Word Challenge Contest Mission: The Curse of the Skull Goblet by MossEater

FireMage on 26/3/2015 at 22:19

Hello everybody,

As it was decided on the main thread, from this night to the 28th March (The final deadline) all submitted mission will be published and playable!

The third submitted mission is The Curse of the Skull Goblet by MossEater!

Because it will be important to rate mission according to the way to use the words and respect their restriction, let's remember this contestant words:

Theme : Pirate
The Main Goal : Goblet
Related to the main plot : Skull/Head
Must be present : Bottle
Forbidden in the mission : Spider

Mission Briefing:

Some days, things are not like we planned... Poor Webster... His son has been back from an expedition with a rare object. Alas, I need to pay my rent and it sounds that an such object is adequate for it... If only he could stay in his father's mansion with it...
This object is named the Skull Goblet, a creepy name for a goblet and according to the rumors and how they rushed to leave the place, some other guys are researching it like me. I don't know many things about the seamen, but they seem to be merciless... Some crazy tales talk about the fact that they need to bring the Skull Goblet to the head of their dead captain to resurrect him... Too bad for them, I need better excuses to give up.
Webster Jr. is now fleeing to Cyric with a crew aboard the ship named ‘The Iron Bottle'. A famous giant boat made with metal whose the captain used to deal in stolen objects from different towns. A perfect job to fill my purse.
I have however to be cautious... If in a mansion I could in the worst case run away to the next street to escape; in a ship, only a life boat, some luck and speed can save me. If the ‘Iron Bottle' is chasing me, I will have no success in my return to the land. I must be cautious...

I have done the necessary to get in to steal the Goblet, and my contacts have provided me a map of the ship. The author hasn't mentioned the name of the rooms but I suppose that Webster is somewhere in the rear, near the cabins of his guards. The engine room may be the shortest way to go there but its metal floor and crew members working here will maybe not let me pass but another way may exist. Now let's hope that I will be out... And back to home...

Visual Notes:

-You can have two different ambient to see on the ship. If you want to play in a dark and creaky ship, enable the fog. If you want something more colorful and see better water, you may disable it.
-A vanilla game is recommended. NecroAge and several mods will not make the mission crash, but the visual may suffer a lot... To install at your own risks.

Technical Notes:

-Blind or stuck? Normal! You are in front of a scene! Just look at/listen to it and you may be able to move and see after!
-New mantling may be activated for a game more comfortable.

Note from the author:

This mission could be hard at the beginning if you play directly in expert without knowing the place, you are advised to try the easier difficulties first.
The 'forced ghosting' is however a phase in the mission and it will end at a moment in the mission!

(http://www.mediafire.com/download/wfn7yfbaxc3vyhf/TheSkullGobletCurse.zip) Get it here!

(http://www.southquarter.com/downloads/2015/TheSkullGobletCurse.zip) Mirror

(http://www.taffersparadise.net/thief1mission/TheSkullGobletCurse.zip) Mirror2

fortuni on 26/3/2015 at 22:54

Congratulations on the release MossEater, a cracking good pirate romp, you guys are in for a treat

Disable NecroAge mod if installed as this mod can cause a slight alteration in some textures in the first part of this mission. This mission was not tested using HDmod so use at your own risk.

Enjoy :D

Tannar on 27/3/2015 at 00:51

The link doesn't work. I get a "permission denied" message.

downwinder on 27/3/2015 at 01:10

link does work you just did wrong one,my problem is with mission,i found a problem how do i open last door pasted guy who taps his foot,lock picks don't work ,no key,door looks unlocked,but no luck,been everywhere else

pwl on 27/3/2015 at 01:35

You can get to the other side of that door a different way. I can't find the goblet??

downwinder on 27/3/2015 at 02:22

Quote Posted by pwl

You can get to the other side of that door a different way. I can't find the goblet??

ok thank you i forgot about that stairway,and stuck in same spot as you now,but there is a door unfrobable on lowest level,i was guessing a switch to open it somewhere,but got no idea

nickie on 27/3/2015 at 07:07

Quote Posted by Tannar

The link doesn't work. I get a "permission denied" message.

So do I. But I did quite enjoy the Whiskey in the Jar snippet. :)

fortuni on 27/3/2015 at 08:42

nickie...hit your back button (or whatever its called) to return to previous page and it will then let you download....weird

The link now appears to work fine....no longer need to input a password

fortuni on 27/3/2015 at 14:48

@ pwl & downwinder

this is a 2 part mission, the first part occurs on the boat the second on an island, you need to find a way off the boat, read your objectives for a clue as to where you need to search

nickie on 27/3/2015 at 15:12

First time of trying just now, it was exactly the same as this morning - permission denied.
A minute later - tried the link again and got the download page but with a flipping captcha which didn't work and sent me to Whiskey in the Jar again. Clicking the back arrow then, took me to a captchaless download and it seems to be working now.

Where's Brethren's mirror when you need it!