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[olnorton]

I'm replaying A Fairy Tale. http://www.nexusmods...nter2/mods/30/? By Tsongo.
I've collected Ashley & have to escort her to the city.
Pics:

Spoiler

I dress like a Sorceress, but I'm actually a Monk.
Ashley holds a torch for me.


A bloke we met in the bar paid for the services of Fern, a wood nymph for Ashley.
I decided to release her from servitude instead.


In return, Fern took us to a hidden wood nymph sanctuary.
Where I found out Ashley is actually a Princess, complete with a magical guardian.
He told us we needed to seek out the King of the Elves. (Elves had not been seen in some time)


We stopped off first to kill the villages that trapped Fern, & got a short dress with a charisma bonus for Ashley. (She washed it & dyed it red.)
The route to the Elves was fraught with dangers, both large & magical.


We made it to the hidden Elven valley, but even having a wood nymph in tow wasn't enough to stop them attacking us on sight.
After we had killed enough of the Elves, we met up with the Elven King & he was gracious enough to say lets not worry about who killed who, & invited us to meet with him at the Palace.
Seems Ashley & I are part of some larger scheme, & he asked us to deliver a message to the Dwarven King.


We had to battle Giants & Orcs on the mountain path, but we got to loot the bodies.


We swept Orcs aside in the Dwarven mines.


I punched out a Troll.


I had to use the Fireball wand the swamp witch gave me to finish him off. (Did I mention the swamp witch?)


We got to meet with the Dwarven King. He too had a job for us.
But first, Ashley wants to try out a real Dwarven pub.
So we're off to do that now.....

[GCoyote]

Just wrapped up "Moonshadows - Chapter 1" 

Too bad there wasn't a chapter 2, the author did some very good work there.

Haven't decided what to play next.

[olnorton]

Just wrapped up "Moonshadows - Chapter 1"

I can't remember if I have played that one, I'll get it next.

Anyhow, Ashley put on quite a show for the Dwarfs at the tavern, & woke up with quite a hangover & little memory.

Spoiler

We left the Dwarfs. The King gave us some warm boots for the journey through the snow.
We came across an abandoned Temple. (I like it when the mod tells you when you don't need to hang on to stuff.)


I found a monks robe of cold resistance, just as well, my thighs were turning blue in all this snow. (and the black is quite slimming on my big legs)


Seems the dead monk wanted her robes back, but a live monk will beat a dead one every time.


Sister Multus, one of the spirit monks asked to join us. She was a lot bigger than me, so I let her come.
I gave her some of my old monk gear. (the skirt was too small for her, & she stretched my top so that I'll never be able to wear it again.) But she came in handy when the fighting started.


Fern was happy once we left the snow plains for the woods. Still too cold to dump her heavy boots & warm clothes.
Then she said something didn't feel right, unnatural.


She was right about unnatural, in a nearby cave we were attacked by hounds from hell.
Fern put their fire out with a couple of creeping cold spells.


And then Werewolves!


Then we found and killed the witch responsible for the unnatural behavior.


In the witches cave, we found some ingredients for a potion Fern intended to make for the Dwarfs.


Before the witches body was even cold, Ashley wanted to make use of her 4 poster bed.
Well she is a Princess, so how could I say no.


After a night of Ashley wearing my big monk thighs as earrings, we carry on to the nearby seaport where Sister Multus had some unfinished business with the man responsible for the downfall of her monastery.
She advised us to go about our business before she did the deed, so we went to check out the nearby island, supposedly shrouded in black magic. But all we found were hostile Lizardmen. There was plenty of water about, but it wasn't as cold as in the mountains.


More water and more Lizardmen.


They had been guarding a Demon. She took a shine to Sister Multus, which made Fern like her even less.
But we agreed to try and send her home, in return for some Demon blood (for Fern's potion) and a magical trinket.

With the Demon taken care of, a little shopping, and making a deal to help the Dwarfs, it was time to say goodbye to Sister Multus and let her finish her quest. We then boarded the boat to the city....

