PDF and adapting it to my setting now, I REALLY appreciate this, dude! Came out just in time for my party to head north and I can't wait to unleash it on them
Great to hear! I love how you said "Unleash it on your players" lol muahahah
I am absolutely going to use this, thank you so much. You never cease to impress with your videos!
Happy to hear that! I'll keep it comming!
Perfect for the cold times we are about to enter, I want to run a survival horror Christmas game >:). Gj coach!
Oooooo a punishing Christmas game! That sounds awesome!!! Glad to help bro!
This is really cool and thank you for offering the PDF for free in the first 24 hours.
I really appreciate and enjoy watching all your contens
Just trying to give back to all those people who help this channel grow to where its already at, so thank YOU!
The dice tower tip is such a great idea! Definitely gonna use it in my games
my god thank you, i was preparing for a part of my campaign on the ice and it will help me so much! Very good video and good luck!
Thats awesome to hear! Thanks for that, Perfect timing for this then, I tried to get it out ASAP for people that are starting up their campaigns
isn't it free anymore? :(
ok just bad internet :p
Thank you so much! Already downloaded it and can't wait to dig in! And the Dice Tower of Doom is such a good idea to build tension. Again, thank you so much! Very excited to use these in my own game!
All fun stuff, will be a blast when you first do it, guaranteed! lol
Missed the free pdf but I have to say: your content is always solid & I'm thankful you are a leader in this community. Keep shining Dungeon Coach.
The video didnt even buffer and I already dropped that like boss
Damn thats fast! props bro!
One thing I learned after using the exhaustion on dropping to 0 for a while at my table... it encourages leaving the dying player down and finishing the fight since they won't be as useful with exhaustion. And I wanted that moment to feel more tense, so instead I now have sticky failed death saves.
If you fail a death save, you keep them until you complete a long rest. Now if someone drops, the party is encouraged to heal them before they even start their turn. And even though they are just as effective after being healed, if they have any death save fails, the whole table will feel that tension.
Wonderful video, as always! I love your style of homebrewing. You always blow my mind!
Thanks again for the live stream dude! I appreciate it! I’ll keep it up!
yes!!!! yes!!!!! im glad other people are making homebrew re: the cold and its effects. i was originally just going to reflavor the exhaustion points to relate to frostbite but im excited to see what homebrew you have written! such a missed opportunity from wotc to do fun and interesting cold effects like frostbite and hypothermia and really lame that its a low dc skill check that can even just be passed over.
I totally agree with it being a "missed opportunity" FOR SURE, well thats where I come in!
I was just about to comment on how maybe something else would fit better than exhaustion but the pdf already has varient options! Nice work. Definitely going to see if I can use some of this stuff to spice up wilderness exploration or hex crawls in super cold environments.
I normally don't bother with comments on videos, but you make some super high quality content, dude. This channel is going to get huge.
Then that means even more than usual to me! I am the same way when I watch stuff, so I feel ya man! But yes it really does help when people comment, so thank you!
Another great video with a great PDF to have handy while DMing!
I tried organizing the pages to where you could take pages out for a full rule set all in one page, gotta be efficient
Totally loved your video.... I especially like the Tower of Doom homebrew... plan on using that in lots of different ways. Already have bought your PDF (even though I coulda gotten it for free). Cheers!
Wow thank you, I apprecaite that, and YES I can think of other uses for it too, glad I got your wheels turning!!
Awesome as always DC! Can’t wait to dive deeper into the PDF!
Upgraded Patron over here too! Thanks so much man, you are helping make all this possible!
wickedness! Perfect for tomorrow's third session in Iceland Dale. Feeling sad that I found this only just now.
You're da'man. Thanks so much for putting this together.
It was a HUGE undertaking but I loved every second of it!
I would love to see a video that fleshes out all the exhaustion rules you have crafted! I like the idea of exhaustion but it seems too brutal at times
I totally agree and tried to find a middle ground! 👍🏼 lemme know what you think!
@@TheDungeonCoach I feel like exhaustion would be a lot better of a mechanic if there more ways to deal with it. Some of those impediments hit hard and it seems unfair to make players deal with it for multiple long rests as it slowly falls. Maybe you should open this idea up to your discord, it seems like a much better place to have this discussion
Great work again Coach. Just an idea to think about... There are times when being exposed to or being trapped in really cold conditions can aid survival. It might increase tension for a party if one of their members was put into some sort of suspended animation at zero hit points. Perhaps the death saves can stretch to an hour, while the party try and create conditions for the one in the cold induced coma to come round. (I have written this before I've read your pdf, so sorry if you have already covered this.) Cheers again
Ooooo That is SO interesting... never thought of it like that... you just blew my mind!
