I'm not usually the type to get single player mods and play them, but I saw this one on the vault, and it's description got me interested, so I played it on a whim. I went into it expecting to be dissapointed, but I have to say it pretty awesome. Its short and sweet, about the length of watching a movie, and... well, it was really cool. It made me think of a play, in that there were only 4 areas in the entire mod (5 including the final cutscene/convo area) about 15 characters, and the way I went through it there were 2 combats (total death count 2.) It was about picking up on clues and making inferences from multiple sources to solve the mystery while sorting through the huge volume of red herrings and suspicious things leading you down the wrong path. The documentaion says that there are several different scenarios (with different solutions) that it chooses between randomly each time the mod is started. I'll probably play through it again and see if I get a different mystery
Anyway, I give this mod six thumbs up (which... really means nothing since I would need 2 other people to even give that rating... regardless, I highly reccomend playing this mod, definitely worth the 2 hours spent playing it.)
My only criticism is of the level "suggestion" (i.e. follow the suggestion or you'll die if you get into any combat.) its 23-27. Combat played such a small role and wasn't even what was cool about the mod, I think it could have minimized it a bit more, or at least made it 15, so you could grab a HotU prefab character. I don't know about most people, but the 23-27 range isn't a range I keep characters in for doing stuff like this. Or at least if it came with a couple of prefabs for those that just want to jump in.
"The dying words of a fallen knight are all you have to go on as you step out of the driving rain and into the Black Thorn Inn. Strangers eye you from the corners of a dimly lit room... weary travellers, local woodsmen, a strumming bard, a noblewoman. One of them is not what they seem... and you only have until midnight to discover which one. The fate of the Kingdom of Cormyr is in your hands.
Black Thorn is a mystery adventure set in the Forgotten Realms and designed to test your powers of deduction. You must uncover a powerful being concealed in a group of innocents without revealing what you're up to and without resorting to violence. You also are racing against the clock -- unless you find him, the evil being will escape at midnight! This module is designed to make you think creatively, spot important clues amid distractions, and piece them together to form a solution."http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=51925&id=4376-TV
