Publication:The Northern Reaches

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[  The Northern Reaches]
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System: Dungeons and Dragons 1e
Levels: N/A
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Author: Ken Rolston 
Publisher: TSR 
Item Code: 9230 
Publication Date: 1988 
Format: Paperback 
Page Count: 32 
ISBN-10: 0-88038-573-1
 
Product Blurb
Welcome to the Land of Vikings. Discover the berserk Jaris of Soderfjord, the Vikings of Vestland, and the fearsome Drakkars of Ostland. The Norther Reaches is a unique complement to your Gazetteer collection, providing detailed background on these three nations, their people, and many adventures
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Plot Summary

The guides Helfdan Halftroll, Onund Tolundmire, Saru the Serpent, and Dwalinn the Dwarf take the reader on a tour of the Northern Reaches. The accessory describes the three Viking-style lands of Ostland, Vestland, and Soderfjord. The thirty-two page Players Book gives an overview of the Northern Reaches, and contains rules for Northman characters, including optional rules for character personality traits. The sixty-four page DM Book contains the history, geography, nations and governments, rules, and nonhumans of the Northern Reaches, three scenarios, rules for adapting the setting to Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, an epic campaign outline, and a new system of clerical magic: runes. The gazetteer also includes a large color map and cardstock cutouts for constructing scale model Viking buildings. The complete 3-D card village can be assembled and used as the setting for two of the detailed adventures

Publication History

GAZ7 The Northern Reaches was written by Ken Rolston and Elizabeth Danforth, with a cover by Clyde Caldwell and interior illustrations by Stephen Fabian, and was published by TSR in 1988 as a sixty-four page book, a thirty-two page book, four cardstock sheets, a large color map, and an outer folder.


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Facts about "The Northern Reaches"
AuthorKen Rolston +
ISBN0-88038-573-1 +
Item Code9230 +
Media TypePaperback +
Module CodeGAZ7 +
Page Count32 +
Publication Date1988 +
PublisherTSR +
SystemDungeons and Dragons 1e +
TitleThe Northern Reaches +