Serene ( the remake ).

  As the title suggests this is a remake of the first campaign I ever made, Serene. It's still the same story driven blood soaked quest for revenge that it always was but now looks better and has been tidied up a lot. I felt that I owed this campaign a makeover as it was the thing that taught me how to use a computer and to be quite honest it was in a bit of a mess and deserved better

  It starts in your home village of Marintree where a contest to join The Order of the Moon is taking place, but soon events unfold and you set off on a journey to find your sister Serene.

  It is for any class, although paladins are strongly not advised as it really wouldn't suit them at all. By all means play as one but don't expect to behave like one because it's not going to happen. Casters beware and make sure you have some sort of armour or hit points boosting stats as you could be wiped out fast. I have tested this as a Ranger ( archery), sorceror, cleric, favoured soul and bard. All of which got through with no casualties at all but some involved a few more reloads than others when companions died and the bard definitely was the shining star closely followed by the sorceror who probably had the highest body count. You should finish up at level 18 or very close if you do everything there is.

  As far as race goes once again you can be anything but I would say that anything other than a Human, Half Elf or Elf will make you look silly regarding the story and playing as any of the vertically challenged races is definitely a bad idea. For starters my halflings are bigger than normal and you'd be the smallest one ever, dwarves aren't exactly the most liked race around either. Be warned that some outfits will not show up on Elves and might look a bit strange.

  Starting at level 5 with no equipment is recommended although there's nothing to stop you turning up as a level 20 veteran of the OC but you will get bored quickly as it wont be a challenge, on the other hand level 1 is suicide. If you don't know how to use the console to get to that level with your new character press the ` button ( normally above tab on the left ) then type Debugmode 1, press enter, type givexp 10000, press enter, type Debugmode 0, press enter and then exit the console wth the ` again. Level up and off you go on your journey.

  Conversation skills are not necessary and there is no crafting so don't go wasting precious feats and points on such things. Your companions can get over enthusiastic with their desire to kill baddies so setting their behaviour to defend master and follow distance to near is advisable. Sometimes there's just no stopping them so you can call them back with a quick "follow me" but don't forget to let them loose again as it's not a good idea to try and solo the fighting.

  If you or a companion die respawn is an option but if you save often you don't need to use it, equipping yourself and your companions well and looking after them can prevent you ever needing this option and when you see an autosave prepare for something nasty to happen. I'm not the best player of this game and I can get through it with no deaths or respawns so there's your challenge. I admit I know what's coming next but because I hadn't played it for years I didn't at first so I got a few nasty surprises but still managed. You can rest just about anywhere and if not there's a reason other than enemies nearby of course.

  You will have two companions for most of the campaign, one is a monk and the other a rogue. Both are romanceable and this happens quite fast so be nice to them, show a bit of interest and jump in the first bed you're offered if that's what you want. They have quite a lot to say for themselves so stop for a chat whenever you feel like it and if they have nothing to say then try again later.

To install it..

Part 1, put the folder called Serene in your campaign folder, the file called serene.hak in your hak folder and the file called To the mountains in your modules folder. Parts 2 and 3 are just modules so put them in your modules folder. Beware your override as anything other than appearance related mods might cause an issue, I don't know of any but it could happen. Best to take them out and put them back in one by one to see if it makes anything go wrong.

  Many thanks to the following helpful people from the old forums that helped me make the original..

Abbey, alupini, Anduraga son of Kosaraga, Arvirago, Banshe, Brian Meyer, CID-78, CiviLized, Danjen, Darth Deekin, dirtywick, DedoITA, Dordain, dunniteowl, dwarvendervish, Elysius, Equintr Eligard, Game Maniac, Grinning Fool, IndyAnna, JasonNH, Jassper, Jitur, J.O.G., kaldor silverwand. kamalpoe, -knightmare-, korbu 3, kraegan, kungfoowiz, lady elvenstar, Lance Botelle, loudent2, Lugaid of the Red Stripes, Melrinda, Mordred15, Nacaal, nostrilhair, NWN2 DM, Ogutu, Orion1966, overmyhead, PGB, Phoenixus, Quilistan, qwertyuiop666, Rjshae, Segal, Selene Moonsong, ShadowBeast, shaughn78, slowdive-fan, Sunjammer, Temeritous, Wyrin_D'njargo and 973_Mops_379... Where are they now ?

  Also the people from the new forums ( here ) that helped get this thing running as it should..

andgalf, Arianna0, Claudius33, GCoyote, kevL_s, Lance_Botelle ( on his second appearance ), Quixal, rjshae ( also appearing again ), Semper, Tarot_Redhand, travus and 4760.

    Many thanks too for Frosty44 for play testing this, pointing out my "worse" mistakes and making sure this thing is Mac proof.

  And for the excellent hak paks..

Aleanne for some awesome clothing, Daronus for making Minotaurs exist, Komoru for making some Orcs look more orcish, Team Advent for some more fashion accessories and Rogue Dao for stopping the use of telepathy by npc's in cutscenes.

  So before this turns into some award ceremony massive speech ( without the tears ) I'll let you get on with it, just read below..

*** By playing this you are accepting that you will be attacked by lots of things and witness some terrible crimes. As Notabarbiegirl commented on the original version " This is not for the young or easily emotionally bruised".. You have been warned  ***

         Have fun and I hope you like it... Take no prisoners !