Elolan

            Elolan is a game world that I have been using as the backdrop for my Dungeons and Dragons adventures since the late 1980’s.  I have been playing the role-playing game since the 1^st edition of the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons rule books and have written and collected quite a few notebooks full of adventures.  A lot of my inspiration for these adventures have come from movies, television shows, the old gold-box games of the early 90’s and some other forms of inspiration, and I composed all of the best of these adventures into this one adventure for players (like yourselves) to enjoy.

            These adventures are intended to be played with a 1^st-level, newly created character but the campaign has been programmed to allow characters of up to 3^rd level to enjoy these adventures.  Sorry, but if you are over 3^rd level it will stop your adventures through Elolan very soon.  This is because the adventures will lose their appeal if they are not challenging.  If the character is too high in level that will make the adventures a lot less enjoyable.  This is also because there are some new base classes (like the privateer) that lose some of their appeal if they are not progressively advanced by the player themselves.

Although the player will start the game with a beginning character, the adventures have also been programmed to allow the player to choose their level in game play.  In addition to the Neverwinter Nights ability to adjust game play to meet the difficulty level of the player, this adventure has been further programmed so the player can affect the difficulty of game by choosing beginner, normal or expert at the very beginning of the game.  Choosing to play this adventure as an expert will not only allow the player to skip the tutorial on the island and go straight to the adventure but, will also increase the difficulty of several encounters during the adventure.

The campaign is divided into three storyline chapters with an optional tutorial at the beginning.  As already mentioned, if you choose to play as an expert you may skip the tutorial.  If you are claiming to be an expert, I do not see where you will need the tutorial anyway.  Also, at the beginning you will also get to choose your companions to join you on these missions.  I do not see how it would ever be possible to pass these adventures solo so you must choose some companions to join you. 

At the beginning, you will choose two to four of these companions from the sixteen that are available to choose from.  Some of the companions may reject your invitation to join you based upon your alignment but, no matter what alignment you choose there will never be more than four that would reject you.  Thus, no matter what your character’s alignment is, there will be at least twelve to choose from.  There is also one companion available from each of the new base classes so, you do not have to make your character one of the new base classes to enjoy playing them.  If you want to enjoy playing one of the new classes, you may simply add the appropriate companion to your group.  Once you choose your group, they will stay with you for the entirety of the adventures.  Each has their own reason for being in your group, so you will not be allowed to go back and choose new companions without starting all over again from the beginning.

These adventures are open and appropriate to all classes, races and alignments.  Along the way there is something for everybody.  No matter what type of game play the player prefers, there is bound to be something for them to enjoy.  There are some adventures, choices and consequences that are appropriate for good and for evil characters.  You can even play as a neutral and see how your character ends up depending upon your choices.

Starting Level: 1st through 3rd

Ending Level: 22+

Number of Quests/Missions: 100+

Credits:

Darin Clark (author, design concept, programmer and creator)

Other resources that I gathered information and resources from:  Bioware Neverwinter Nights 2 forums (Special thanks to member #4760, #Kevl, Loki_999 and Dann-J), NWN2 wiki.com, Kaedrin's Custom Content website, Lilac Soul's script writer, migrate wizard (custom creature conversion project, goblin worg rider, beholder, clay golem and RWS conversion project,) "How to add custom feats" by Ville_Alasaari, and “Divine GUI Remake by wes471.

Inspiration from: Might and Magic 6 and 7, Icewind Dale series, Star Wars series, Kung Fu Panda series, Treasure Island and Three Musketeers.

• Download zip file.
• Unzip the file “Elolan Overrite” to your My Documents/Neverwinter Nights 2/Override folder.
• Unzip the file "Elolan Campaign" to your My Documents/Neverwinter Nights 2/Campaign folder.
• Unzip all of the "Elolan 1," "Elolan 2," "Elolan 3," "Elolan 4," and "Elolan 5" files to your My Documents/Neverwinter Nights 2/modules folder.
• Make a backup of your Dialog.tlk file in your C:Program Files/Atari/Neverwinter Nights 2/Dialog.tlk and put this file somewhere for safe keeping.
• Copy the Dialog.tlk from the Classes folder and overwrite the Dialog.tlk file in your C:program Files/Atari/Neverwinter Nights 2 folder
• Import the “all_creatures_061214.hak” file into the module as a hak file.
• Load the game as you normally would and enjoy the new adventure

Update 8/30/2020

I have uploaded the first updated version with all of the previously mentioned bugs fixed.

Update 9/20/2020

People have passed the whole adventure but some people are still getting bugs.  This update fixes the Church of Tyr mission, the immortal mimic and the class-weapon treasure bugs.

