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A Shadow on the Water (2024) T2 FM

Thief: Deadly Shadows 20th Anniversary Contest

Horror Mansion/Estate Rain Relic/Artifact/Talisman Water

Basso's been making ends meet with a stevedore job down at the Docks, and he just came to me with a tip-off. The Lady Lucy, a merchant schooner belonging to Captain Morag, recently came into port.... Read more

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info NOTES:     A few changes to base gameplay to be aware of:
- AI will notice you bumping into them.
- Equipping the blackjack makes you ever so slightly more visible.
- It's a stormy night. Thunder briefly reduces guards' ability to hear you, but watch out for lightning which makes you much more visible.
- Just like in Thief: Deadly Shadows, you cannot swim and will drown in the canal if you fall in. You can wade in shallow water however.
- The contents of chests can be inspected individually after the chest is opened.
- You will automatically note important information on the Notes page of your map.

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nicked (Nick Dablin)   Missions
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Briefing

Basso's been making ends meet with a stevedore job down at the Docks, and he just came to me with a tip-off. The Lady Lucy, a merchant schooner belonging to Captain Morag, recently came into port. At first, nothing seemed particularly unusual about it, but before long the tavern gossip turned to the strange behaviour of the crew. Apparently they all seemed to have changed in some indescribable way - withdrawn and haunted, as if they saw something on that last voyage that none of them will talk about.

Out of curiosity, Basso snuck a look at the ship's manifest and found some irregularities, almost suggesting that the ship stopped somewhere unrecorded in the log and traded some of its cargo before returning to the City. Most intriguing of all was reference to a "gold slab, strangely carven, taken by Captain Morag to his home in exchange for less split on the haul, as it could nay be broken for to make equal shares."If I were a gambling man, I'd bet that this "gold slab" is one of the lost Compendiums of Abn Dzar. The Keepers should pay handsomely to get their hands on one of those twisted volumes.

The Captain's home is a crumbling old house in the Canal District. It's a dark, rainy night, but Basso's acquired a rowboat, so breaking in from the water should be easy enough. Then I'll just have to find the Compendium and get out before this storm gets any worse.

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Thief: Deadly Shadows 20th Anniversary Contest

Contest Score

star   WINNER

Score: 26.19 / 30


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message   good mission worth playing!
andrianto80    Dec. 1, 2024, 2:02 p.m.

this is an interesting Thief 2 fan mission, using the Thief 3 menu and building location like the building at Venice city. very amazing and worth playing. this mission deserved to win the contest. i'm curious about the invisible enemy near compendium at basement. what's that?

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message   Another good one.
PaulHumph    Oct. 7, 2024, 7:03 p.m.

Thunder & lightning, heavy rain. added to the excellent atmosphere. Guards were on the over-excited edge of guarding, they must be employed for their sight & hearing abilities.

The basement area was really well done. Nice to have a choice of endings, too.

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message   Great experience
is_it_rats_or_apes    Sept. 25, 2024, 12:47 p.m.

Amazing mission that just hits the spots of one seeking the classic thief atmosphere.

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message   An excellent and tense experience.
FigKnight    Aug. 10, 2024, 10:15 a.m.

nicked has done it again and created a new classic. On a rainy night, Garrett infiltrates the manor of one Captain Morag in search of a recovered compendium, and stumbles across a mystery of horrific origins. It is a relatively short mission, especially if one is good at navigating. Despite this, A Shadow on the Water delivers an excellent exper...

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message   Classic premise, modern execution
ScipiO219    July 29, 2024, 3:41 a.m.

This mission at first reads like it's the typical mansion raid owned by a lord with a closet of skeletons (sometimes literally). However, there are a few things that set it apart--

Easiest place to start is the setting. The whole area the mission takes place in what feels like Thief's version of an opulent Venetian canal, complete with wooden...

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message   Review
SimonNovak    June 26, 2024, 7:19 a.m.

Short, fantastic little mission that has the right amount of suspense and build-up. Highly recommended.

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message   Classic Thief
paulie1939    June 25, 2024, 2:07 p.m.

My kind of mission, get in, grab the loot, get out.

start and finish mission via the water/boat was novel and cool.

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message   Atmospheric shorty
UdoKrawallo    June 3, 2024, 4:58 p.m.

This mission is obviously a nod to the Moira Island TDS mission. A classic mansion robbery, with a tad of horror elements added. The design is well done and the atmospheric sounds are well-placed. Also, some backstory added. The writings make sense, enough for the story and not too much.
A handful of secrets are there to be found.
Difficulty-w...

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message   Awesome Thief: Deadly Shadows homage
Matt    May 29, 2024, 12:22 a.m.

This is the kind of mission I had in mind when I first heard of the "Thief: Deadly Shadows 20th Anniversary Contest". If you've loved the mission "House of the Widow Moira " from TDS, this one is definitely for you. The assets were used in such a great way (along with the fantastic lighting setup) you might often forget you're actually playing ...

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message   From the playbook of H.P. Lovecraft
Thinking Robot    May 26, 2024, 11:05 p.m.

An amazing mission taking place in a small manor. The story is quickly told, an omnious Compendium has to be stolen.
While Basso circles the manor in a rowboat Garrett hopes to achieve a quick and easy job.

As the player delves into a beautiful art piece of a manor a gripping story awaits the player, sucking him deeper and deeper into the w...

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