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The Order of the Vine (2000) T1 FM

5 minute Wonders Beasts Castle/Fortress Cave/Natural Tunnels City Lost Civilizations Mansion/Estate Pagan Relic/Artifact/Talisman Rescue Ruins Small/Short Surreal/Bizarre Temples Town Winter/Snow

This mission takes place in the early days of Thief 1, before anything interesting happens. "Another night, another job. Someone has been going to a lot of trou... Read more

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info NOTES:     Briefing : Not the AVI kind, but the Prologue mission is intended as
a sort of briefing, and the Epilogue as a cutscene.


* Hints & Tips *

This Mission has 3 separate mis files, two very small ones, and one large. When the
first two end, hit Continue for the next.

At the time of writing there's 59 books, and many of them aren't pointless. Read
as much as you can. The information in the books is essential for you to work out
what to do next. Some of the 59 get destroyed on different difficulties, and some
are only a couple of lines, so don't worry. And remember to click on the upturned
corner of some books for the next page!

The map is *intentionally* inaccurate in some places, but still a very useful tool.

Sand Arrows: They blind unalerted _humans_ for longer than a flashbomb, without
the alertness increase when the effect is over. They also put out
torches. Due to some sort of save the engine is making, it can take
a second or two for the effect to kick in on totally idle AIs, so
wait for the motions before moving. The effect is almost instant on
AIs searching for you, though. Like a blackjack, it won't work if
he can see it coming. Press '7' to select them, if you have one.

Don't Kill: Read carefully: Don't kill any _humans_. Some "things" might be
pretending to be human... which you can freely kill.

Candlesticks: Frob them to put them out. Water/Sand arrows work too, of course.

The Alarm: If in the vicinity of an alarm, innocents will belt straight for
it. Guards will attack first, and run to the alarm if they're
losing, or if they lose track if you.

Sleepers: These will wake up at the point where awake people would start
searching for you. Since they're blind, this should only happen if
you do something stupid, like set off an alarm. I let them talk in
their sleep, since it's the only feedback you get before they slide
out of bed.

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Briefing

This mission takes place in the early days of Thief 1,
before anything interesting happens.

"Another night, another job. Someone has been going to a
lot of trouble to get my attention. Every fence in the
City has told me some guy was asking how he could get in
contact with me, so I've decided to find out exactly who
my admirer is.
I've found the part of town where he's hiding out, now I
just have to find him..."


Campaign details

1. Prologue

Avg. rating:   5.50 / 10
by 2 players
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2. The Order of the Vine

Avg. rating:   7.50 / 10
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3. Epilogue

Avg. rating:   5.50 / 10
by 2 players
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message   Genuinely excellent, though a 'little' oversized.
Angder    Dec. 13, 2023, 9:22 p.m.

Order of the vine is a T1 FM about robbing a pagan cult. The cult sits inside a mansion which can only be accessed via a long waterway, and contains a huge number of guards, and secrets.

It should be no suprise that as a T1 pagan mission, it includes quite a few soft magical elements, and a certain amount of horror. However gameplay wise, thi...

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message   Positive surprise
UdoKrawallo    April 12, 2020, 3:18 p.m.

I started to play this mission many years ago but then didn´t finish it. So I searched for it and found it again.
And I am surprised in a positive way. Not only for this age a rather well designed mission, the author did a good job with the standard material from TDP/TG. Mostly a classic manor mission with some hidden stuff and a tad of humour....

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