![]() ![]() Even endgame players will have the option of going back to explore this new story and revisit past favorite areas. The second goal was to expand mid-game content, a goal that was accomplished by adding large chunks of land and new quests onto five of the game's current zones. The devs didn't want to reserve dragons for the endgame they wanted players to see these magnificent creatures much sooner. Cryptic is rolling out a new storyline concerning the Cult of the Dragon that will start around level 25 and weave in and out of the rest of the game's questing. The Scourge Warlock is just the tip of the free iceberg with Module 4. Cryptic was cagey in response to this, saying that the team is looking into class balancing and is "actively looking" into factors like healing. While impressed to see the game's lineup expanding, I noted that the game still only has one healing class, which seems to be a weak link in the holy trinity lineup. This makes the second new class to the game within six months, a feat that has kept the "lean, hard" Neverwinter team working slavishly. The Scourge Warlock will launch with only one paragon path, the Hellbringer, but will see its second added with Module 5. In fact, Cryptic sees the Scourge Warlock as not just a good DPS class but an excellent support class. Once a creature is cursed, spells and abilities will have different - and usually more powerful - interactions, which is a great boon when in a group. The biggest strength of the class is in its curse mechanic, which allows the player to tag up to three mobs for special treatment. As the story goes, the Warlock made an infernal pact with the demon god Belial to gain all sorts of nasty powers, and as such the class can wield a soul puppet, pop out tentacles, and summon vomiting skulls at will. This viewpoint is backed up by the sheer amount of free content that's coming with Tyranny of Dragons, starting with the Scourge Warlock class.įor players who like spellcasting classes but weren't big fans of the Control Wizard, the Scourge Warlock offers a delightfully different style of play. While I acknowledge that there are a few walls that need a cash sledgehammer to adequately bust down, I have always seen Neverwinter as the latter. Nearly everything has been optimized and streamlined for ease of play online.Depending whom you talk to, Neverwinter is either a cleverly insidious moneygrabbing machine or one of the most generous free-to-play MMOs on the market. Combat encounters and boxed text are preloaded and ready to drop onto maps and into the chat window with a few clicks. The contents of the story are indexed and linked, where appropriate. Never before has the need for heroes been so desperate.ĭungeon Masters purchasing this module can use it to run the adventure with very little prep, other than reading through the adventure in advance. The threat of annihilation has become so dire that groups as disparate as the Harpers and Zhentarim are banding together in the fight against the cult. To this end, they are sweeping from town to town, laying waste to all those who oppose them and gathering a hoard of riches for their dread queen. In an audacious bid for power the Cult of the Dragon, along with its dragon allies and the Red Wizards of Thay, seek to bring Tiamat from her prison in the Nine Hells to Faerun. Fight the War Against Draconic Oppression in this Adventure for Dungeons & Dragons! ![]()
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