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An Ancient Heart
| Title | An Ancient Heart(v4-1) |
| Author | Andrew Ellis |
| Submitted / Updated | 03-19-2003 / 07-20-2005 |
| Category | Dungeon Adventure |
| Expansions | HOTU-1.61 |
| Setting | Forgotten Realms - Damaran Region |
| Gameplay Length | 12-18 hours |
| Number Players | This module is designed for single player as the best choice, but for multiplayer I would recommend playing this module with a small party, and only having one party. Having a bigger party and/or more than one party could very well decrease the fun factor. |
| Language | English |
| Level Range | This module is designed for players to create 1st level characters, by the end of the module players can get to the higher levels. |
| Races | Be any race you would like, all are accepted in the land of Damara. Make the best choice based on attributes and the way you would like to roleplay your character. |
| Tricks & Traps | Light |
| Roleplay | Medium |
| Hack & Slash | Medium |
| Classes | This module is balanced for all classes. While it may be harder for some, you can always come back when you are more experienced as there are lots of things you can do to make your character stronger. |
| Scope | Epic |
| DMNeeded | No DM Required |
| Single or Multiplayer | Single Player or Multiplayer |
| Max Character Level | 14 |
| Max # Players | 04 |
| Min # Players | 01 |
| Min Character Level | 01 |
| Content Rating | Teen |
| Alignments | Any alignment is fine, however there are more quests written for good players than ones for bad players. So if you are looking to be very bad there are definitely opportunities, and there is always the promise of riches to intice bad characters to do good things. |
| Description | |
You spent your youth on a small farm in the northern country of Damara. Between the time spent planting and harvesting, you dreamt of the world outside your quaint home, of the life of an adventurer. Lately, However, the weather has been changing, changing for the worse. The folk have been talking about the times of old, when the great glacier of the north covered the entire area. If the temperature continues to drop at this rate, the glacier might yet again claim the entire region. When you receive a mysterious summons from the mayor of Wellsfar, a nearby town, your desire for travel and excitement is renewed. Even if this is just a social call, it will give you an opportunity to quell the worries weighing on your mind, worries over the ever threatening cold... -Over 140 unique magical items. -Over 50 subquests to complement the deep main quest. -100's of NPCs -8 ready to join party members, including a famous drow ranger. -Over 300 pages of written dialogue. | |
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 an_ancient_heart_v41_hotu_and_sou_required.zip (1298) | 3.39 MB |
I decided to play this one because it had a 9.41 on the old vault with 318 votes. I played with 1.69. I did not find any bugs.
This was an enjoyable module. It is a mostly linear story with a main story quest and lots of sub quests. Most were pretty standard fare. There were a couple of unique quests thought that were really well done. I was not able to complete all of the quests and I am not even sure why as there is no walkthrough. There is a little help left on the old vault page, but I was not able to solve them with what little help I could find. Once the story advanced past a certain point some were not solvable.
I did make use of the henchmen for my Sorcerer who began at level 1 and finished at 13. The combat was almost always well balanced. The treasure was as well.
Clearly this author put a lot of hard work into this module and I would play it again.
very enjoyable
This is a great module, many sidequests, but the journal will always keep you informed.Henchmen only get XP while they are with you, so you should plan to keep two of them for most of the time.
I tend to not give 10 star ratings often, but this one was darn near perfect! All seemed to work, the two henchperson interface was great and allowed for all the equipping I could do. The story was very good, with a nice twist and the areas and gear were interesting and well laid out. I cannot find anything to complain about! Try this out for an immersive adventure!
One of the most fun adventures I've played, very interesting story, tons of sidequests with exceptional tracking from the Journal (Which is especially important when you don't finish the module within a few days time. I remember starting it about 4-5 months ago and stopping it due to IRL stuff, picked it up now again and after a quick read of all the journal entries, I could recall every bit and part of what I've played through). The dialog was excellent for the majority of NPCs, everyone had something unique to say, however on some occasions (I know I'm nitpicking here) the options were either too extreme, too kind or straight up indifferent to everything. It didn't happen every NPC ofc, but since the creator had put so much time and effort on the RP and dialog development, I thought I should mention it. Fights were balanced, gear was pretty good for the levels and the areas were huge and filled with content!! Great work!!
Seen the rating and comments and just had to give it a go. Played the entire module and finished every quest i could find which was plenty. I solved just about everything including the atheist and the brain eating prisoner. What a module, story was great, journal was fantastic. Gear was a lot of fun. Hats off to the wonderful people who made this enjoyable module.
Sidenote: The only thing i could not find was if the 100lb+ Dead body had a place to put it, took it to the graveyard but found No clues. All it says in the body description is that it has been Dead for sometime. Anyone have a helping clue?
Nice. The challenges aren't to hard. The main story line is pretty much straight forward, but there is an abundance of side quests. XP is given very geneously. The mod invites to try it with different builds.If there were some work with tilesets and other sights, it would be among the top modules. Interesting: the mod is on the vault since 2014, it took 7 youars to get the first comment ...