Medieval Europe (but with lots of fantasy inside�) This is the XIIIth century, but a XIIIth century where you can still find old Elven cities in the depths of ancient forests, or Dwarven kingdoms hidden in the northeastern part of Germany... The Holy Inquisition of the Catholic Church is hunting down magic users and a New World is about to born... But the forces of the Old World, with its magic and its legendary creatures, are still there...trying to survive.
Language
English
Level Range
The combat should prove rather difficult, so if you don�t like difficulties, feel free to play a higher level character (level 11 or 12, but not any higher please, because if you kill some NPC�s too fast, you can run into some major problems.)
Races
Rather human for the historical taste, but you can play any race if you really want to...ONLY MALE CHARACTER though...(for inheritance coherance sake)
Tricks & Traps
Light
Roleplay
Heavy
Hack & Slash
Heavy
Classes
Especially suited for warrior, ranger and rogue classes...But all classes can be played. (Straight-minded paladin and Rude-Stupid Barbarians are less suited however).
YOU CAN ALSO PLAY ONE OF THE 2 PRESTIGE CLASSES SPECIALY MADE FOR THE SERIES ('Errant Knight' and 'Mercenary Spy' BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW THEY ARE RATHER POWERFUL.
Note that the hak containing the classes of prestige must be placed in your hak folder even if you don't intend to play them.
Scope
Part of Series
DMNeeded
No DM Required
Single or Multiplayer
Single Player
Max Character Level
11
Max # Players
01
Min # Players
01
Min Character Level
08
Content Rating
Adult
Alignments
Any
(Lawful Good alignement is less suited)
Gameplay Hours
20
Description
FINAL RELEASE (2.05) of the 1st episode of the 'Bastard of Kosigan' series translated by GINNI SWANTON.
After the death of his father, Gregor of Kosigan, the Bastard of Kosigan (your character) has been exiled from his homeland by the Count of Kosigan, his uncle Borogar, who has always hated him. He�s become a mercenary adventurer, wandering from place to place. His travels eventually lead him to the principality of Germany and the city of Cologne, where he gets caught up in a web of intrigue and deceit involving the Holy Inquisition of the Catholic Church and a coven of local witches. He soon learns that the stakes are higher than he thought, that things aren�t always what they seem to be, and that choices aren�t necessarily black and white. The richness of the dialog provides for realistic role-playing for all alignments, and the choices your PC makes affect not only the outcome of this module, but also everything that happens throughout it.
Don�t be afraid�you�ll enjoy it even if you�re a fan of pure Dungeons & Dragons, or if you killed your History teacher out of hate when you were a child :)
This translation has taken a huge amount of work for Ginni (about 5 or 6 monthes, many hours a day)...
She and I ran into many bugs due to the inconsiderate actions of previous would-be-translators...
We hope you will understand the real difficulty of what has been done :)
THE MOVIES (the wonderful beginning and End credits made by the Baudrands Brother are here: Link )
Definately the best of the Kosigan modules (the ones that have been translated to English anyways). The later modules are a little more lead them by the nose, but this one is perfect.
Posted by snowdog at on03/18/10
Oh, I had the issue with Stannis the Blacksmith as well. New Players I suggest you buy anything you want from the first time you talk to him. I don't think you can later. Though for me he was stuck in the woods near where the Wagon you fixed was.
Posted by snowdog at on03/18/10
Bravo! Bravo Author! Bravo Translator! This is an absolute MUST PLAY module. Church Scandals/Inquisition/Witches, I had played an early version of Bastard years ago (when ep2 was the starting point) and I didn't feel blown away. But this one did blow me away. It is Excellent. Easily in my top 5 and I have played a great many modules. Anyone who dabbled with Bastard years ago when this first module didn't exist, simply MUST return for this new beginning.
Posted by dachrisma at on03/08/10
Fabien, le module est fantastique, mais ne parle allemand, s´il te plait, parce que c´est terrible!
Posted by dachrisma at on03/08/10
Sorry, I really like to play this module by now, but is this a comedy? I really don´t understand the German dialogues and that is really funny, because I am German! The German dialogues really make no sense! Could you please explain why a merchant you have never met before "What happens?" asks? Or why everyone continously tells me "Ich bitte um unschuldigung!" - what translated in English - means: "I request for innocencing!" WHY? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? I have found exactly one dialogue without any mistakes. The cause is that there were only three German words in this dialogue. ferry inderestink tranzlazion! (German are not stupid! - No, they are not more stupid than all the others.) I speak English and Frensh not very good, but I know how to explain what I mean. And I know how to speak in other languages! HEY STOOOPITTTT!!!
Posted by Reduan at on01/23/10
I really enjoyed playing this mod. Thanks for your work. Only small weak point is no quest for henchmen, but it dosnt matter because it have all other things (hero, story, interesting enemies, different looking locations...). Again thanks very much.
Posted by Robel at on01/12/10
Loved the mod, very intriguing and it really gets you in character, but I just can`t give it a score higher than 8 because of the lack of documentation and the loose ends it just leaves. The henchmen having no conversation is also rather annoying (I`m not trying to judge here, but I would think that if the creator had time to write this HUGE story and dialogs, he would`ve had time to write a few more for the henchmen/companions too). The mod was GREAT and the fact that I gave it an 8 does not mean "yea it`s cute maybe you should play it". I gave it an 8 because that`s the overall score it should get, but on a "Is it worth my time?" scale from 1 to 10 I would give it a 9.9. Bravo! _________________________ Needles in the eyes!
Posted by Robel at on01/12/10
I, too, have the problem with the ritual. I just cannot find the witches. Why not just write a comment here and warn us that it's a spoiler? _________________________ Needles in the eyes!
Posted by Robel at on01/12/10
Funny thing: one guy refers to someone as using machiavellian tactics, but the story happens in XIIIth century and Machiavelli was born in late XVth. :) Not really an issue, just thought I`d mention it. _________________________ Needles in the eyes!
Posted by KIrving at on12/22/09
This was quite a fun mod. Really enjoyed the political intrigue and occasions when I really wasn't sure what choices to make. Lovely shades of nail-biting grey! Also great to see a mod that is willing to tackle adult content. Unfortunately, I also encountered the bug with the blacksmith Stannis, where he ends up at the Inn and the shop window won't open.
Site
