From This comes Strength

This module is part of a series of five (six when complete) other modules in the series can be found at the links below: Sheep and Stone The Caravan Club The Last days of the Raven Dark Days of Waiting From This Comes Strength

Module description.

Revenge! The need to pay back the people who owe you yours' and your fathers life is the only thing that has kept you sane these past four years. Now, with Samuel dead, you can see an ending to this, one way or another.

Reece is now your target, the man who stole your fathers property and position, the man who now has the ear of Hal Tysan, newly appointed to the Tysan estate since the death of his father just a few short days ago.

For weeks now you have been living in the wilds, camped in the Neverwinter Wood with only the woodland creatures for company. Watching for a chance to get to Reece, to find a way to discredit him ... to destroy him; but the chance has not come.

Now it seems you position is compromised. Reece knows you are out there and your target is him; he is as keen to see you buried beneath the soil of the sword coast as you are him.

He has resources: men, money, the ear of powerful allies; you have your sword, your wits and the continual pain from the wounds you suffered at Samuels hands to remind you of who you are and what you have set out to do.

The odds are against you but perhaps the answer lies in your new found friends. The adventurer who you helped to track down the bandit, Taneth; or his friend, the rogue Ember. Perhaps you can seek comfort and aid from your past, from the fact that the Tysan household are the closet you have to family beyond your own father.

Perhaps these things will be enough ... perhaps at last, with the help of your friends, you can find peace.

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Location Forgotten realms – in the area of Neverwinter. Setting The module is set at the same time as SoZ against a backdrop of hard times in Neverwinter brought on by the war with the King of Shadows. Play time 5+ hours Level 9 - 11 Class Solace (Ranger) Companions 2 - Sometimes

This is module five in the series Tales from the lake of Sorrows. The story begins just a few hours after the ending in The Last Days of the Raven and carries on with the story threads from that module. It takes place at the same time as These Dark Days of Waiting, while your PC is away from Thunder Bay. The Module tells the story of what happens in the town and develops the story thread that will form the basis of the last part of the series, The Vault of the Damned.

This story may be played using any character of ninth level but it is written for Solace, the ranger your PC met in the Caravan Club. The story will make sense who ever you choose to use but I have included a Solace.bic file to give you the character the story was written for and you can use this by copying it to your c/mydocs/neverwinternights2/localvault folder.

Some classes may find this easier, some harder but it is balanced for a 9th level ranger and the tactics you might employ as a ranger (partcularly one dedicated to an archery style) will be useful here.

I do not provide a level up area so which ever character you use must be equiped and ready to play.

***** There is combat right from the outset in this module. ******

You do not need to play this module to progress the plot in the Tales campaign but much of what goes on here builds on the themes I will use in the last part.

Note on combat – Unless you are an experienced tactical player keep all the companions offered to you with you when you can. Consider the character class you have and remember your animal companion. The combat is balanced to be challenging at times but with preparation and tactics none of the encounters will be too difficult to manage.

Note on npc's – If you pass time in the keep or Thunder Bay and the npc's do not appear then walk into a building and out and all should be well.

Note on loading – Load times on these modules are long, particulalry the first one whihc will hang on area 20 for a minute or so. Keep with it, it has not failed to load on me yet ?

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Loading instructions are included in the zipped file. It is important to follow these carefully as several folders have similar names.