Neverwinter Nights - Two Community Modules

K. Fields
2013-09-28T14:41:07-04:00
Video Games

I’ve played the Neverwinter Nights campaign and both expansion packs (Shadows of Undrentide and Hordes of the Underdark). However, I had never tried any of the modules produced by the NWN community. This week, I ventured into new territory with the following two modules.

My first module was Snickersnack!, a short adventure for low level characters. This module received high marks and was in the NWN Hall of Fame so I thought it was a safe bet. It was supposed to be short and light-hearted, but very well done. For the adventure, I created a first level character, a halfling thief named Zercher. Zercher found himself in the Anauroc Desert. Some kobolds offered him a vorpal blade if he could find a member of their tribe who had gone missing. This was too good an offer to pass up for a young rogue looking for easy treasure. It ended up a bit of a challenge but well worth his while. He found the missing person (er, kobold) in the mines and returned with her. Surprisingly, the kobolds kept their word and Zercher left with a very valuable reward.

For the second NWN module of the week, I decided to try Elena's Tale - Roses for Rosa. It appealed to me because it was another very short adventure that was highly regarded. It also contained custom music and a pregenerated character. I played the included female half-elf character, Therisse Rellyana, a level 5 bard and level 1 ranger. The adventure started in Brookford, a very small settlement near Daggerford. Inside The Plucked Chicken tavern, a popular bard from Waterdeep named Elena was performing. Elena heard tales of a magically enchanted eternal rose, supposedly near Brookford. She asked me to seek it out. I accepted the task on the promise of payment. Along the way, Therisse’s skills were put to use by speaking with the animals of the forest. There were but a few areas to explore in this module, including a small shack and a wizard’s tower. Eventually, I discovered the secret of the eternal rose and received quite a bit of gold for the job. Unfortunately, I was never able to enter the town’s crypt, but that was required to complete the story.