Great job, as usual! Thank you so much for all the help!!
My pleasure!
You do amazing work! Keep it up! I have appreciated your content, it helps me to become a better more dynamic DM
Awesome, thank you! "more dynamic DM" is a GREAT compliment for me to hear you becoming! Keep at it!
I love the frost checks. This will help me with my haunted mansion to increase tension.
Great PDF , I'm very glad I gave you some money for your work.
Why thank you! I appreciate that, it helps me make more stuff in general! Im back to work on more stuff as we speak!
Thanks coach!! These are awesome!!
I got you covered! Now stay warm!
Hey DC good job. It sucks that I didn’t notice this in the first 24 but the info overload on the discord was too much for me to handle.
But that’s fine because I got a ton of great ideas just from the video. I think between this and the discord you have fostered a budding and benevolent community that I’m happy to experience. This pdf looks like it was a major success as a test run and I’m sure the future will hold more successful projects for you. Keep it up man, but don’t forget to take some R&R to match the D&D.
Yea some R&R have been mice to try and catch up on the lack of it to get this! Thank you for recognizing that!
This is perfect, my players just thwarted the deep dwarves and dragon, they lost all the towns except bryn shander , since all attention is on Auril i was thinking about raising the severity of the cold to get the players to see Auril is becoming an absolute threat
Perfect!!! YEEESSSS freeze then to their bones!! 🥶
🥶 Found your Channel through your calibration with Bob the Builder’s channel. Great stuff!
I'd like to see more of your upgraded cantrips! Already using them. I gave word of radiance to a Order of the Gauntlet member.
Oooo what a perfect person to give that too! I really liked that video too! those are fun to make!
Hey Coach, I like your idea of Exhaustion death saves, but I think this kind of comes with a catch. Technically, when a player is restored to 1 HP after falling unconscious, it is done via magic. Like a potion, or a cure wounds, etc. In my mind, healing magic like that restores the body to its previous conditions, so they probably would not suffer any exhaustion. However, if someone is Stabilized as a result of a feat, ability, or use of a medicine check, I would agree with the exhaustion then. Because technically, they aren't healed, they just aren't dying either.
WOAH I have never distinguished HOW they were brought back to health... healing would prevent the exhaustion... thats BRILLIANT
You're hall of fame in my book.
I appreciate both the compliment and the coach analogy lol
Great video👍🏻 For the avalanche I feel like it would make more sense if it was 2D10 bludgeoning damage instead of cold damage. In addition, a character becomes restrained and they can’t breathe beginning some sort of skill challenge or maybe use timer dice to illustrate how long the companion heroes who weren’t trapped have to dig out and rescue their compatriots. That would give it a more realistic feel to what we all have been told happens during an actual avalanche.
I see the bludgeoning from the IMPACT, so very true
I originally was going to have repeated damage per round but felt it was too much to that’s probably why it’s still cold, I’d totally go bludge now
The rules are awesome, the videos are awesome, the Discord community is awesome and last but not least, Coach is awesome. Honestly, what else to say?
Haha YOU are awesome, Homebrew Council FTW! Thanks for all YOU do too man!
awesome video!
To survive a real-world avalanche, I learned the the instructor of the wilderness survival class I took back in the 1980's, that is there's no way to get out of the path of an avalanche, stand with your back to the avalanche, cover your mouth & nose with a cloth of some kind so you don't breathe in any snow dust, and angle you head forward so that the force of the avalanche can't trip you backward, and so your head will be closer to the surface. And you should also try to keep your hands close enough to your face to form an air pocket as the snow piles around you.
This brings to mind this combo. All that weather gear (base+fur+blubber) + the ring of warmth. The base gives you a +15 to frost checks of -20*C. The ring of warmth makes you immune to -45*C (DC 20 frost checks) and gives you resistance (+5). What happens if your wearing all that? Do you basically get a base 20(ring) +5(resist) +15(clothing) = 40 frost check? Making you basically immune to the cold?
