The Savage Frontier is a campaign setting supplement which describes the area north of the High Moors—the location in which the novel The Crystal Shard takes place—and the northern barbarians.[1] The book focuses on the lands to the north of the city of Waterdeep.[2] The color maps and text add further detail to the Northlands and Trackless Sea.[2] This campaign supplement contains information on the Northmen, the Uthgardt Barbarians, and the northern dwarves and orcs.[2] It provides information on major settlements, strongholds, ruins, and includes adventure ideas.[2]
The Savage Frontier is a 64-page booklet wrapped in a removable gatefold cover. The outside gatefold contains a map of Waterdeep, while the inside front cover contains maps of the Ruins of Ascore, Grandfather Tree, Hellgate Keep, Luskan, and typical Uthgardt ancestor mounds. Two fold-out color poster maps are included: one of the Savage Frontier region, and one of the Trackless Sea. The book focuses on the Savage Frontier; it includes an overview of the region and of the peoples of the North, their cities, towns, and villages, and geographic features such as the Sea, the Ice, the Islands, the Lost Lands, strongholds, ruins, rivers, mountains, rough lands, the High Forest, and Uthgardt ancestor mounds, as well as personalities of the North. The book contains four appendices which describe magical items of the Savage Frontier, northern proficiencies (skills useful in the region), news of the land, and adventures in the Savage Frontier.
Publication historyedit
The Savage Frontier (FR5) was written by Jennell Jaquays[a] and published by TSR in 1988 as a 64-page booklet with a large color map and an outer folder.[1]
Shannon Appelcline explained that Frank Mentzer's Aquaria setting was initially published as four adventure modules for the RPGA, and presumably to be included as part of the Greyhawk setting; after these modules were collected and reprinted as the single adventure I12: Egg of the Phoenix (1987), some of the characters appearing in the adventure were incorporated into the Forgotten Realms supplement FR5: The Savage Frontier (1988) which Appelcline found unsurprising "given the speed with which TSR was incorporating everything into the Realms at the time, from Moonshae Isles to Bloodstone Pass."[3]: 40
Receptionedit
Jim Bambra reviewed The Savage Frontier for Dragon magazine #144 (April 1989).[2] Bambra wrote that the color maps and text "place firmly in context the descriptions given in FR1 Waterdeep and the North.[2] He concluded: "This supplement is for anyone who can't resist the call of the wild."[2]
savage, frontier, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources The Savage Frontier news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Savage Frontier product code FR5 is an accessory for the Dungeons amp Dragons campaign setting Forgotten Realms It describes the Savage Frontier of Faerun The book was written by Jennell Jaquays a and published by TSR in 1988 Cover art is by Larry Elmore with interior illustrations by Esteban Maroto and cartography by Dave Sutherland Dennis Kauth and Jaquays The Savage FrontierCodeFR5Rules requiredAD amp DCharacter levelsNACampaign settingForgotten RealmsAuthorsJennell Jaquays a First published1988Linked modulesFR1 FR2 FR3 FR4 FR5 FR6 FR7 FR8 FR9 FR10 FR11 FR12 FR13 FR14 FR15 FR16 Contents 1 Contents 2 Publication history 3 Reception 4 Notes 5 ReferencesContents editThe Savage Frontier is a campaign setting supplement which describes the area north of the High Moors the location in which the novel The Crystal Shard takes place and the northern barbarians 1 The book focuses on the lands to the north of the city of Waterdeep 2 The color maps and text add further detail to the Northlands and Trackless Sea 2 This campaign supplement contains information on the Northmen the Uthgardt Barbarians and the northern dwarves and orcs 2 It provides information on major settlements strongholds ruins and includes adventure ideas 2 The Savage Frontier is a 64 page booklet wrapped in a removable gatefold cover The outside gatefold contains a map of Waterdeep while the inside front cover contains maps of the Ruins of Ascore Grandfather Tree Hellgate Keep Luskan and typical Uthgardt ancestor mounds Two fold out color poster maps are included one of the Savage Frontier region and one of the Trackless Sea The book focuses on the Savage Frontier it includes an overview of the region and of the peoples of the North their cities towns and villages and geographic features such as the Sea the Ice the Islands the Lost Lands strongholds ruins rivers mountains rough lands the High Forest and Uthgardt ancestor mounds as well as personalities of the North The book contains four appendices which describe magical items of the Savage Frontier northern proficiencies skills useful in the region news of the land and adventures in the Savage Frontier Publication history editThe Savage Frontier FR5 was written by Jennell Jaquays a and published by TSR in 1988 as a 64 page booklet with a large color map and an outer folder 1 Shannon Appelcline explained that Frank Mentzer s Aquaria setting was initially published as four adventure modules for the RPGA and presumably to be included as part of the Greyhawk setting after these modules were collected and reprinted as the single adventure I12 Egg of the Phoenix 1987 some of the characters appearing in the adventure were incorporated into the Forgotten Realms supplement FR5 The Savage Frontier 1988 which Appelcline found unsurprising given the speed with which TSR was incorporating everything into the Realms at the time from Moonshae Isles to Bloodstone Pass 3 40 Reception editJim Bambra reviewed The Savage Frontier for Dragon magazine 144 April 1989 2 Bambra wrote that the color maps and text place firmly in context the descriptions given in FR1 Waterdeep and the North 2 He concluded This supplement is for anyone who can t resist the call of the wild 2 Notes edit a b c Credited as Paul Jaquays References edit a b Schick Lawrence 1991 Heroic Worlds A History and Guide to Role Playing Games Prometheus Books p 97 ISBN 0 87975 653 5 a b c d e f g Bambra Jim April 1989 Role playing Reviews Dragon Lake Geneva Wisconsin TSR 144 45 Shannon Appelcline 2014 Designers amp Dragons The 70s Evil Hat Productions ISBN 978 1 61317 075 5 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Savage Frontier amp oldid 1177681515, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