[Tchos]

Well, I didn't literally play them today, but the ones that I have currently installed to play (not counting the ones I have installed for testing) are Trinity, The Haunted Halls of Eveningstar, Dark Waters (chapter 3), The Last of the Dana'an, Wulverheim, and ZORK: Rediscovering the Great Underground Empire. 

[bealzebub]

I just finished A Hunt through the Dark Remastered and I really liked it. Now I'm playing Lolthanchwi.

[olnorton]

We made it to the city and a Goblin gave us a rundown of the place.

Spoiler

We went straight to Ashley's old hunting ground, the Blind Cyclops Tavern in the slum area.
Sean told us the Dwarfs hadn't finished the tunnel into the palace and to come back later.


We had a wander around the market district.


Bought a few magic items from an ex Witch of the Coven.


Set William on the path to be reunited with his lost Elven love.


We needed to find the Royal surgeon, which meant dealing with the Orcs that run the slums.


We got there just in time to prevent him being kidnapped by a group of Goblin upstarts.


In return for killing the Goblins, the Orcs told us where to find the thief we needed to obtain Ashleys birth certificate.
He wanted us to sort out a problem in the cemetary in exchange for his help.


Lets see what's going on here.


Undead of every kind. Oh, and the Demon we had apparently sent back to the Hells was there.

With the cemetary problem dealt with, we had managed to get the last of the ingrediants for Fern's Dwarven love potion, so it is time to head back to see the thief...

(Early on in the module I picked up a "stone key". It's still in my inventory, anybody know what it was for?)

[GCoyote]

Dragonglade, not bad but a bit of a Monty Hall making the fights fairly easy.

 

Edit: Brief critique and comments left on the Vault.

[olnorton]

The thief had already nabbed the birth certificate by the time we got back, so we took it over to the Doctor & got it signed.
Back at the Blind Cyclops Tavern, Sean said the Tunnel was ready & to go and see Madame Dora in the Church district.

Spoiler

Fern thought it would go badly for her fellow Nymphs, if she was seen to be caught up in the plot.
So we said our goodbyes.


So Ashley and I went to the Church district, and Madame Dora's.


The Madame showed us to the secret tunnel under the brothel.


Where we met Noric, who turned out to be Prince Noric.


We had to do a bit of crawling, with Ashley keeping an eye on things.


Then fight a few of the Kings guards


Before killing the King.


Then some usurper showed up to claim Ashley's throne


And I woke up in a cell.


Just as all seemed lost, Fern came to the rescue (in the most Nymphy way possible)
But the rescue was not without cost.


Then out of the blue, or brownish, grey, the Fairy Queen showed up & claimed to be Ashley's real mother.
Well blow me down with a feather. She couldn't save Fern, or rather chose not to.
Nor could she spirit us away


So we had to escape through the sewers (In my best robe.)


Of course there were creatures in the sewers that wanted to kill us.




But we eventually made it through the dark tunnels


And to the beach


Where a boat was waiting to take us to Batini, to meet with the wise woman.


The Batini locals took an instant dislike to us.


Now that's gotta hurt.


More of them in the cave.




Circle kick




What, more of them, if I'd known there was this many I wouldn't have come down here.




We eventually made it to the village.


Where the wise woman turned out to be another ex Covern Witch.
She told us to seek out the Dragons.

I nearly missed the Dryad merchant who was standing in the pond.
She invited us to undress and join her, which was odd, as she was fully clothed herself.
I was up for it, but Ashley thought we had more pressing matters...

[GCoyote]

The thief had already nabbed the birth certificate by the time we got back, so we took it over to the Doctor & got it signed.
Back at the Blind Cyclops Tavern, Sean said the Tunnel was ready & to go and see Madame Dora in the Church district.

Fern thought it would go badly for her fellow Nymphs, if she was seen to be caught up in the plot.
So we said our goodbyes.

