Neverwinter Nights EE - FF3 - The Forest of Doom (Blind, Very Difficult)
3FF3 - The Forest of Doom played blind on the hardest difficulty using a bard archer. This is an adaption of Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy gamebook classic and was created by Alistair Davis and Simon Osborne. It's a full playthrough from beginning to end. The main story is a quest to retrieve a dwarvern hammer, lost in the dangerous depths of Darkwood Forest.
I am familiar with the gamebook and have finished it multiple times, this is quite a different experience, though does feature a lot of the book's content. The creators took the map layout of Darkwood Forest and most things in it, then tried to build it in Aurora. There are a few extra areas and events, but for the most part it's faithful. If you know the book you can anticipate what will lie ahead, although the book is linear and a NWN map generally allows for open exploration, which is where the main difference lies. You can experience events in a completely different order to the book and backtrack as much as you like, you've reached Stonebridge but want to go all the way back to Yaztromo’s Tower? no problem. The module even encourages backtracking to a certain degree, which also means that unlike the book, you can see everything in a single playthrough.
If you haven't played the book then some of it could feel arbitary, why is there a barbarian randomly staked down in a field? what was the point of that ape man treehouse? why is there a throne out in the middle of the forest that damages me? etc. If you do know the book however, it's novel to just explore and see what they included, though there are rude interruptions from respawning enemies (not from the book) which can frequently ruin your day, especially on a high difficulty.
This is the first adventure for this level 1 character but he will be having more, playlist here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0oLoNHDuXcaKGwe_dYMbZIqFfuy5uwhv. I've left everything in so includes all inventory management, shopping, levelling etc. Skip at your leisure, timecodes included.
00:00:00 - Character Selection
00:01:06 - Windward Plain
00:06:12 - Eaves of Darkwood Forest
00:07:58 - Yaztromo's Tower - Ground Floor
00:12:07 - Yaztromo's Tower - First Floor
00:12:51 - Yaztromo's Tower - Second Floor
00:13:57 - Yaztromo's Tower - Third Floor
00:14:18 - Yaztromo's Tower - Fourth Floor
00:30:26 - Yaztromo's Tower - Cellar
00:40:06 - Southern Darkwood Trails 2
00:47:40 - Witch's Hut
01:09:45 - Southern Darkwood Trails 3
01:30:25 - Stingworm Pit
01:33:04 - Ogre's Cave
01:42:51 - Treehouse
01:46:51 - Southern Darkwood Trails 4
02:12:35 - Far Darkwood
02:20:05 - Goblin Caverns
02:53:33 - Yaztromo's Tower - Undercellar
03:06:25 - Southern Darkwood Trails 1
03:44:58 - Darkwood Plain 4
03:51:58 - Darkwood Plain 3
03:58:48 - Darkwood Plain 2
04:04:32 - Darkwood Plain 1
04:10:26 - Quin's Hut
04:17:11 - Waterfall Cave
04:23:05 - Pit Trap
04:59:22 - Ruined Hut
05:13:08 - Troll Cave
05:29:39 - Northern Darkwood 4
06:10:19 - Northern Darkwood 3
06:15:10 - Dark Elf Outpost
06:47:51 - Dark Elf Hut
06:55:52 - Dark Elf Temple
07:12:01 - Tunnels
07:18:00 - Dark Elf Hall
07:46:32 - Arragon's Hut
07:59:04 - Northern Darkwood 2
08:06:00 - Clone Caverns
08:18:53 - Gremlin Mines
08:35:33 - Northern Darkwood 1
08:37:05 - Abandoned Hut
09:08:18 - Crypt
10:13:51 - Edge of Darkwood
10:14:54 - Wyvern's Cave
10:23:55 - Stonebridge
10:27:09 - The Maiden's Beard
10:31:33 - Stubb's House
10:33:23 - Morri's House
10:35:47 - Borri's Laboratory
10:44:07 - Gillibran's Tower
10:51:17 - Home Ground Floor
10:52:10 - Home Cellar
10:52:25 - Dark Elf Dungeon
11:18:32 - Home Upper Floor
11:20:12 - Pagan Plains
11:46:07 - Credits
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