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Legacy of Knoss (2022) T2 FM

Knoss: COK LOK

City Mages Sewer Thieves Highway/Rooftop Undead Water

Following a clue from the necromancer Knoss's grimoire, Garrett finds himself in the gloomy district of Greytwist Murking for an appointment with a shady antiques dealer... Breaking into the C... Read more

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info NOTES:     This is a loose sequel to my Thief 1 Anniversary Contest mission Catacombs of Knoss, but it is not necessary to have played that mission to play this one.

- This mission has been designed to have a classic Thief look. It is highly recommended to disable all mods and texture packs so as not to clash with the intended experience.
- Requires New Dark version 1.27 or higher.
- New mantle should be turned ON. It should be set automatically by fm.cfg - don't turn it off, as you might get stuck.
- You can probably climb where you're not supposed to if you really try.
- Sometimes the AIs can get stuck here and there. I've caught a few of these, but it's the Dark Engine, you can't catch 'em all.
- There are a number of plot-related conversations in the mission. I have tried to make these as foolproof as possible, but be warned that the Dark engine is not good at saving and loading during conversations. I would advise that you avoid saving and loading during any conversations, just in case you soft-lock yourself.
- Plot-relevant conversations are subtitled. Enable subtitles in your cam_ext.cfg to see them.
- The mission is currently English-only; if you're interested in translating, please drop me a message.


Version 1.1 Changes:

- Fixed a bug where the "Don't kill anyone" objective could fail near the mission end.
- Fixed the placement of a piece of loot.
- Fixed a piece of loot that could never be frobbed, meaning the total loot count was wrong.


Difficulty Settings:

Normal/Hard/Expert - no content is locked out if you play on Normal, so don't feel like you have to play on Expert to see all the content. Higher difficulties require more loot and have a few extra AIs, otherwise they are virtually identical.

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nicked (Nick Dablin)   Fan Missions
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Briefing

Following a clue from the necromancer Knoss's grimoire, Garrett finds himself in the gloomy district of Greytwist Murking for an appointment with a shady antiques dealer...

Breaking into the Catacombs of Knoss and escaping alive proved to be a challenging ordeal. Rarely
have I been more glad to see the sky than after emerging from those shadowy tunnels, clutching the
ancient necromancer's tome of power. As soon as the rising sun fell upon the book, an unholy scream
emerged from the passage behind me, and the aura of fear surrounding the tome dissipated like early
morning mist. The lingering spirit of the necromancer was banished, and an air of peace fell over
the graveyard.

I knew the Keepers would be eager to secrete the grimoire away in one of their hidden libraries, but
I wasn't about to hand it over before finding out what I had braved the haunted depths to recover.

Most of the tome was filled with eldritch runes and hideous spellcraft, but here and there, Knoss
had filled the margins and loose leaves of the book with his notes and musings. Most of these were
esoteric references to mages long dead or battles long forgotten, but then I turned a page and my
eyes fell upon a scribbled drawing of a symbol that seemed strangely familiar, and a cryptic note
referring to a "sanctum 'neath Fellmont Crown".

I knew they would be watching, and it wasn't long before the Keepers arrived to claim the book.
They made good on their promise of gold, and I've no doubt my erstwhile companions have now hidden
the grimoire deep in some lightless, dusty vault.

But gold is a fleeting thing, and I can always use more of it. So before I handed over the book, I
made a careful copy of the page with the symbol. In the centuries since Knoss's time, his legend
has attracted various renegade hedge wizards and frustrated spellcrafters into a loose cult, and
such people would likely pay big money for any artefacts connected to the necromancer.

It took no small amount of digging through dusty old libraries and crumbling city records, but
eventually, I learned that Fellmont Crown was the old name for a hill that, in times long past, rose
from the boggy fields at the outskirts of the City - until the City grew, and it was built over and
gradually lost beneath the district that later became known as Greytwist Murking.

Some nights later, I was in that very district, visiting Tybald's antiques shop in order to fence
the rest of the loot from the Catacombs. As soon as I walked in, I realized where I knew the strange
symbol from - it was carved into an old stone ward that the old man had had on his shelves for years.
Tybald knew little about it, only that it had been sold with a lot of other junk from a nearby theater.
I left it with him to look into.

It's now three nights later, and Tybald's errand boy just came knocking on my door. He tells me Tybald
has news, and I'm to meet him at his shop...

star 8.60

I've played this FM:

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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message   Decent map, would recommend
author:   pmarkee | Jan. 8, 2023, 3:39 p.m.
It's a great mission, it was lots of fun to navigate, though the ending is a bit of a slog.

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message   Another Great Mission From Nicked
author:   Maggot | Jan. 1, 2023, 8:26 a.m.
What starts off as a standard city mission turns into something reminiscent of Song of the Caverns then caps off with a creatively designed and jaw dropping spectacle. I found myself repeatedly stopping and admiring some of the clever uses of brushwork and custom content and never felt like anyth...

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message   Legacy of Knoss
author:   SPIDIvonMARDER | Dec. 25, 2022, 6:22 p.m.
FMka bardzo solidna i pełna ciekawostek. Duży obszar miejski nafaszerowany tajemnicami do odkrywania. Zarówno problemami zwykłych mieszkańców, intrygami głównej fabuły, jak i paroma rzeczami jeżącymi włos na głowie. Całość osadzono również w jakimś sensownym headcanonie. Równocześnie bardziej ...

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message   Excellent until.......
author:   Alice_loves_Garrett | Dec. 8, 2022, 10:48 a.m.
I really thoroughly enjoyed this FM right up until towards the ending, where the difficulty changed from just fine/challenging to way too hard and tedious. I enjoy working on puzzles, but hate the hack and slash. So many authors feel the need to put a lot of challenging fighting but it was ne...

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message   Surprised about the other reviews here
author:   Kubrick | Dec. 6, 2022, 2:04 a.m.
They are not negative at all, but for example it's very easy to get me overwhelmed with openness and a scale a notch too big. But none of that happened here. Same with shorcuts and alternate ways: sometimes they get so complicated that halfway I start regretting getting into some maze of ducts an...

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message   The scale of this mission blows my mind - for better or worse
author:   Wastelander | Nov. 27, 2022, 12:01 a.m.
I like it when authors continue certain story threads they've spun in their previous works and expand on them. Legacy of Knoss is a bold sequel to Catacombs, and since it's nicked's work, you can expect quality. While it's definitely a great experience, I believe this mission has a feature that i...

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message   Legacy of Knoss was awesome! Nicked is a stud!
author:   Logan3265 | Nov. 15, 2022, 5:58 p.m.
Dude, I was so excited when I saw a new mission dropped by Nicked. I knew it would be great and I wasn't disappointed. Got creepy af in the later parts of the mission. Super fun! ("Relaxing sounds to fall asleep to" had me crying.)

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message   Epic Thief adventure - slightly suffering from the curse of city missions
author:   Matt | Nov. 15, 2022, 5:11 p.m.
Legacy of Knoss is undoubtedly an epic mission, but in the city section I often felt like: yes, the map is really well built, I genuinely see the huge amount of great effort, but... I've seen this many-many times already. The map is filled with secrets, alternative paths, loot, great ideas - but ...

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