Try recreating the terror of the film with a game in a wintery research camp. Movie buffs will recognise the coldlight walker as an homage to the figure depicted on the poster of John Carpenter’s 1982 science fiction masterwork, The Thing. A person killed by a walker will freeze for nine days, and during this stretch of time they can’t be thawed or raised from the dead - meaning that these horrors can really thwart the resurrection spells of a party’s cleric! Introduced in last year’s D&D 5E adventure Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden, the coldlight walker was once a humanoid who died of extreme temperatures and now lives on as a corpse, radiating a blinding otherworldly light. Only through exploration of the nearby mountains will the players discover the lair of the devious bheur hag behind it all, hopefully saving the villagers from their doom and gloom!īeware the shining shamblers in the snow A glowing corpse straight from a certain John Carpenter flick. The weather has caused residents to turn against each other, with scuffles breaking out in the streets and a feeling of cantankerousness disrupting what would normally be a festive holiday season. With their Maddening Feast ability, bheur hags can consume the corpse of an enemy that died within the past minute, and this grotesque sight causes all who witness it to become frightened if they fail a wisdom saving throw.įor a Christmas hook involving the bheur hag, toss your players in a town suffering from a frightful blizzard. Image: Wizards of the Coastīheur hags, from D&D 5E supplement Volo’s Guide to Monsters, dwell in snowy lands and manipulate the weather, wracking villages with bitter cold. This hag wants to rob everyone of Christmas cheer Meet the personification of winter's wrath.

Winter-themed D&D 5E monsters for a Christmas campaign Whether you’re reuniting with a tabletop group in person or playing a socially distanced game online, these D&D 5E monsters are perfect fodder for a Christmas one-shot or a longer Dungeons & Dragons campaign that might begin in December and extend well into the new year. During these frigid winter months, there’s no better way to keep the imagination warm than gathering friends to roll dice and fight ferocious foes.

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