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Astral Alliance
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Submitted by Migrate Wizard on 2016-05-03 16:29.
Last modified:
2016-05-14 13:36
Version:
1.02
Old Vault Category:
modules
Old Vault ID:
274
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| Title | Astral Alliance |
| Author | [fCo]Vor`cha |
| Submitted / Updated | 01-07-2004 / 01-11-2004 |
| Category | City Adventure |
| Expansions | HOTU-1.61 |
| Setting | Forgotten Realms 3.5 |
| Gameplay Length | 12+ |
| Language | English |
| Level Range | 6th or 7th level to start if in multiplayer |
| Tricks & Traps | Light |
| Roleplay | Light |
| Hack & Slash | Heavy |
| Classes | spell casters may have a tougher time |
| Scope | Large |
| DMNeeded | No DM Required |
| Single or Multiplayer | Single Player or Multiplayer |
| Max Character Level | 25 |
| Max # Players | 15 |
| Min # Players | 01 |
| Min Character Level | 08 |
| Content Rating | Mature |
| Description | |
| The human city of Dynyx is facing an invasion by the Drow and their newly formed allies which appears to be a new race that no one is familiar with. The forces of this new alliance have taken over a neighbouring Sun Elf fortress and now faced with the threat of an imminent invasion, the leaders of the city have sent a call for aid for adventures to come and help them fight off this threat. This is not the only source of trouble for the citizens of this city however, as now that the war has been raging, other forces besides the Drow and their new allies have moved in to take advantage of the weakend state of the regions human military forces. | |
Files:
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 astral_alliancev102.zip (116) | 1.96 MB |
The mod started off cold, but picked up toward the end. The quests were kind of lame kill x or fetch y type quests, but we did see a lot of quality items, monsters and areas. I think starting level 8 is a bit too low, even in multiplayer unless well geared. We were overwhelmed a little at the start by the neverending respawns, but after upping our levels to about 15 with the console, it was much more tolerable.
Good fun and a lot of work went into this as well. I liked it, but as said it is not for the weak characters!
I found this one a long, tedious haul. Quests and plot are basic and enemies spawn in vast, repetitive numbers, often right on top of the PC (e.g. the character will be detouring around them before they've even become visible). Wealth is superabundant, with items worth more than 100k gold each common in the later areas, but stores have oddly limited selections (e.g. no strength boosting gear to be found anywhere) and after buying the best available my character's >5 million gold had little meaning. There is a moderate amount of backtracking across large areas empty except for the numerous respawning enemies.
Combat was fairly easy for a ranger/rogue entering around level 8, wtih the only tactics required being to whittle at the edges of huge groups rather than rush into the center. My character finished at level 16, and could probably have gained a couple of levels more had I not used an invisibility potion to bypass hordes of repetitive enemies in the later areas. I'd hesitate to take this character on to other modules given the overabundance of gold and +5 to +6 gear.
On this positive side I did not encounter any bugs, but I don't expect ot play this one again.