Thanks everyone!
Yes, I do have Ice & Blood. It will take me a while to get to niob, though. Especially since I keep starting over because I never get fully happy with my builds. I do think, however, that my current character, Skye Vin, should be strong enough.
@gogoblender:
You think it's cold in Montreal?! Last nights soccer practice got cancelled because it was too cold... and we aren't sissies(most of us, anyway). And here I am trying to convince myself I didn't, somehow, get teleported to the north pole.