World of Greyhawk PW, Mithral Enhanced Edition

Warm winds and hello!  This is the file repository for the World of Greyhawk Action Server.  The World of Greyhawk PW has been an ongoing persistent world since 2004.  In addition to some information about the Persistent World of Greyhawk, also included are the necessary hak files to play on WoG.  With the exception of the wog_server.hak, all of the listed files are links to the actual source of the hak.  This is so the author/creator receives the credit they deserve for their contributions to the NWN Community.  I would like to humbly thank all of the content creators for their fabulous content, love, and labour they poured into their art and work that was used for this project.

****LIVE****

Server Name: World of Greyhawk
Module Name: World of Greyhawk 2_65 Mithral
IP Address: 104.49.36.235:5125

• WoG Homepage: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/worldofgreyhawkfr/
• Support WoG on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=24456332

System Requirements:  It's Enhanced, so make sure you have a dedicated GPU
Beamdog's Enhanced Edition of NWN:  http://nwn.beamdog.com/

FILE REQUIREMENTS

The following files are required in order to connect and play on World of Greyhawk.  Once downloaded, the files will need to be extracted into your “hak” folder inside your local NWN directory. 

1. WoG_TLK file (cep260wog.tlk) -- this will go in your tlk folder, download is below (required).  Make sure it is in your tlk folder or you can't connect
2. Community Music Pack: (required) -- be careful here -- the cmp.hak goes in your hak folder; all the .bmu music files MUST GO in Music Folder
3. WoG Top Hak -- goes in your Hak folder, download is below (required)
4. WoG Server Hak 1  -- for all of the following just extract and place in your hak folder.
5. WoG Server Hak 2 
6. WoG Server Haks 3
7. WoG Server Haks 4
8. CEP 2_65 (required)
9. Early Winter (January 2020) Compiled Version)
10. Medieval City (June 2019 Compiled Version) 
11. Mountains & More (April 2020 Compiled Version)
12. Bio Forest Tileset
13. Bio Rural Tileset
14. Bio City Tileset 
15. The links for items 8-14 are listed down below under "Required Projects".  WIth the exception of the CMP, Items 1-7 can be downloaded from this page

The Greyhawk Wars -- War's End

... for two long years (582 to 584 CY), the nations of the Flanaess had schemed, murdered, and warred against each other until nearly all sides lay bloodied and beaten: war had exhausted the land and the people.  Furyondy and Iuz ground to a stalemate; Nyrond's vast coffers were drained dry and its overtaxed peasants were rebellious; the Great Kingdom was shattered into a swarm of petty landholdings vying for power; Keoland fought invasion on all sides; countless men, dwarves, elves, and orcs marched off to war, never to return; farms stood empty; fields lay fallow.  .  .  .  

The Flanaess could make war no longer. 

Proposals for a peace conference met with greater and greater acceptance.  The puppets of the Scarlet Brotherhood, taking orders from the Father of Obedience, issued a call for a grand truce: every nation would cease hostilities and put its own house in order. 

In the end, through negotiation, intimidation, and even assassination, the Brotherhood's proposal found acceptance. The City of Greyhawk, untouched by the war, became the site of the conference. In the month of Harvester, the Great Council (as it came to be known) convened. 

The proposed truce, though simple in theory, proved an enormous undertaking, what with the countless ambassadors present.  In the six months of the Great Council, intrigues abounded as each side attempted to gain the upper hand.  The conference nearly collapsed more than once when ambassadors took umbrage over some real or imagined slight.
 
The final act of the immense drama of war occurred on the Day of the Great Signing.  A pact had been resolved and nearly all the nations had agreed to sign it.  As this solemn ceremony got underway, however, a tumultuous event occurred. 