Update 9/26/2020

Fixed the memoirs in the Squatters mission.  Fixed door to nowhere in Drywood Port South.  Reformatted Crossroad Ruins, Trollfoot Island, Drywood Port North, Hayfork Gullet and Mullast Deep to prevent terrain glitches.  Made updates to cluebook to better describe spirit requirements.  Fixed resistance granted by improved flank energy and epic flank energy feats.  Made some key encounters more difficult per requests.

Update 10/20/2020

Fixed problem with saving throw bonuses from Agile Animal Spirits stacking with other saving throw bonuses.  Fixed problem with transition to Chapter 3.  Now you can trasition as long as you have finished all of the Royal missions even if you have not collected the rewards for the missions.  Fixed a problem with Xia Wannai getting lost after the Dureguard Magic Shop mission.  Can collect the reward for Harp and Moon Clan as long as Sargon has been defeated.

Update 1/13/2021

Updated the whole shop inventory system to allow level-appropriate weapons, armor and scrolls to start to appear in shops earlier in the storyline.  Items will be added to shops at several intervals during the course of the adventure.  These changes also include safeguards to help prevent repeats of unique and customized from repeating during the course of the adventure.  Some of these unique items now can only be found by performing the random missions offered by the Royal Navy, the Churches, the Brotherhood of the Sword, the Patchwork Artificers, the Mage Guilds or the Rat's Den.  I also added one more custom spell because one of my players did not like the fact that I left it out.

Update 1/18/2021

Fixed a door transition that was not working in Troll's Nook and a problem with Power Word Silence that was allowing it to silence anyone regardless of hit point maximum.

Update 2/1/2021

Found a series of area transition errors in the Darkport are.  This is predominantly affecting the Winedale area, but because of the variable could affect the cemetary, Dead-Man's Pass, guide "sporting areas" and lighthouse as well.  Rewrote and corrected every possible area-transition script that transitions in this area to make sure all were corrected.

Update 3/23/21

Received complaint that the download at the website may be corrupted.  Uploaded a freshly zipped version.

Update 5/4/21

Corrected 5 conversations where a person ends up saying the exact same line more than once during the conversation.  This repetition made the conversations clumpy and I feel that these conversations flow better with these lines said only once.  Corrected a spawining problem with a mission from the magic shop in Dureguard.  Fixed a riddle clue on a vase in Ta Vola's Tower.

Update 5/9/21

The previous update that corrected one part of the Sharr and Xia mission in Dureguard caused another problem (2 Xia's to exsist in the game at the same time.)  Fixed this problem and a problem with Briggado's mission where it was allowing the mission to be performed multiple times.

Update 5/11/2021

Had a few friends complete the whole adventure playing both good and evil parties and fixed a few errors from their feedback.  Most of  these errors were characters of a certain sex having voices of the other sex.  None of the errors found would impeed any ability to play the game.  This was just a clean-up effort to make the adventure more streamline.

Update 5/13/2021

Fixed a problem that was allowing the party to leave the battle with Vuxomini without collecting the plot item she is carrying.  Now the party will not be able to leave without it.  Also fixed a problem that I caused while testing, that caused Fallon to ber added to the party roster even if the player did not pick her.

Update 5/18/2021

Made enchanted arrows availiable in a store in chapter 1 (talk to Howard in Murmur.)  They were previously unavailiable because I wanted to have chapter 1 more balanced for classes that only have access to standard weaponry regardless of race.  Also fixed a persistant bug will Sharr in Dureguard.  I thought that I fixed this already and even play-tested it, but some people are still running into this issue.

Update 5/20/21

Fixed a part of Cheri's quest where the chest with the dragon egg was not able to be opened.

Update 7/10/2021

Added more options for Evil players.  The evil version of the Sumar Akar mission now has a larger treasure room.  An evil version of the Bassero's Basket mission has been added (inspired by Pool of Radiance) and a new evil mission to run alongside of the Blizzardwing mission.  The two new missions have also been added to the cluebook as well.  Enjoy.

Update 7/19/2021

Did not find any problems with the new evil missions thus far but did have to make some corrections to the closing ceremony at the end of the whole adventure.  Primarily for those players who have both good and evil members in their groups.  Now at the end, some of your good companions may be upset if you chose to perform the evil versions of the basic missions.

Update 7/28/21

Updated the end scenes for some of the good aligned characters.  Removed the alternate script for Randal as it did not make sense.  Updated Donavan's and Lillian's endings to make more sense.

Update 8/30/21

Updated Brother Alexander's Quest as his imposter somehow became immortal.  Also fixed a problem with the Church of Tyr.  All of the extra help you hire will not jump to the same location in the church, they are now a little spread-out.