• So Ashley and I went to the Church district, and Madame Dora's.
•  
• The Madame showed us to the secret tunnel under the brothel.
•  
• Where we met Noric, who turned out to be Prince Noric.
•  
• We had to do a bit of crawling, with Ashley keeping an eye on things.
•  
• Then fight a few of the Kings guards
•  
• Before killing the King.
•  
• Then some usurper showed up to claim Ashley's throne
•  
• And I woke up in a cell.
•  
• Just as all seemed lost, Fern came to the rescue (in the most Nymphy way possible)
• But the rescue was not without cost.
•  
• Then out of the blue, or brownish, grey, the Fairy Queen showed up & claimed to be Ashley's real mother.
• Well blow me down with a feather. She couldn't save Fern, or rather chose not to.
• Nor could she spirit us away
•  
• So we had to escape through the sewers (In my best robe.)
•  
• Of course there were creatures in the sewers that wanted to kill us.
•  
• But we eventually made it through the dark tunnels
•  
• And to the beach
•  
• Where a boat was waiting to take us to Batini, to meet with the wise woman.
•  
• The Batini locals took an instant dislike to us.
•  
• Now that's gotta hurt.
•  
• More of them in the cave.
•  
• Circle kick
•  
• What, more of them, if I'd known there was this many I wouldn't have come down here.
•  
• We eventually made it to the village.
•  
• Where the wise woman turned out to be another ex Covern Witch.
• She told us to seek out the Dragons.

I nearly missed the Dryad merchant who was standing in the pond.
She invited us to undress and join her, which was odd, as she was fully clothed herself.
I was up for it, but Ashley thought we had more pressing matters...

 

I commented on the plot problems on the old vault but it was still a fun adventure. One of the few times I've had fun playing a regular heavy fighter. I can easily see this being a good module for a monk PC. If you like this you will love Tsongo's "Bad Habits", probably his best work.

[olnorton]

I commented on the plot problems on the old vault but it was still a fun adventure. One of the few times I've had fun playing a regular heavy fighter. I can easily see this being a good module for a monk PC. If you like this you will love Tsongo's "Bad Habits", probably his best work.

Can Fairy Tales have plot problems?
Yes it's a bit like Sublety of Thay, with so many high powered magical devices, fighters can cast more spells between rests than a Wizard or Sorceress.
I did like Bad Habits, & Serene.
I played A Fairy Tale a couple of years ago, but I had read something on the vault that made me think Fern was a same sex romance option, and it ruined it a bit for me, I was rejecting Ashley (normally a male when you play a female) but wasn't getting anywhere with Fern. I was replaying bits thinking I had given the wrong reply some where. I never got a Fairy Tale ending.
I like it more this time now I know what to expect.
I'll have to download it from Nexus so I can endorse it.

[GCoyote]

The political setting and back story are aren't well thought out and in some particulars just wrong. The line about "the only way to end a war ..." being the most egregious example. That said, it's no worse than the typical Hollywood fare. It works for the same reason a "buddy" film works, character development and pacing.

Tsongo's characters come complete with quirks, phobias, and personal crusades. They're fun to play with. That makes his work fun to play.

[olnorton]

So we stocked up on everything we thought we needed and headed into the forest.
By the time we reached the forest proper, day had turned to night, and bad things come out at night.

Spoiler

The forest itself even wanted a piece of us.


I had to do a bit of Wyvern surfing.


Hordes of Darklings awaited us in the old ruins.
I'm not sure if that Shadow was one of theirs, or something Ashley conjured up.


Huge Yuan-Ti in the caves.


They just keep getting bigger. These Rock Elementals can really pack a punch.


Fire Genies with their Elementals.


This Fire Genie was one of the hardest fights of the trip. I couldn't lay a glove on him & had to rely on magic.


Out on the cliff, these guys thought we were Hag spies.


Ashley's Mum thought this Balor was out of our league, and came to the rescue.


Well, we found what we came for.


Ashley did some straight talking & got the Dragons onside.
So back to Sapphire City.