Even today a haze obscures the details: apparently someone plotted to annihilate the entire diplomatic corps in attendance, but the scheme misfired.  A blazing explosion destroyed a good part of the Grand Hall only minutes before the ambassadors assembled for the day.  A fierce magical battle immediately ensued, spreading havoc through much of the old city.  When the fire and dust cleared, constables discovered smoldering robes belonging to two powerful members of the mysterious Circle of Eight--Otiluke and Tenser.  The murderer of these wizards, undeniably a powerful mage, was discovered to be a third member of the Circle of Eight--Rary.  Using secrets gained in confidence, Rary not only vaporized his two fellows but also tracked down and destroyed every clone the pair held in preparation. 

The motive behind Rary's treachery remains clouded.  According to many who knew him, the wizard probably saw an opportunity to seize power and land in the confusion that would follow the assassinations.  Others suggest Rary was a pawn of the Scarlet Brotherhood. 

With the plot discovered, though, Rary and his co-conspirator Lord Robilar fled the city.  Unable to return to Robilar's castle, which was immediately seized by the troops of Greyhawk, the pair escaped into the Bright Desert.  There they conquered the savages and established a kingdom of their own.  Though small and mysterious, this growing state could someday threaten the very borders of Greyhawk. 

Fearing further disruptions, the delegates hurriedly signed the Pact of Greyhawk, and so the wide-ranging war of the Flanaess came to an end, and gained the misleading title, the Greyhawk Wars. 

The year is now 585, and a winter looms looms on the horizon.  The Shield Lands lie in ruins.  Critwall is an island surrounded by the forces of Iuz.  Furyondy is stretched to the brink as they seek to check the advance of Iuz.  To the south, an Empire stands where none has stood-- The Pomarj.  Under the leadership of Turrosh Mak, they have carved a kingdom from the Wild Coast, the Suss Forest, the Principality of Ulek, and have seized control of the trade and commerce of the Woolly Bay.  Few if any have escaped the last two years of calamity for the war has touched all.  This is the world in which your hero lives-- a world filled with treachery, war, suspicion, intrigue and fear.  This is the world of Greyhawk.

The above was taken from David "Zeb" Cook and Roger E Moore's Official History of the Greyhawk Wars.  This is the stage that your character is thrust upon.  These are the times that you are in.  In addition to the above, the following are independent adventures that lie within the vast expanse of the  Greyhawk world.  These are faithful adaptations of the old pen and paper modules from the 70's and 80's, and they have been woven into the milieu of the Greyhawk PW.  You may seek... but do so at your own peril (note, the following level suggestions are just a guideline for the PW):

• The Village of Hommlet:  Levels 1-4
• Temple of Elemental Evil: 4-14
• Ruskis & Pirate Skullduggery: 1-4
• Borderkeep: Last Bastion Against the Pomarj: 2-10
• Ghost Tower of Inverness: 7-11
• Against the Giants (1-3): Intended from about 8th and ends around 24-28th
• Cult of the Dragon: 8th into Epic
• The Marklands (The Great Northern Crusade): 14th through mid Epic
• White Plume Mountain: 14th into Epic
• Rary the Traitor:  Epic and Beyond
• Vault of the Drow & Queen of the Demon Web Pits: Epic and Beyond
• Undermountain: 5th into Epic
• Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh: Now Live!
• Danger at Dunwater
• The Final Enemy
• The Waltz of the Damned (36-40) NEW! (10/05/20)

Instructions

1. Make sure you have the Enhanced Edition of NWN through Beamdog, Steam or GoG.
2. Download and extract all haks listed here into your hak folder located in your NWN local directory.
3. Download and extract all haks listed under "Required Projects."
4. Download and extract tlk file into your tlk folder located in your local NWN directory
5. Place the music files from the Community Music Pack download into your music folder located in your local NWN directory (but make sure you still put the "cmp.hak" in the hak folder.
6. Fire up game in multiplayer and find World of Greyhawk in the Master Server list, listed under "W" for World of Greyhawk, connect, and enjoy!

Updates Log:

• Updated WoG_2da_Top.hak and cep260wog.tlk files: 10/05/20 -- new fixes and additions. Please download to stay current.