"Know, O Prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars." - The Nemedian Chronicles.
Such half-legendary fragments are all that remain to tell of the Hyborian Age and its greatest hero, Conan.
This Campaign combines and updates the three individual Conan modules I uploaded earlier. There are many bug-fixes and enhancements, including a full Hyborian world range of items and fully custom Character creation, including custom races and deities.
You can play the Campaign as Conan, or as a hero of your own design, following your career from its beginning as a youth among the barbarian Aesir, to your eventual rise to claim the throne of Aquilonia, the most powerful Hyborian kingdom.
"Legions of the Dead", the first adventure in the "Conan Chronicles 1 - The Barbarian Chronicles" campaign, describes the first recorded exploits of the young Conan, when as a youth of sixteen summers he fled his home in Cimmeria to join with a band of Northern barbarians in the frigid land of Asgard. The original short story was written by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, based of course on the collection of Conan stories by Robert E Howard.
But you do not have to be Conan. Any class or race may be played. However in the Hyborian Age there are generally no demi-humans and classes that use magic are rare, and those that use priestly magic rarer still.
You do NOT have to be a barbarian; the name of the campaign simply refers to your exploits in the barbarian lands to the north of the Hyborian kingdoms.The Barbarian Chronicles continue with "The Scythian Pits" and "The Thing in the Crypt".
The adventures will take a single starting 1st level PC up to around 13th level.
This adventure continues with a second campaign, "Conan Chronicles 2 - The Zzamorian Chronicles" describing your exploits carving a niche for yourself in the civilised kingdoms and often at odds with local authorities.
Good luck.
IMPORTANT NOTE: When finished with the adventure, as for all modules with custom races, please remove your PC from the localvault folder when you remove the Conan custom 2das from the override folder. Otherwise, it can crash subsequent games when you enter the select/create character screen.
25th July 2010:
Fixed non-opening doors in the arena with Scythian Pis v1.25
16th April 2010: Updated to v 1.24.
Overhauled outdoor areas and changed to standard textures.
Improved day-night lighting.
Removed need for installing any override files.
More new Hyborian weapons and items randomly available.
More reliable cutscenes, and can click through them more quickly.
Great mod. Great setting. One of the most fun modules I've played so far. Playing the second part now.
Posted by Caeljin2 at 2012-06-0712:11:48
im having troubles with njal at siege map,he always charges and die even if u persist and try to move on at the history after u rescue the girl , at escape from undead the njal die by the lightning but the witch dont appears :/ and get stuck
Posted by Gaeldrin at on04/10/12
Amazing game and storytelling. It was a pity that "The Thing in the Crypt" was quite short. I also found very awkward playing a barbarian. Maybe this game is more rogue oriented, but if so, it should be called "The Rogue Chronicles" haha
Posted by Picaro at 2012-01-2107:38:49
Being three distinct chapters this is a difficult one for me to rate. {minor spoilers} Loved the 1st and 3rd parts, the middle section not so much. I had no knowledge of Conan before playing but I appreciate now that the 2nd part is integral to the story and background even though I found it a bit repetitive after a while. That is not to say it isn't well done, the challenges in the arena present a variety of enemies and strategies not merely an increase in their level as you progress. Also I appreciate that it is integral to the story that Conan (or whoever you play) has to feel that escape is impossible and the only way out might be in a coffin! So purely subjectively, as a player without a fondness for combat and without the character build at the time to explore other avenues of escape or raise cash all the arena challenges got a bit relentless for me, and disappointing that I couldn't escape unaccompanied (after so much effort to make a special friend LOL) but to reiterate that it was very well implemented. I would still fully recommend this though before moving on to CC2 and hopefully some sequels, because it does give you the background to the character. _________________________ Take me out to the black, tell them I ain't coming back; Burn the land, boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me
Posted by Enialus at on01/17/12
Thanks for putting this together, and almost single handedly spurring me on to buy the Robert Howard books, with a little help from the movies too :-) Loved the incorporation of the soundtrack! Simply put, immersion generating themes and kept the mood tied in! Love it! _________________________ We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free and leave room upon the earth for honest men to live in. Thomas Paine 1776
Posted by Tamkan at on11/20/11
Hi John, For sure your reply is a bit late but thank you nevertheless. Meanwhile I played the zamorian chronicles and they are really among the best of the best. Congrats!! _________________________ TAMKAN
Posted by Dr_Sungh at 2011-12-2017:20:43
Just some replies as I popped by the site, probably too late to be of help. Tamkan - That arena bug drives me mad. Never been able to replicate it enough to fix it. Happens less than 1 in a 100, and something to do with the NPC not walking forwards in the cutscene if buffing I think, despite several failsafes. I thought I did a failsafe jump at the end of the cutscene. I think I do an autosave when going into the arena. Ultron - I can't believe there could be such a bug, not at the very beginning which has been tested thousands of times I imagine. The old man is not the leader. You talk to the Jarl, or he talks to you, and only then can you talk to the old man. Bach - No you are not supposed to kill the Queen, you are supposed to sneak out as you are 16 years old and not ready to face one of the 4 most powerful sorcerers of the age. Maybe in another adventure... in the books, Conan is in his 60s when I finishes her, I think. Just before he defeats Thulsa Doom. There's got to be some things you are not ready to face on your first adventure or what's the point in gaining experience over an epic lifetime? Paul - you are probably right about prestige pack incompatibility. The Hyborian age has its own custom sets of races and feats. Niemroth - I can't remember even how to set that, its not a switch on the campaign or module properties I can see, perhaps a flag on a loading script. Anyway, consider my module "default" behaviour. Posibly its something set when creating a multiplayer game. You could surely test. Avo MrKelevra - thanks! Re the enjoyment second time, I think its a mood thing. You might be going in with the idea you're going to test some new character build or its going to be like such and such a module, and then its much more story based with a different setting, a slow start and tough encounters. That's why I got annoyed when people voted a 3 or something because they said it was linear and they got as far as their first wolf! When you get to Arenjun, you might look back at how it all started with your raid on Castle Haloga so long ago. John
Posted by Tamkan at on11/20/11
Good work indeed. Unfortunately bug in the 2nd opus but still very intersting. Last chapter less fascinating. _________________________ TAMKAN
Posted by Tamkan at on11/20/11
Dear Dr Sungh, I'm really enjoying the scythian pyth but I'm facing a real Pb. When defending against Freya the fight is not possible as she stands behind the gates. I don't know what to do. Can you help me please ? _________________________ TAMKAN
Posted by ultron2099 at 2011-11-0322:49:08
Help! Think I've got a bug. I can't seem to get the leader of the tribe to talk to me. I've leveled up, killed and skinned the stag, gone and done the firewood quest with iggi, but no matter what I do, the old man won't talk to me. :(
10 - A Masterpiece, Genuinely Groundbreaking 9 - Outstanding, a Must Have 8 - Excellent, Recommended to Anyone 7 - Very Good, Deserves a Look 6 - Good, Qualified Recommendation 5 - Fair, Solid yet Unremarkable 4 - Some Merit, Requires Improvements 3 - Poor Execution, Potential Unrealized 2 - Very Little Appeal 1 - Not Recommended to Anyone
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