03/09/2012: The campaign version has been taken down from Mediafire, not sure why or how. I can't find my own copy, so it looks like the campaign version is toast.
04/30/2011: Fixed a few bugs in the Campaign version.
02/02/2011: We've created another version of Tomb of Horrors that requires both expansions (MotB & SoZ). The campaign version uses the SoZ Party builder so you may bring your own party. The campaign version also incorporates numerous bug fixes, puzzle modifications, and the final battle is much more difficult. Only one NPC, the dwarf fighter Gribol, is available to join the party in the beginning.
11/24/08: Our tests of the Tomb with the latest patch and expansion (SoZ) has revealed no new bugs. Thanks to Everian for helping test MP.
Recommended Server Settings for MP:
D&D Hardcore Difficulty
Full PvP
No item level restrictions
This is our first attempt at using the NWN Tool. It is loosely based on the updated Tomb of Horrors module by Gary Gygax (updated by Bruce Cordell). It is designed for 4-6 characters of 9th-11th level.
We tried to re-create the atmosphere of Tomb of Horrors PnP module in NWN2. This is not an attempt to copy the PnP module precisely.
This is a deadly module. Some monsters are a little too powerful, and some traps are extremely lethal. Anyone who played the tabletop version of the original will understand this is by design.
You will need a classic party: rogue, cleric, fighter, mage. Substitute classes are ok as long as you have someone who can pick locks, someone with a high search skill, someone with strong melee ability, and a good spellcaster to round out the group.
If you want to explore the Tomb solo, with no NPCs, you will probably need a rogue/wizard of at least 14th level.
Death is very inconvenient. It is strongly suggested that everyone has a raise dead scroll.
The Area Transitions are not set to "Party," so it is easy for the group to get hopelessly lost/separated.
There are lots of crafting components in the module; it's a little overdone actually. We like crafting. You should too.
We have tested using the MotB Expansion and found no errors.
There are two walk-throughs. One is a critical path description. That walk-through provides guidance for making it to the end of the module. It does not provide detailed explanations on how to overcome all of the puzzles/traps/monsters that stand in the way. The other walk-through describes most of the encounters, traps, and puzzles in the Tomb (except for the Necropolis).
This is the original version of Tomb of Horrors Revisited. It is a Module, not a Campaign. It does NOT require any Neverwinter Nights 2 expansions. You do not need any other files to play this mod. Download the zip ToH_Revisited2.zip file to your computer; unzip it; move or copy the unzipped mod file into your My Documents/Neverwinter Nights 2/modules directory.
If you are playing the Campaign version, the hidden levers are in different locations. The first lever is located between the pile of destroyed furniture and the nearest wall (I think it's the South wall).
If you are playing the Module version, the lever is located in the NW corner.
You definitely have enough ranks to find it, so that should not be problem. If you continue to have problems, send me an email and I'll try to help.
Ran into a gamebreaker right away. After entering the complex my rogue couldn't find the lever. After looking up exactly where the lever is and its DC in the toolset my rogue (search 13) was still not able to detect it. I spent a good hour running around and directly over the lever's position in search mode. Still nothing.
darant: the respawns are there to discourage you from returning to previously explored areas.
Themerson: perhaps you should have read the module description more closely...
SPOILER ALERT
Gribol tells you which cave to enter if you allow him to join your party to help find his brother.
END SPOILER
And finally: it's much better as a multi-player module.
Posted by Themerson at 2011-07-17 06:10:53 Voted 3.50 on 07/17/11
I just don't get this game. If you go into the wrong cave, you're dead. No warning...nothing. I never played the old module, so I just can't figure this one out.
Posted by darant at 2011-07-10 03:48:54 Voted 6.00 on 07/10/11
I escaped the necropolis but...
Although much great work was put into the area layouts and the balance overall was very good (campaign version), I found the spawning/respawning encounters very sloppy and soooo tedious--fighting the same enemies again and again and again in the same spots over and over--I simply couldn't take the boredom anymore. I felt like I was playing an arcade game like pacman. I started level 9 and quit at level 14, feeling as if I accomplished nothing. What can I say? In my honest opinion this is slightly above average, and no where near a 9 vote. Thanks anyway nonetheless.
Posted by darant at 2011-07-08 04:20:33 Voted 6.00 on 07/10/11
Thinking about it, I'm sure the lever sequence works--I'll reverse which direction is first again. But repeating NE is a mistake. Nonetheless, the quest misfirings and respawnings are still my preliminary misgivings. I'll vote later, hoping the best of the adventure is yet to come.
Posted by darant at 2011-07-08 03:54:11 Voted 6.00 on 07/10/11
And many cutscene conversationa and quest updates seem to be misfiring. Conversations go nowhere, leading to nothing. Quests updates have fired late by tens of minutes past where they should of--like opening a door and then being told I opened a door much later after opening many other doors. And the first time I pulled the levers in the wrong order--I assume--as quest update from an evil entity pleaded with me to EGRESS to escape but there weren't any statues or otherwise in the portal room.