Outside the city gates we were pleased to see Fern, alive and well.


Complete with friends to help us enter the city.


We stopped off at the church on the way to the Palace.


Fern had become very good with a scimitar during her absence.


And more devastating with her magic. Nymph power!


Fern took her vengeance at the Palace.


I became Queen. I made an honest woman out of Ashley. Her mother made me immortal, so we could live..

Happily ever after.

Edit:
I just downloaded it from Nexus so I could endorse it.
I see there is a Swashbuckler companion in it somewhere. I must have missed that bit.
I still had the stone key, & a quest about Goblin kidnapping at the end, so he/she might have been tied to one of those.

[GCoyote]

I started Hearts of Endia yesterday but it keeps locking up on me during conversations so no pics.

(Very frustrating.)

[olnorton]

I started Hearts of Endia yesterday but it keeps locking up on me during conversations so no pics.
(Very frustrating.)

That's a bummer, I quite liked that one. I hit a couple of small bugs, but nothing like that.
I thought it was a pretty good effort for someones' first module.

Anyway, I've just started Moonshadows Chapter 1.
I took your advice & went with a Ranger.

Spoiler

This is Rithiewien, a Woodelf Ranger starting out in the High Forest.


It wasn't long before I came across a group of fellow Elves, who'd just had some of their friends taken by Drow slavers.
Us Wood Elves have to stick together, so I told them I'd go after them. So I'm heading north...

[olnorton]

A few wolves are no problem for a girl who wears armor made of wolf hide.

Spoiler

The Orcs were still hanging around the scene of their victory, which meant plenty of loot for me.
Now if I just knew what this magic wand is & how to use it.


Hm' I should be able to get a couple of cheap shots in before they know what hit them.


Individually named Drow are always the worst.


Take your best shot, big guy.


Very high powered loot.


I became Faeruns' least charismatic Bard, just to brush up on Lore to identify and use some of this loot.


All buffed up


To kill the Drow slave boss


And free the captives. (I was a bit tongue twisted in my reply.)


Buoyed with my success, I decided to see what they were hiding in this cave.
OK, getting too cocky, I was stunned & killed.


(Fortunately I had saved before entering.)
Take 2, I buffed up and went back in with reinforcement.


Back to the Elves.
( I love a mod with fast travel. I stopped playing that "Last of the Danaan" because there was so much walking backwards & forwards over empty maps.)


Riviella gave me a sword as reward.
I showed her the note I found on the Illithid, so she could warn Loudwater of the impending attack.

Off for more adventure...

[Tchos]

Spoiler

( I love a mod with fast travel. I stopped playing that "Last of the Danaan" because there was so much walking backwards & forwards over empty maps.)

 

A good idea.  Is it a usable map item?

[olnorton]

A good idea.  Is it a usable map item?

Yes, you just click on the map in your hot bar, new places added as you find them.

[Arkalezth]

To be more specific, it isn't a drawn map per se (though it could be, I guess). You use the item and a dialogue window triggers. You get a list of "responses" with the places you can travel to.

 

I agree that it's a great feature on modules that involve lots of backtracking.

 

PS: You can get a pretty good bow in Moonshadows if you're going the archery route. If you wanna know where to get it, it's...

Spoiler

... in a glade, past The Sisters and the following undead-infested area which name I don't remember.

[olnorton]

PS: You can get a pretty good bow in Moonshadows if you're going the archery route. If you wanna know where to get it, it's...

Spoiler

... in a glade, past The Sisters and the following undead-infested area which name I don't remember.

I've probably already been to that area, but I've stopped picking up loot, because there is no-one to sell it to.
Who had the bow, and how good are we talking?

So I finally found a merchant.

Spoiler

Well, sort of. He doesn't actually buy anything, and what he sells cost more money than I had.
But he sent me on a quest, to stop some cultists who were turning all the local wildlife evil.


