Process for Retiring a Character

• A character must retire during the Downtime step if they have fulfilled the requirements of their personal quest. They may perform all other downtime activities before retiring.
• Retirement can only be done during the Downtime step; it cannot occur during a scenario or between scenarios unless the party returns to Frosthaven for an Outpost Phase (p. 64).
• Upon retirement:
  • The party gains 2 prosperity and unlocks the building envelope specified on the personal quest card.
  • If the specified envelope is already unlocked, the alternate envelope is unlocked instead.
  • If both envelopes are already unlocked, the party gains a random scenario (or 1 inspiration if that deck is depleted) and a random item blueprint (or 1 inspiration if that deck is depleted).
  • The retiring character may spend 15 inspiration once to draw two additional personal quests, choose one to complete immediately (without fulfilling its requirements), and shuffle the other back into the deck. This grants the party 2 more prosperity and unlocks another building envelope. The effects of completing two personal quests are resolved simultaneously.

What Happens to Character Materials Upon Retirement

• Personal Quest: The personal quest card is removed from the game, as well as any additional personal quest completed upon retirement.
• Items: All items are returned to the available supply.
• Resources: All resources are moved to the Frosthaven supply.
• Gold: All gold is lost.
• Character Materials: All character materials are put back in the corresponding tuck boxes.

Additional Steps

• For each class, the first time a character of that class retires, flip their character mat and read the indicated section from the section book.
• Record the retired character in the retirement table on the campaign sheet.
• When a new character is created by the same player, they gain one perk mark for each character previously retired by that player.

Source: p. 64

Source: Core Rulebook (pp. 55, 56, 64, 65, 70)