The average temperature of Icewind dale is -45*C. The max being on how colder it can get being around 80 factoring in only temperature change. Adding other weather mechanics would be around -105*C ish?
02:13 I like this, it's like playing The Lone Dark but with minor book-keeping (which the game does for you)
I've never played that... but if its like that then its awesome!! Ill have to look into Lone Dark!
I picked up the pdf... This is really awesome...!!!
Awesome video.
Thank you, this is great!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the PDF!
You are welcome! I got you covered!
I’d like to see what else you do with exhaustion. I also think it’s an under used mechanic. I have a homebrew ranger spell to help exhaustion. I have a homebrew warlock sub class that suffers exhaustion. I’m planning to lead my campaign into the desert, and I will adapt some of your cold homebrew for hot homebrew.
O totally you can easily change this HEAT based things for sure, and I love those homebrew ideas, warlock exhausting is perfect lol
Ideas to give out exhaustion are always welcome
I know right! Its so under used!
Love the Frost Checks in your home brew but have a question. How often should I ask the players to roll these? The typical roll once an hour for exposure listed in RotFM seems excessive. I’m thinking dawn, dusk, midnight and whenever a weather event warrants it (or when other events like falling in freezing water happens).
I have that all flushed out in the PDF, BUT
I would ask for one every night AT MID NIGHT👌🏼
Ever hour seems draining and excessive! So I do it every night at midnight and ANY time a large moment happens that would make them cold! Like falli in ice etc
I love all your homebrew man, and see that you mentioned homebrewing Polar Bears. I was severely disappointed with what icewindale did with their polar owlbear, any chance you'll do a homebrew on that? Literally all the book says is use the original owlbear and give them cold resistance and something else that wasn't anything special that i already forgot about.
I might just have something for that coming this week now that you asked!
@@TheDungeonCoach Awesome! cant wait to see it if it comes out!
Definitely gonna pick up this pdf. I was wondering if you could do the same sort of environment survival thing for jungle terrain for use in Temple of Annihilation? I’m currently working on pre-made encounters for the exploration portion of said campaign for chapter two, I would be happy to email what I have so far if your interested. Thanks again for the great home brews.
How about expending 1 to 2 hit dice to remove exhaustion instead of HP recovery. Maybe expend HD for a DC roll to remove exhaustion.
THIS IS BRILLIANT! I love adding in bit dice mechanics! Great idea
Just one question, when do you suggest we should ask players for a frost check? And how do you determine how cold it is when there’s no blizzards and such
You should check out the Scholar from Adventures in Middle Earth 5e. The class has a feature called healers hands which make them a bit of a mundane healer, but at level 9 they can remove exhaustions by spending healing hands dice. Might be cool to homebrew something like that as a class feature reward.
Exhaustion for hit dice expenditure of the healer, thats a cool idea! id totally adapt that!
Did you have any specific thoughts behind not including the characters constitution modifier in the Frost Check?
It is included
It’s a constitution saving throw 100% but you add on all Frost check gear too
I have a question! As always, love what you've done. Content is always top notch.
Are you/people doing travel on the road the same as the info provided? I feel like I might make travel too stale if it takes 3+ days to travel on the road but it also takes the same amount of time to do that without a road.
So... Any suggestions on speed limits for road vs the awesome homebrew for travel (MPD is super helpful)
Roads just double everything 👌🏼
That’s what I would do but you can just bake “what would make sense” into traveling of how far they could get in a day
@@TheDungeonCoach that's what I was thinking, just double it. Especially with the checks easier. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything obvious 😃
Frost Check question: Isn’t the average temperature already -49 degrees Fahrenheit in Icewind Dale? Significantly increasing your check that high seems a little unfair unless you’re changing the average temp for the entire region, no?
Yea once I homebrew it, its separated from that line in the book, or else there would only ever be on DC of temperature. Id have it at 0 around populated towns and what not (or higher if they have large heat sources/ magic warmth) but you get to chooose what temp everywhere is intead of one temp everywhere
A cool online idea for the dice tower, you roll a d6 or 8 and what ever number it lands on that's how many fails they get
Thanks, Coach!
You're so welcome!
This is awesome. Where's the love button?
Thanks again coach!!!! You da bees knees!!!
well I do declare! lol thanks darlin!
