About 3 hours depending on how fast (or if) you solve the mystery.
Number Players
1
Language
English
Level Range
23-27 depending on class and play style (have a +5 or better weapon)
Races
Any
Tricks & Traps
Light
Roleplay
Heavy
Hack & Slash
Light
Classes
Any
Scope
Small
DMNeeded
No DM Required
Single or Multiplayer
Single Player
Max Character Level
27
Max # Players
01
Min # Players
01
Min Character Level
23
Content Rating
Teen
Alignments
Good preferred, but other alignments can logically participate.
Gameplay Hours
03
Description
The dying words of a fallen knight are all you have to go on as you step out of the driving rain and into the Black Thorn Inn. Strangers eye you from the corners of a dimly lit room... weary travellers, local woodsmen, a strumming bard, a noblewoman. One of them is not what they seem... and you only have until midnight to discover which one. The fate of the Kingdom of Cormyr is in your hands.
Black Thorn is a mystery adventure set in the Forgotten Realms and designed to test your powers of deduction. You must uncover a powerful being concealed in a group of innocents without revealing what you're up to and without resorting to violence. You also are racing against the clock -- unless you find him, the evil being will escape at midnight! This module is designed to make you think creatively, spot important clues amid distractions, and piece them together to form a solution.
UPDATE!: This new version of Black Thorn has 3 new solutions (a total of eight possible mysteries to solve); an improved intro that allows you to manually or randomly select which mystery you'll try to tackle; and assorted other improvements and extra touches.
README: I very strongly recommend reading the ReadMe file!!
TIME: This is a timed module! One minute of real time equals one minute of game time and you only have about 3 hours. Use the PAUSE feature when reading dialogue or thinking up your next move! Detailed descriptions of the time rules are in the ReadMe.
MULTIPLE ENDINGS: There are multiple possible solutions built into the module. If you enjoyed the module and want to play it again, you can start over and select a different mystery!
CHEAT SHEET: The Cheat Sheet contains explanations of all the solutions in a format where you can quickly scroll to a specific one. CONTAINS SPOILERS! Be careful not to read solutions for any scenarios you haven't played yet!!
REQUEST: I would be very grateful if, when posting comments to this module's site, you avoided spoilers that give a solution away. Other spoilers are fine (but please mark them). Feel free to e-mail me through my Vault profile or send a message to my Bioware account (same name) if you have a question for which you must discuss a solution. Thanks!
USE OF THIS MOD - Since it has been some months since any problems beyond a typo have been reported, I am no longer going to support this module. I hereby grant permission to any builder who wishes to modify this module and use it or any part of it for his own submission, provided they credit me for my work. Also, should this mod become "broken" because of future patches and someone wishes to fix and repost it, they have my permission, again provided they credit me as the original author.
Special thanks to HerrJeff for what has been near-professional level proof-reading support!
Good luck and I hope you have fun! Please give my other mod -- Mountain of Mirrors -- a shot!
Also, come take a look at my latest CRPG writing project with Planewalker Games -- Link
I like that there is more than one scenario. So far, I've only played it once, but I look forward to trying the other scenarios, too.
Posted by krakatoa69 at 17:00:44 Voted9.75
Oi El Dano, I d/l this again and noticed there were 3 new solutions (6-8). ....SPOILERS.... Although I managed to reach the correct conclusion, Solution 8 does *not* trigger a specific encounter outside the inn (I learnt after reading the SPOILER doc you wrote and was surprised, as i t is a somewhat important event). Also, the description on the dead man is different (nowhere is it saying he is pale as to indicate his blood had been drained). Thought you should know this (btw, I ran thru solution 8 a second tiem and confirm the encounter does not happen).
Posted by Berra at 15:22:52 Voted10.00
Hello El Dano! I just wanted to thank you for playing my adult/parody module "Save The Princess!". :) I know it's a bit late and I didn't know if you had seen my reply on the module page but anyway ... :D thank you for playing. :) _________________________ /Berra - NWN1 modules: Berra's Module Collection (All of Berra's NWN1 works) Interviews: NWN-PODCAST INTERVIEW GOLDEN DRAGON AWARD INTERVIEW. Reviews: Calm before the Storm, A New Journey Begins, Surviving Horror 1, Surviving Horror 2. Other Downloads: NWN1 - Berra's Modules Favorites, NWN2 - Berra's Module Playlist Favorites. Homepages: Berra's NWN Blog Berra's YouTube Channel (Features original horror movies). Everyone: your VOTES are highly appriciated. A vote is like gold for an author. No kiddin'. ;)
Posted by Penknight at on09/27/07
Gave this a 10, as it really reminded me of Clue, one of my favorite movies of all time. Thank you for a wonderful mod!! Just curious, have you thought about adding any suits of armor at all?
Posted by El at 2007-04-2818:41:08
It was a tough task coming up with the basic conversation structure, but once I had it the way I wanted it, I used the same basic "skeleton," varied as needed, for all the conversations and actually writing the dialogue was -- well, not easy because there was so much writing to do, but it wasn't confusing. The set-up was such that adding the new solutions was actually pretty simple too (the hard part there was tying up all the loose ends in OnEnter and OnHeartbeat scripts). _________________________ El Dano Black Thorn -- a Forgotten Realms mystery adventure for levels 23-27. Mountain of Mirrors -- a classic PnP conversion for levels 4-7.
Posted by herrjeff at 03:24:20 Voted9.75
Thanks. It must have been quite a task to manage the different conversations for the 8 solutions you created in Black Thorn!
Posted by El at 2007-04-2221:48:33
Herrjeff: Actually, no. The toolset is the easiest way to review and edit conversations that I know of. I had to do the dialogues I wrote for The Broken Hourglass in MS Word and it was a lot harder. If there's a better tool than the toolset conversation editor, I don't know about it. Sorry. _________________________ El Dano Black Thorn -- a Forgotten Realms mystery adventure for levels 23-27. Mountain of Mirrors -- a classic PnP conversion for levels 4-7.
Posted by herrjeff at 05:14:28 Voted9.75
Hi El Dano, Would you have any tool to recommend to review and edit conversations instead of the NWN toolset? Thanks!
Posted by Lariam at 22:24:22 Voted10.00
Cool. :) All the best for your endeavors in the meantime. _________________________ Forgotten Realms Weave
Posted by El at 2007-04-1519:56:27
Hey Lariam - No new computer in sight any time soon. FRW looks neat. If/when I find myself about to launch another project I'll touch base with you. _________________________ El Dano Black Thorn -- a Forgotten Realms mystery adventure for levels 23-27. Mountain of Mirrors -- a classic PnP conversion for levels 4-7.
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