Fan Mission: Mother Rose by grayman (2016/01/01)

[grayman]

Happy New Year!

This mission was intended for the 2015 Halloween Contest, but a dead computer kept it from being completed on time. (Thanks to Bikerdude for sorting that out.) After that, I took my time finishing it, so now it can be the first mission for 2016.

Bridgeport had become a bit too 'hot' for me, so I was escaping to Glenham to let things cool off. A heavy snow drove me to seek cover at an inn near the River Stokes ferry. I dropped into a chair near the fire and ordered a small beer and meat pie from the innkeeper.
For the next hour or so, I listened to the conversations around me. Mostly inane topics like the best way to remove tree stumps from a field, or what the current odds were for the Widow Shalemont taking the local Watch captain for a husband.
One story peaked my interest, however-that of Jacob Nearfeather, the town doctor, who had vanished a week earlier. He had been complaining about a spirit running amok in his house, breaking things, and was offering a hefty purse for whoever could purge the spirit. A few had tried, but all had turned up dead after being in the house a while.
Then Nearfeather disappeared.
...

This mission is a bit darker (light-wise) than your typical mission, so for an extra challenge, you can try leaving the lantern off.

Download links:

The in-game downloader.

Mediafire

Special Thanks to:

Xarg, nbohr1more, AluminumHaste, Oldjim, Deadlove, and Bikerdude for some great beta testing.
Sotha, for letting us recycle his house modules from Lich Queen's Demise.

Requires:

TDM 2.03+

[Summer]

How cool! Thanks for a wonderful New Year 2016 present, grayman

[Bikerdude]

Added to in-game downloader.

[Bienie]

Congratulations on the release! Sometimes you just have to take your time and the end product is all the better for it. Looking forward to playing this one!

[Cambridge Spy]

Here's a playthrough of Mother Rose:

 

[FenPhoenix]

And here's mine:

 

 

-The ghost was cool and creepy.

-For some reason I had the fireplace idea early but didn't find the switches until I had raged sufficiently.

-Full loot!

 

[Loa4ever]

Congratz on the release, will give it a look .

[lowenz]

Splendid short FM

[Bienie]

Really great mission! It's beautifully constructed and dripping of atmosphere. There was a palpable sense of dread through the whole mission. The only thing I thought could have been done differently was

the ghost that was homing on to you and chasing you through walls. The only way to get away was to go in to the secret rooms, which were far too hard to find imo. I kept having to kite the ghost in to the cemetery and then run into the house again and search like a maniac before the ghost caught back up with me and then redo the process. Not optimal conditions to look for a tiny key hole, though I appreciate the severe danger that the ghost provided. An enemy that can't be killed, hid from or lost, only outrun. It's a nice concept, but if you have to keep running you shouldn't have to also do such complicated tasks

 

Still, a solid 4/5 from me!

[Cookie]

Nice idea for a mission, really great addition to the contest.

 

 

Not much to say here, I really liked the atmosphere and the overall mission concept. The ghost got a bit annoying from time to time, but other than that it was really well done.

 

[pwl]

Great mission Grayman!! Loved the ghost, did you make it?? I used a save game before I went in the doctors office so I could look around more without the ghost bothering me!

[grayman]

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

 

Yes, I made the ghost.

[Melan]

Well worth the wait. It looked quite good, but in the end, it was the subtly creepy story and the interesting twist on the standard gameplay which made it particularly cool.

 

I like how the ghost looked like a B movie effect, and how her movements made for a constant threat. Expected jump scares, got a much deeper atmosphere.

 

In my playthrough, Mother Rose spotted and killed the guard patrolling outside. As I completed the mission, just as I made for the entrance gate, I was spotted by the other guard, who immediately tried to attack me (spotted for 0 seconds!). I can well imagine our character getting hauled in and getting hanged by the city watch after they discover the break-in, the dead body, and no trace of the real murderer.

 

[MVT]

Efforts to download Mother Rose immediately crash TDM. Have successfully downloaded other missions.

[grayman]

In-game downloader?

 

It's still available from the link in the OP.

[MVT]

In-game downloader?

 

It's still available from the link in the OP.

yes - seems like a problem with the in game downloader.

[nbohr1more]

I've experienced crashes with Internationalized\translatable FM's. I usually retry the download and it is either already installed or downloads fine the 2nd try.

I'm pretty sure this has been an issue since 2.0 or earlier?

[grayman]

There's no I10n file for MR.

[nbohr1more]

Ah, I must have mis-remembered some translation comment in the beta thread.

[MVT]

yes - seems like a problem with the in game downloader.

Problem cleared up after about a week. In-game downloader now works for this mission.

Edited January 18, 2016 by MVT

[MVT]

Liked addition of little conclusion on mission completion.

[llanita]

Having a problem when I click on Mother Rose title link in the wiki fan missions page. For some reason it opens the page for Crucible of Omens: Behind closed doors, and the forum link takes me to 'This webpage is not available'

[grayman]

Having a problem when I click on Mother Rose title link in the wiki fan missions page. For some reason it opens the page for Crucible of Omens: Behind closed doors, and the forum link takes me to 'This webpage is not available'

 

Fixed.

[llanita]

thank you grayman

[raymeld]

Really great mission! It's beautifully constructed and dripping of atmosphere. There was a palpable sense of dread through the whole mission. The only thing I thought could have been done differently was

the ghost that was homing on to you and chasing you through walls. The only way to get away was to go in to the secret rooms, which were far too hard to find imo. I kept having to kite the ghost in to the cemetery and then run into the house again and search like a maniac before the ghost caught back up with me and then redo the process. Not optimal conditions to look for a tiny key hole, though I appreciate the severe danger that the ghost provided. An enemy that can't be killed, hid from or lost, only outrun. It's a nice concept, but if you have to keep running you shouldn't have to also do such complicated tasks

 

Still, a solid 4/5 from me!