I know it's free for the 1st 24 hours. But I still payed it. Its definitely worth it
MVP right there, I appreciate that for real! I promise youll get your monies worth
@@TheDungeonCoach no you are definitely the MVP making content that I as a DM love to use and add to my games to increase the enjoyment my players have at the table. they also love the things you do as well.
I know I’m late to the party but… what happens if they fail the frost check?
More Icewind Dale content please.
Hey Coach! I recently purchased your guide on DMs guild. Fantastic stuff, will def be using for my campaign. I wanted to ask your opinion on where PCs can purchase the gear. Should it be anywhere? Maybe some places, esp. the more north they go? How about in the Dale itself, I'm thinking there should be no problem finding and buying the gear there as long as they have the coin? Reason I'm asking is because the hook for my campaign is the party is being sent on an expedition north by local guilds of Neverwinter, per pressure from the Lord's Alliance, to investigate the extended winter. I want to set it up in a way where they perhaps have a pool of money and from that can buy some gear, and then perhaps that can be a catalyst to accepting some of those initial quests when they get there, i.e. money to get more geared up. But I realize this may be a catch 22 of sorts, you need the gear for the quests, but you need the money to buy the gear. Any advice or thoughts?
Are Travel Checks survival based or just flat d20 rolls?
Looks cool ;)
By the way, I use the same thing for death saves/exhaustion! Nice call.
How does this work with the rest homebrew? I've been using something similar for short rest/long rest/ "complete" rest (I think you said full rest). I think this story would destroy the PCs if you use those rules. But I want it to be harder. I guess I'll just be buying the pdf haha
Refreshing ☺👍
like an ICE cold drink!
Hyped!
It’s finally here!!
What would you do for a character with cold resistance?
Up to you ultimately but probably a modifier to the Frost Checks
I give Exhaustion for both coming back from death saves and taking Critical hits.
Yea I love how you can really make things harder/ easier based on the triggers you choose! I like those conditions though, make nat 20s crazy!
Exhaustion from a critical... this is almost/maybe even as bad crit fumbles. Getting punished for something you can't control.
@@pixeljunkie7105 we play a game of gritty reality. If you get hit hard enough it wears you down
@@pixeljunkie7105 yea I can see that being frustrating but it’s all about of has what the players are down for, BOOM big hit, ouch. But that can also snowball, tricky balance for sure
@@akashambatwamiller6924 yup, gotta find what works/ feels right
How “hard mode” you want it to be 👍🏼
We should do a 5e conversion of dnd 3.5s Frostburn.
13:08 Doesn't that sound like the Dread jenga/horror game?
Scary Jenga D&D! Yes!
Coach, your content is awesome, but the thumbnails need work (also have you tried doing your intro with a black background? white seems unfinished)
yea? I try and get high quality pictures and put catchy titles on em? I am defiitely open for stuff, still trying to dial in "my style" on em. And the intro being white leaves it as the central focus, but I felt the same way you did initially too, but I could never come up with what the background would be?? Any ideas?
@@TheDungeonCoachI think you should continue with the tademark the Purple White Red color scheme, it's recognizable. When I made this comment I think you had green in there.
As for the intro background, I think having it be some textured grey could fit well. Even paperwhite texture is better. I also think this applies to the logo. Also I found the discord, thank you!
You had me at hello....
*in obi wan voice8 Why hello there!
Niceee!
Boo missed out. Anyone wanna send me the pdf
Haha! If you sub then shoot me an email it’s the next day, so ya know
@@TheDungeonCoach thanks. No worries I gotta be more vigilant lol
Sigh, I watch all the videos and I was looking forward to this PDF and then I couldn't get to it before the deadline due to family. =/
I had to pause the video when I heard that 0 degrees is not cold. Like WTF!?... then I realized you were not using international metric system ... which means the that table and probably the entire PDF is quite useless for the entire world (minus 3 countries) . So I would suggest you update the PDF to add metric measurements.
If you wanted to change the numbers than that’s part of the Homebrew, I sousing make different tables for different real world regions. Just like I hope people would take inspiration from my systems and make it their own, that would be what you do, change the temperature ranges and your good to go, others might make the chart go by 2s instead of 5s, up to you 👍🏼
The dice tower is kinda just I reimagining of the game dread
Yay second!
Your fast!!
12:00 Dredd basically
When your players build 20 piece d6 Tower.....
20 pages but ok
0:19: the dungeon coach moments before freezing to death (why did he wear a T-shirt to the arctic wtf)