Haplo on 25/3/2012 at 03:05

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Hello taffers,

Here's my 11th mission and my submission to the second Thief Reloaded Contest. The mission is based on the city map of Thief: Deadly Shadows, converted to Dark Engine by Child of Karras.

With this mission I have tried to achieve two goals: 1. To bring TDS to the people who never had the chance to play it, and 2) to create a mission I wish TDS had but it didn't.


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* Story *

Abarrach, or the properous City of Stone, used to be inhabited by a group of peaceful people who possessed some magical abilities. However the inhabitants left the city suddenly, and disappeared. Now nothing but undead roam their streets. It is rumoured that a mysterious plague was the reason behind this mass exodus.
This rumour has been strong enough to keep all thieves and adventurers away from the deserted city. But I have decided to pay it a visit and liberate it from its valuables; I'm sure the undead don't need them.

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* Important Notes *

- Read the texts carefully, they contain vital clues to the puzzles. I have tried to keep them short, none are more than two pages.
- The combination puzzle is different on each difficulty. If you are having trouble solving it use the alternate method provided, which is much easier. Also you can find the solutions to the puzzles in the Hints directory installed with the mission.

The full credits are available in the mission text file.

Download link: (http://www.southquarter.com/downloads/2012/Pestis.zip) here and (http://taffersparadise.com/thief2mission/Pestis.zip) here.
(http://endings.lemonamiga.com/fm/Pestis_Cruenta_lootlist.doc) Lootlist (thanks to Nightwalker).

Just like my previous missions, I'd like to ask you not to give out outright spoilers when helping the others on the forum. Either point them to the clues they might have missed or elaborate more on the clues if they have trouble understanding them.

Special thanks to Child of Karras for the conversion, to Brethren for starting the contest and to my beta testers for their help, patience and support. The voting for the contest will start in a few weeks after all the missions have been released. Brethren will announce it when the time comes.

I hope you will enjoy this mission.

clearing on 25/3/2012 at 04:06

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Thank you, Ali :thumb:

darthsLair on 25/3/2012 at 05:52

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Congrats Ali, and good luck ! downloading now.

InfinituS on 25/3/2012 at 09:17

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Wow :D Congrats!
Can't wait to play it :thumb:

Haplo on 25/3/2012 at 09:26

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Thanks everyone. By the way, there is a lootlist available courtesy of Nightwalker (with the help of other beta-testers).