![]() ![]() It makes gameplay, particularly with the wizard at points in which only he can get you through certain parts of the adventure using ranged attacks, quite frustrating. I liked the fact that the character play was true to the series, though one thing that drove me crazy was the knock-down affect.when a mob hits you, your character is knocked down for an exceedingly long period of time for a single hi t. Of course, my favorite being Drizzt in the books, I was excited to see that you get to play as him and fight alongside him at different points in the game. I'm a long-time gamer & I tend to gravitate toward one kind of character, but there were a several in this game I was happy to play. The game play is simple enough - though you should read through the manual to make sure you get little tidbits like the call for help from the other characters, etc. I got this game because I'm a big fan of the Forgotten Realms book series. Stormfront's previous work with the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons license yielded a series of home computer games in the early 1990s, as well as 2001's Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor. EA Games' well received The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, based on the Peter Jackson film, was also designed by the studio. While Stormfront's collaboration with AD&D license holder Wizards of the Coast helps ensure that Demon Stone's rules system is accurate to the pen & paper standards, the focus of this game is squarely on the action.ĭemon Stone is not the developer's first hack-and-slash console RPG. Most of the statistical arithmetic that drives the combat system is applied behind the scenes. Demon Stone is designed to call on the diverse abilities of each of these three characters, so using the right hero for the right job is an important part of play.Ĭharacters gain experience and new abilities as they progress through the adventure, but Demon Stone players won't spend as much time number-crunching as they might in other AD&D games. These characters represent the fundamental AD&D archetypes: the burly fighter, who can take at least as much punishment as he dishes out the agile rogue, who can pick locks and sneak about for surprise attacks and the resourceful sorcerer, who specializes in a variety of ranged combat spells. The player directly controls one of the three characters and can switch between them at nearly any time. Now the noble characters are honor-bound to make amends, and banish the demons from Faerun once more. By accidentally meddling in an age-old feud between two powerful, demonic hordes, the player's characters have allowed both abysmal armies into our plane of existence. Players guide three distinct heroes through the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons lands known as the Forgotten Realms, to correct a mistake and perhaps save the world in the process.King Gareth Dragonsbane awards the three rulership of Vaasa as a reward. ![]() They kill Ygorl and escape back to Cedarleaf where they find Khelben, unharmed. Ygorl leads the trio back to Damara and then to Limbo and reveals that he manipulated them into joining together and bringing him Cireka's sword. The dragon obeys Ygorl and kills Cireka, rendering the demon stone useless but Rannek takes Cireka's sword and slays the dragon in turn. Unfortunately, Ygorl sends them both through a portal to the dragon Caminus,'s lair. They aid Drizzt Do'Urden and Clan Battlehammer in defeating the trolls and use the Underdark tunnels from the hall to get to an ancient Githyanki stronghold where they expect to find the two warring generals so that they can imprison them in the stone. They then go to Mithral Hall which is under attack by an army of trolls. The three find a portal to the yuan-ti temple and steal the demon stone. Unfortunately, Ygorl shows up again vowing revenge and while the protagonists escape, Khelben disappears and Blackstaff Tower is reduced to ruins. The party escape to Blackstaff Tower to meet with Illius' mentor, Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun, who tells them that they need to go to a yuan-ti temple to Merrshaulk in Chult to find a demon stone that will re-imprison Cireka and Ygorl. Ygorl intervenes, trying to steal Cireka's Silver Sword. Zhai takes them to her home, Cedarleaf, a wood elf village, only to find it under attack by Cireka's Gith. They summon their armies and resume an old fight. Searching the area, they come across a mysterious stone and accidentally release the prisoners it contains: the Githyanki general Cireka and the slaad Ygorl. They join up and eventually defeat the warlord controlling the dominant army. Three adventurers, Rannek, Zhai, and Illius take it upon themselves to save the civilians in the area and secure the mines. Orc armies and the red dragon Caminus are raiding the Gemspark Mine in Damara. ![]()
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