Summer Star¶
Description and use¶
Campaign source: Icewind Dale - Rime of the Frostmaiden, original fifth-edition rules. Campaign-specific mechanics below are separate from the revised core wiki.
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Campaign context¶
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The first time a creature picks up the Summer Star, its core glows with a golden radiance as bright as a candle flame. Unless the creature drops the device immediately, the light suddenly blossoms, becoming a 10-foot-radius sphere of incinerating golden radiance centered on the device. Each creature in the sphere must make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw, taking 90 (10d10 + 35) radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If this effect reduces a creature to 0 hit points and there is damage remaining, the creature is turned to ashes if the remaining damage equals or exceeds its hit point maximum. Once the explosion is triggered, the Summer Star becomes inoperable and safe to handle.
PDF page 119 (printed 118) — source PDF is not included in this player reference.
I've had enough of this damned, relentless cold. | feel it creep into my bones, my head, my heart. I'm heading back to Ten-Towns for a decent meal and a warm bed. | fear this endless winter has numbed your mind, and any tinkerer worth their chains can see the Summer Star is a fool's errand. Maybe without me here to incessantly complain to, you'll finally snap out of your obsession.
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Six months ago, Macreadus, a sage and devout follower of Lathander (god of the dawn and rebirth), formed a plan to end Auril's everlasting winter. He holed up in the Black Cabin, where he spent all his time assembling a weather-controlling magical device called the Summer Star, using knowledge he gleaned from a book about Netherese artifacts. Macreadus's device was similar in design to a mythallar (see appendix D), but much smaller. Unfortunately for him, it had a serious design flaw. When Macreadus tried to use it three days ago, it malfunctioned, incinerating both him and his book. Characters who search the cabin can find the sage's charred skeleton and his deadly creation.
PDF page 117 (printed 116) — source PDF is not included in this player reference.
Source pages¶
PDF page 117 (printed 116) — source PDF is not included in this player reference. · PDF page 119 (printed 118) — source PDF is not included in this player reference. · PDF page 120 (printed 119) — source PDF is not included in this player reference. · PDF page 122 (printed 121) — source PDF is not included in this player reference.
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Referenced by campaign pages¶
Coldlight Walker · Goliath Werebear · Lathander · Candle · Charred Book
Import provenance¶
Source: Icewind Dale - Rime of the Frostmaiden (2020, supplied printing). Retained original campaign rules and page references. Imported from the campaign item record.