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A Devotion To Darkness - Part Two (The Ruined Watchtower)

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Submitted by Migrate Wizard on 2014-07-27 23:15.

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2016-03-25 20:42

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Capn Gherkin (I. Ross)

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1.01

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3162

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Title	A Devotion To Darkness Part 2: The Ruined Watchtower
Author	Capn Gherkin (I. Ross)
Submitted / Updated	09-19-2003 / 09-30-2003
Category	Dungeon Adventure
Expansions	SOU-1.31
Setting	Forgotten Realms
Gameplay Length	4-5
Number Players	Single Player Only
Language	English
Level Range	Strongly recommended to use your character from Part 1.
Tricks & Traps	Light
Roleplay	Medium
Hack & Slash	Heavy
Scope	Part of Series
DMNeeded	Part of Series
Single or Multiplayer	Single Player
Max Character Level	06
Max # Players	01
Min # Players	01
Min Character Level	03
Content Rating	Everyone
Description
The story starts where Part 1 finished: you have completed the first stage of your investigations, and have returned to the Two Feathers Inn to rest for the night, and to gather your thoughts and resources for the journey ahead. Many of the characters which were of help to you this far are still there, and one will call in a favour that you owe. Your journey starts in Haighmarsh, but will take you away from the city, through ravaged farmlands to forbidding forests, gas filled caves and, finally, to the ruined Watchtower which, you hope, holds the answers to many of the questions which surround the disappearance of Rose LeDuget, the Traitor James Fox, the Portrait, and the defection of General Goodsun. As your journey progresses, you may start to suspect some of the terrible truth behind the mystery, but you cannot yet know how far these revelations will take you from the bustle of the once-happy city......

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v101ofd2dpart2.zip (1033)	1.74 MB

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Open - Free & open only if project also open

Thu, 2018-01-25 09:22

#1

sigofmugmort

How do you rate this content?:

Average: 8 (1 vote)

Definatly enjoyable

Mon, 2018-03-19 02:20

#2

mmat

How do you rate this content?:

Average: 7 (1 vote)

As part one, a nice mod. Maybe the story is a bit less original. The quest with the giants seams to be broken (didn't find the king).

Fri, 2020-06-26 13:21

#3

Nails

How do you rate this content?:

Average: 9 (1 vote)

I believe that I have played this before, but again no review is shown. the lack of map pins is a pain, and requires constant typing in of locations. the Rune Pillar idea is a good one, to minimize trekking back and forth if nothing else. Did not get into the whole Forge thingy. The henchie was good and had an okay interface, and at least used some items that you gave her! Amazing. All in all a very nice module with lots to do and a good journal also input from the henchperson.

Sat, 2022-07-30 09:57

#4

Celestia

How do you rate this content?:

Average: 10 (1 vote)

Very interesting story and a very nice adventure (like part 1)

Sun, 2023-08-13 19:55

#5

Sachie

How do you rate this content?:

Average: 9 (1 vote)

I seem to have forgotten to post a review for this one, which is unfortunate as I enjoyed it signifantly more than the first module in the series up until the item strip. The issues this creates are entirely felt in the third part, so I'm not letting it impact my score for this part. I think I was very eager to get on with things (thus the lack of review.)

Very unfortunately is that part 3 ends up being a bit of a let down. That said, I do recommend playing through this series at least once.

Wed, 2024-01-17 11:42

#6

fjack

How do you rate this content?:

Average: 7 (1 vote)

Just finished playing the series of three modules with my favorite Paladin build.

I really appreciate that instead of one mega-module, the author instead build three smaller ones. I'm sure that made it easier to finish them.

Love the crafting system, though I wish I could have crafted some custom armor. All the armor I crafted was standard gear. But the rings, helmets, swords, and maces were great. (And why not pendants? I could craft a copper ring into something magical, so why not any of the copper necklaces I found?). In part one, I didn't find any diamonds, but I got some in parts 2 and 3, so I could craft a Holy Avenger mace AND sword, which my Paladin loved. The helmet I eventually crafted with a diamond was great too.

The plot in part two involved me tracking down a missing noblewoman through the wilderness. Areas were not too big (a major peeve of mine), but might have been too small. And not remotely enough map pins. But my progress through the wilderness was fairly linear (except one side quest to rescue the newspaper publisher's son), so the lack of pins didn't matter much. Even a geographically challenged player like me couldn't get lost very easily.

There was a side quest involving forest giants to help me storm the enemy stronghold, but I didn't really need their help. I summoned them as I was leaving. In general, the combat was not that challenging, probably because two Holy Avenger weapons made me somewhat overpowered. I barely needed my Druid companion to storm the stronghold, so I certainly did not need a group of friendly forest giants.

This module ended with a plot twist and cliffhanger that led to the third module. Which was my favorite in the series.