[UGC] The Tome of Akronem - Campaign

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• hercooles130uscg Member Posts: 0 Arc User

  April 2013 edited April 2013

  Looks interesting. I will add it to my list of to play quests.
  
  If you want me to do a review on the forums for it, fill this out so I can keep the data organized.
  
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• staalkbh Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  Added the second part of the campaign, this time I managed to create something unique!

  

  
  

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• staalkbh Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  Updated OP with another screenshot of my second Campaign, will add some for Part I soon, also working hard on Part III, have something special in store for you guys, if anyone actually just played my campaign

  

  
  

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• staalkbh Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  May 4th 2013 - Added more optional Encounters, changed setting to fit in more.

  

  
  

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• staalkbh Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  May 4th 2013 - Updated OP with Information regarding Part III

  

  
  

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• staalkbh Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  May 6th 2013 - Added a Preview Trailer for my Campaign, still working on it, there are a few kinks. But I wanted to share it with you
  
  The Tome of Akronem - Preview Trailer

  

  
  

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• staalkbh Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  May 7th 2013 - Updated the OP with a changelog
  
  Could really use some more plays on my maps, especially part II, first one is now counting towards daily foundry, so thanks for that everyone who played through it.
  
  Part III could also use some testing, I published a version for that exact reason, there simply are things in game which I can't see/check in the Foundry.

  

  
  

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• flatlyne9999 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 18 Arc User

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  Will try to give it a look soon, sounds interesting

  Xanther Falshun@flatlyne9999 - TR - Mindflayer
  
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• hercooles130uscg Member Posts: 0 Arc User

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  Campaign: The Tome of Akronem
  
  
  
  Quest: The Tome of Akronem - Lucius
  Author: @staalkbh
  Forums: staalkbh
  Reviewed by @jedensuscg
  Forums: hercooles130uscg
  
  In one paragraph: A simple, decently written storyline set in a quest that requires the player to explore more and follow quest trails less. The maps however are well designed and appealing.
  
  
  

  Mission Graph
  These are NOT ratings but are indications of how much I personally experienced while playing the quest. They do not necessarily jive with the authors intent or other players experiences.
  

  
  
  Overall Ratings
  Overall 4 out of 5 Stars
  Story 3
  Combat 4
  Puzzles N/A
  Exploration and World 5
  
  Story - The overarching plotline
  The story was nothing ground breaking, but it was unexpected and well written. A few grammar and spelling mistakes were to be found, but nothing that really drew me away from the dialogue. The dialogue it self did seem to jump from colorful and well written to more simple prose on several occasions. However the use of the Bard was a fun element.
  
  Combat - The swords and spells
  The combat was fun, if mainly because it was at times unexpected, and other times was mostly optional. You could avoid as much or as little as you wanted. It was not overly hard, but had challenging parts when the situation warranted.
  
  D&D Lore - lore specific to established D&D in either campaign books or other media
  Don't think there is really anything of note here.
  
  Original Lore - Optional details that are not part of the main story, but bring life into the authors world.
  Nothing that really elaborates on the background or motivations of the characters. The story was told pretty much through the NPC's, and though there was side dialogue and quests, they did not expand the Authors world as a whole.
  
  Puzzles - Cleverish means to move forward
  No puzzles, however due to the hidden objects, you could spend some time finding what you needed or were to go.
  
  Exploration and Environment - Everything that contains the quest.
  The maps were well designed, and it is a shame sound is not working as I am sure they would be even better. The night time was really dark, almost too dark at times, though it fit with the theme of the quest. and made the areas that were lit up stand out more, such as the village. There was some side quests and dialogues if you looked for them, and many of the objectives required the player to explore and interact with stuff they would normally ignore, as they were not displayed on the map. A welcome change from just following one quest marker to another. I ran around for a good five minutes trying to find the waterfall, and of course, this meant running into more bad guys
  
  Bugs - itching...scratchy...
  The most glaring bug I found involved the side quest with the Miller. This is simply a misunderstanding of how the interaction between setting an object as Contact and Interact at the same time.
  In short, you can not pick up the feathers because the item is set as a Contact, and Contacts CAN NOT place item in the players inventory, even if they are set to. I had this issue with my quest once and had to change it. A way around this is to have two objects, after you "dialogue" with the first, it disappears and the second one that is set as Interact appears, allowing the player to put an item in the inventory.
  
  Suggestions
  The one thing I would like to point out, and will help a lot of players out, is to not have so many object transfers into the players inventory. Having all the pages taking up valuable bag space is a no no.
  
  The key to remember about items is that they should only be put into the inventory if they are required to complete a quest objective, required to activate certain dialogue options with NPC's, or open/reveal doors and other such things. In the case of the pages, since you are forced to pick up the pages as an actual objective, there is no need to put these items into the inventory. it is a given you will have them when you talk to the Scholar, as you were forced to pick them up to progress to that point.
  
  When you would place an item into the inventory is if the objective is to bring an NPC an item. The finding of the item is not the objective in this case, but rather finishing the dialogue with the NPC is the objective, and can only be completed if the player has the correct item in their inventory.

  

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• staalkbh Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User

  May 2013 edited May 2013

  hercooles130uscg wrote: »

  Campaign: The Tome of Akronem
  
  
  
  
  Suggestions
  The one thing I would like to point out, and will help a lot of players out, is to not have so many object transfers into the players inventory. Having all the pages taking up valuable bag space is a no no.
  
  The key to remember about items is that they should only be put into the inventory if they are required to complete a quest objective, required to activate certain dialogue options with NPC's, or open/reveal doors and other such things. In the case of the pages, since you are forced to pick up the pages as an actual objective, there is no need to put these items into the inventory. it is a given you will have them when you talk to the Scholar, as you were forced to pick them up to progress to that point.
  
  When you would place an item into the inventory is if the objective is to bring an NPC an item. The finding of the item is not the objective in this case, but rather finishing the dialogue with the NPC is the objective, and can only be completed if the player has the correct item in their inventory.

  
  First I would like to say thank you
  My main problems stemmed from duplicating my map, which I have now learned not to do anymore.
  It truly messes up some quests, and / or items, such as making everything interactable or making them contacts.
  I will definitely find all the small kinks and work them out.
  Also Part I was my first attempt in the Foundry, and I do admit it needs some more work!
  
  I think one of the biggest issues is the fact that it's hard to find a middle road in between the nights, one is too light, other gets too dark, which is also an issue on my upcoming maps.
  
  Regarding items, I totally agree, inventory space in Neverwinter is a hard thing to come by, and not being able to have an NPC actually accept items is a problem, which I need to solve by either not having them in your inventory or giving them to an "object" instead.
  
  I will definitely look at my options and I appreciate your review

  

  
  

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