What you need to know about Termalaine in Rime of the Frostmaiden

[@SteelySam]

Totally forgot the founders of Termalaine were Calishite, which would explain the tigers and djinn.

[@tylerwaugh1316]

I am starting Icewind dale soon and am going to start with this town. This is my first time DMing! :) Thanks for the great videos.

[@Sobohiker]

Thanks. I found this series very useful. Running this campaign now.

[@SteelySam]

Thank you, best of luck on your campaign

[@poisonouscuddles2948]

Im a first time Dm and i just want to thank you! Your video's are real lifesavers!

[@SteelySam]

I'm glad to hear they are helping

[@tylerwaugh1316]

I'm also a first time DM! About to start this campaign!

[@Mtwmcn94]

Players may hear a "Ten-Towns Rumor" (mine heard it in the Northlook at Bryn Shander) that the speaker of Termalaine has "closed one of the town's lucrative gem mines".

[@SteelySam]

yes thank you

[@justincasebro1567]

Thank you so much for the info and insight. Great ideas man!

[@brucemartin1420]

Hey just found your channel today im liking it so far.

[@SteelySam]

glad to hear it, let me know if there's anything you want to see covered

[@joeld2925]

@@SteelySam personally I am leaning on your ideas for possibly running this campaign later in 2021. It's really beneficial to have someone provide specific insights like this - thank you very much, kind sir.

[@indycole396]

Great video, but did you… read the section in the book for it? It tells you what colour tourmalines their are, why the carvings are their, why people moved their, the mines importance… literally everything you asked about and speculated about is literally in the book…

[@357Dejavu]

Thank for posting these!

[@tristencovarrubias4950]

When it comes to tourmaline, the gemstone is commonly black. It can come in various tints & hues, but the rarer iteration is pink (which I believe occurs in high elevations and is actually what makes the recently more & more popular Himalayan salt pink... I could be wrong, but please correct me if I am). In Wiccan/New-Age holistic belief, tourmaline has a centering and grounding effect that is beneficial to the wearer for various ailments & conditions both psychological and physical.

[@davidu8283]

This video has some good help & great ideas, thanks!

[@marimbo3619]

You deserve more love my friend. Bless you❤️

[@mattie3875]

Great stuff!

[@mihaipoenaru1783]

Great vid. Liked it

[@ambersikes4384]

First off, all of your videos are so helpful! I am a first time DM and these have been so helpful to add depth to my sessions. Second, any ideas what the town does with these gems? They don't seem very useful and since there is minimum trade with "south of the wall" who is buying these gems??

[@SteelySam]

Good point, without some kind of export they would just be sitting on mounds of these gems. I would suggest having them used as a spell component for some everyday spell. Maybe there are mages in Bryn Shander or Targos that use the gems for spells. They could also be used as filigree for all the scrimshaw around ten towns. Hope that helps.

[@ambersikes4384]

@@SteelySam yes definitely good ideas! thank you :) I am trying to keep the magic to a minimum in Ten Towns so decoration might be the way to go. Along those lines maybe they can trade with Blackiron Blades as hilt adornments or something.

[@SteelySam]

@@ambersikes4384 good idea, maybe the dwarves in the dwarven valley as well

[@fleetcenturion]

Tourmaline? That's a type of grease, used on machine parts that get exposed to water. The More You Know... :-D

[@Kangaxxter]

Do you integrate Vellynne Harpell earlier than the book does?

[@SteelySam]

I haven't introduced her in any of my games (all of which are currently in Ch. 2). I had planned on introducing her at the time the book does. If you wanted to introduce her or the kobolds early you could have the kobolds in a trench coat buying supplies at one of the general goods stores or have her watching Dzaan being executed in Easthaven (her relationship with Dzaan is entirely up to the DM)

[@DrAndrewJBlack]

Great video

[@Stickykeys2010]

Do you ever give your players the names of the quests? Like a quest log?

[@SteelySam]

Yes, and the names of the dungeon rooms.

[@Mtwmcn94]

Maybe an artist Bard!

[@SteelySam]

great idea

[@jamiecott123]

If you think Tourmaline/Termaline is bad, Tourmaline is pronounced Termaline where I'm from.