Posted by darant at 2011-07-08 03:44:42 Voted 6.00 on 07/10/11
I'll be honest, I'm not enjoying this at all. The endless re-spawning again and again has devolved this game into mindless, boring, pointless hack & slash. And your first puzzle is off. Playing campaign in the sapphire room the door won't open. The scroll is wrong, repeating NE twice. Then, once frustrated and following the walkthrough--which you shouldn't have to do--it still doesn't work. I tried both the mistake on NE twice and the walkthrough path twice--nothing. Tried it the other way around with the primary direction first. I already quit once before the necropolis out of frustration from the respawns but continued on to give it another shot--now I'm stuck with what seems like a programming error and I'm really exhausted with the endless lever spawns. With all the high votes I doubt you'll change the spawning now, but come on--it really drags the adventure down.
virgo47tp, thanks for playing and voting. You may have found a bug; can you confirm that you were playing the Campaign version and not the Module version?
Posted by virgo47tp at 2011-06-19 17:06:50 Voted 8.50 on 06/19/11
Very detailed and nice to look at. Final encounter kept respawning despite killing it dozens of times.
It's been over a month since I uploaded the Campaign version to the entry on this website, but it still hasn't shown up. Bioware deleted the files from their Social Networking site, so I'm currently looking for somewhere else to host it.
Sorry Ocanthus,
I did not want to be impolite, I admire and respect the work people like you are offering to us freely, I just wanted to point out what I experienced. I downloaded the module version and converted it to a campaign in order to get the party creator and now I have access to the merchants, so I can play normally and have fun...
Thanks
Manuel33, if you're not having fun, maybe you should play something else.
There are three merchants in the tomb. There is probably no way you can survive the Tomb if you start below 9th level. Assuming you put everything in its proper place, the DM in the bmp_ooc can level you up and sell equipment.
I'm playing the campaign version and unfortunatly I find it boring, there are no merchants or anything to buy/sell/craft... I started at very low level with very basic items (no magic items...)
Is there something I missed?
SPOILER ALERT:
The altar in the chapel has "examine" text that provides the clue for using it. It's vague, for sure, but if you figured out the broken statue puzzle, the altar clue should make sense.
Posted by rross28 at 2010-07-02 10:44:09 Voted 9.25 on 07/02/10
A module that lives up to its authors notes. This is a hard module, a humbling experiance, just like the PaP version S1.
The end fight with Acerarak was over before I realized that he was dead. He was VERY underpowered for the level of character/equipment that you have.
Crafting was definately overdone from a balance point of view,(but it is nice to have all the nifty gear)
The hints for some of the puzzles (levers in portal room) were not much help, but thats why you provided the walkthrough). It is better to have a hard puzzle(and a walkthrough to help) than an easy puzzle that is to easy and provides no satisfaction in its solution.
Problems
If your main character is a Rogue (as mine was)then you have a problem in the pit areas (I won't say much more in case I spoil things for others).
Lastly the Altar in the chapel. I knew that I had to use it (because you got teleported back to it), but what you put in it, was there some
hint that I overlooked that gave some clue?
Overall definately worth the download. Well done.
Posted by fishnuke at 2009-09-11 14:27:36 Voted 9.50 on 09/11/09
Thanks for making a high level module, with SoZ character support! I'm pretty sick of all the level 1 modules that keep coming out. Doesn't magic missile and 8hp get boring? Epic feats are COOL. Liked the big rooms and hefty encounters. I use the starting area as a staging area to outfit new characters even for other modules. My ranger(1)/mage(22) certainly got his butt whopped on the 1st run through by those death knights in the temple...
I considered my vote very carefully before placing it as my brother & I spent several Friday night sessions trying to solve this one &, for the most part, enjoyed ourselves immensely. It was unfortunate when frustration led us to using the walk-through more than we wanted to but admired the fiendishness of the tricks & traps when the solutions became apparent.
The big let-down was the end.The ease & brevity of the final encounter killed the experience entirely for me & I couldn't wait to export my character & move on to something else.
Overall, I feel that this mod presents many hours of enjoyable multi-player hack 'n' slashing & would not be adverse to recommending it to others, but I would warn them not to build themselves up too much for the grand finale as it is somewhat of a fizzer. _________________________ "Out here on the perimeter, there are no stars..."
Jim Morrison
Posted by Nihlar at 2009-08-15 01:13:58 Voted 5.00 on 08/15/09
Played with 3 friends ended up level 11-12.
First the pros:
-Multiplayer - Great!
-Based on a great PnP module but with own ideas. That's a good thing
-Hard encounters, really love that.
Then the cons:
- It's really boring with re-spawning monsters in a CRPG as there's no DM to give the extra variation to it.
- The area design need some improvement to make a so large tomb an interesting touch. More creativeness when it comes to placeables, sounds and lighting.
- The puzzles has the possibility to be good but the implementation of them forced us to use the walkthrough more than what was fun.
I think it's an okay module for a party of 3-4 players and we had a bunch of fun play hours with it. But for me it needs something more to reach a high vote.
Posted by TymmeRMortis at 2009-07-20 09:24:06 Voted 8.75 on 07/20/09
If you remember mean old PnP DMs back in the day, this'll bring a smile to your lips. Great work by a genius.
I did think some of the levers too hard to find, especially the one in the tomb corridors to enter the lizardfolk domain. I must have walked right over it with the rogue in search mode at least a dozen times. _________________________ Verbing weirds language--Calvin
akibara: this module is extremely difficult in Single Player. It was originally designed as a Multi-Player module for 4 players and then modified for Single Player.
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