The Northern Reaches
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| Authors | Ken Rolston and Elizabeth Danforth |
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| Genre | Role-playing game |
| Publisher | TSR |
Publication date | 1988 |
The Northern Reaches is an accessory for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. The book describes the land known as the Northern Reaches, which lie on the eastern seaboard of the D&D game's Known World,[1] also known as Mystara.
The Northern Reaches features guides Helfdan Halftroll, Onund Tolundmire, Saru the Serpent, and Dwalinn the Dwarf who provide a tour of the land known as the Northern Reaches.[1] The accessory details the Viking-style lands of Ostland, Vestland, and Soderfjord.[2] The thirty-two page Players Book provides a description the lands of the Northern Reaches, and rules for characters from this region, while the sixty-four page DM Book contains the history of the lands and their nations, and provides three adventure scenarios,[2] an epic campaign outline, and a system rune magic for clerics.[1]
The gazetteer also includes a large color map and cardstock cutouts for constructing scale model Viking buildings.[2] The complete 3-D card village once assembled is intended to be used as the setting for two of the adventures in the set.[1]
