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The North: Guide to the Savage Frontier

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The North: Guide to the Savage Frontier is a 192-page accessory boxed set for [missing data] released in April 1996.

Official synopsis[]

The Savage Frontier, the Barbaric North, the Cold Wastes, the Uneducated Backyard. These, among many others, are nicknames for the North. This is a land of rabid monsters and ruthless barbarians, where nature is the strongest force for leagues in any direction. The North campaign expansion for the Forgotten Realms setting is the authority on the lands from Daggerford in the south to Ten-Towns in the north, from Anauroch in the east to the Ice Peak in the west.

This new campaign expansion contains everything a player or Dungeon Master needs to adventure in this savage and perilous territory, including:

  • The Wilderness - A 96-page timeline and geographical overview of the north, featuring a description of the land's natives and monsters and including out of print information found in TSR's accessory FR's The Savage Frontier.
  • Cities and Civilization - 64 pages of facts on all the cities, towns, and hamlets in the North.
  • Daggerford - A 32-page book, describing a complete city designed to be a hometown for your campaign's bravest heroes, with detailed building descriptions based on information from the old TSR adventure N5 Under Illefarn.
  • Two Poster Maps - Full-color sheets showing the entire environs of the North. On the reverse side is a map of the town of Daggerford, plus an extensive set of random encounter tables.

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Development and release[]

Development[]

The book was written by Dale "Slade" Henson, Jim Butler, Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb, Julia Martin, Steven Schend, Jennell Jaquays and Steve Perrin. Art was provided by Larry Elmore and Martin Salvadore.

Release[]

The North: Guide to the Savage Frontier was released by TSR in April 1996 for $[missing data] US or $[missing data] Canadian.

On November 22, 2016, it was re-released in digital format. It is currently available on DriveThruRPG and Dungeon Masters Guild for $9.99.

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Critical reception[]

As of 2023, The North: Guide to the Savage Frontier reached the rank of Gold seller on DriveThruRPG.

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