What If: Disney's Frozen Were a Dungeon World Adventure

The thought occurred to me that there's something about Disney's Frozen that reminds me of Dungeon World. I can almost hear the conversation during character creation:

Anna: "Our kingdom is like Medieval Scandinavia."
Kristoff: "I'm an orphan and I was raised by trolls, only they're more like little rock dwarves."
Anna: "I'm a princess, but my older sister is going to become queen after our parents died at sea."
Kristoff: "My only friend is a reindeer that grew up with me."
Anna: "My sister has magic ice powers. When I was little, she shot me and almost killed me. Our parents took me to the trolls, who wiped my memory of her magic."

And so on.

Kristof is pretty clearly a Ranger, with Sven as his animal companion. Anna is harder, but in my mind she is a very bizarre kind of Paladin who just leaves all her equipment behind in her haste. Elsa, of course, is the Front.

The Winter of Queen Elsa (Front)

After her powers are exposed, Queen Elsa triggers an unnatural winter in Arendelle.

Dangers 

• The Unnatural Winter: If the winter continues, Arendelle will become a lifeless, frozen waste, dotted by the icy ruins of her beautiful cities. Impulse: Bring isolation for Queen Elsa.
• Frightened Nobles: The nobles are terrified to have an ice witch as a Queen. Without an alternative, they will organize themselves, hunt her down, and then squabble over the resulting power vacuum. Impulse: Return order to the kingdom.

Grim Portents

• A blizzard blows in over Arendelle in the middle of summer.
• Elsa forms an ice palace on the North Mountain.
• Hans leads noble guards in a hunt for the Queen.

Impending Doom

Destruction: Elsa's power is so great that she freezes the entire kingdom rather than face her own fears.

And here are stats for the big monster in the film, Marshmallow.

Marshmallow	Solitary, Large, Construct, Amorphous
Claws (d10+4 damage)	23 HP	3 armor
Forceful, Close

Marshmallow is an enormous icy snowman born from Elsa's powers. He serves as a brute bodyguard charged with keeping intruders away from her ice palace. The menacing white beast doesn't say much, but he packs a powerful punch. Instinct: Chase off any intruders

• Protect the Queen
• Throw chunks of ice

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