On the way to this gloomy place, I came across some bounty hunters, looking for a Dwarf.
After slaying a few possessed creatures I head inside the crypt, searching for the source of the evil.


Instead, I find the Dwarf fugitive, but I hold off killing him for the bounty, because he is the first merchant with any money to spend.
While he will buy anything, he can't buy everything I've collected as he only has 40000 gold.
So I dump the rest of my loot on the floor and decide to only loot bosses from now on, in case they have plot items.


This door was magically sealed, so it has to be the cultists.


I summon my Vampire Warlock & we clear out a few cultists


And a few more


I killed the big guy with the help of a suicide bomber, & got the key to the lower level.


Then I just had to kill the nutter with the glowing eyes, set the stag free, & cleanse the altar upstairs.
The merchant Dwarf had no more money, so on the way back, I turned him in to the bounty hunters for the reward.


Kaftar rewarded me we some health potions, and a bowl that summons Water Elementals.
With money so hard to come by, I decided not to spend 35 grand on the charm that casts Bears Endurance once a day.
Time to get on to the main quest.


Valhoram, a Druid in the Glade of Life, was having a bit of trouble with the projected image of Laeral Silverhand.
As she was blocking the passage that I needed to take, I thought I'd see what I could do.
She wanted me to go to the tower, where Laeral's simulacrum was trapped by hordes of undead.


So we kill a few undead


and a few more

then lots more


Until I came upon this strange crystal, spawning wave after wave after wave after wave after wave, then a few more tedious waves of skeletons, and just when I was about to chuck the mod in, I was teleported upstairs to meet Lady Silverhands simulacrum.


No sooner had I got there, than Achayais shows up, & he's now working for Myrkhul.


When the fighting was all over, Laerals husband shows up (great timing Blackstaff)

but he did offer me a job if I ever get to Waterdeep...

[GCoyote]

That's a bummer, I quite liked that one. I hit a couple of small bugs, but nothing like that.I thought it was a pretty good effort for someones' first module.Anyway, I've just started Moonshadows Chapter 1.I took your advice & went with a Ranger.

Spoiler

This is Rithiewien, a Woodelf Ranger starting out in the High Forest.It wasn't long before I came across a group of fellow Elves, who'd just had some of their friends taken by Drow slavers.Us Wood Elves have to stick together, so I told them I'd go after them. So I'm heading north...

Cool but see my comments on this module on the vault.

[GCoyote]

I think the three bears had the bow. However I used certain conversations to upgrade the bow the PC already had so it ended up being better.

[Arkalezth]

Who had the bow, and how good are we talking?

 

Spoiler

IIRC, it's in a cave in the glade where you fight some bears. I don't remember all its properties, but it has perma-Haste, along with the usual bonuses to AB, etc.

 

Edit: Posted at the same time as GCoyote.

[olnorton]

Alright, I haven't been there yet, I'll keep an eye out for it.

Edit:

Cool but see my comments on this module on the vault.

I did read them before I started it, but the part about the merchants & coming prepared didn't sink in.
I've still got no boots, belt, cape or gloves & only the low level rings from the freeby starting boxes.

[GCoyote]

Well you may have to multi-class to get some protection from magic.
Last time I played this I used an Eldrich Knight.

Good luck!

[olnorton]

This Elf asked me to get him some blessed water.

Spoiler

But travel through the Dire Wood was fraught with danger.


Hell Hounds & Imps.


I told Jingleshod I would kill a lich for him.
While I won the battle with the lich, I couldn't destroy his phylactery, so ultimately, I failed.


But I got to kill a few evil creatures along the way.


Then I tried to help this ghost find some peace.


I had to take on some of the guardians of the tomb.


Then I got to go through this trick mirror, which claimed to permanently increase my charisma & decrease my saving throws.
Although neither effect showed up in my stats.


I headed north in search of some magic crystal & run into these guys.


And a few of these.


I raised the Cleric from the dead, & gave the Elf his father's journal.


Then I was wisped away to the end of the module.

The story was never finished.