Neverwinter Nights: Pirates of the Sword Coast DLC

[h1]Hello... I mean, yarr.[/h1] I have long cherished the memories I made in [i]Neverwinter Nights[/i], a roleplaying game (really a combination of hack-and-slash dungeoneering using 3e rules and thoughtful conversation abound) from the fabled hinterlands of the 2000s. I used to play it a lot about fifteen years ago. It was a place I went to in order to explore the world of [i]Dungeons & Dragons[/i], which I couldn't play at the time and I didn't know much about. I have a lengthy, [i]lengthy[/i] backlog, and I decided that in 2025, what better way to start clearing it a bit than by visiting a module I picked up for the game and had never played before. [i]Pirates of the Sword Coast[/i] is... fine D&D. It presents a swashbuckling adventure, where you are given some legitimately fun roleplaying options - but rarely did I feel that my choices mattered all that much. I could see the stitching and the seams - which, given the adventure is dirt cheap, makes sense. It's about six or seven hours long (that's how long I spent on it, anyway), which seems a great price-to-time ratio, if you care about that kind of thing. I probably missed a few things too in the main hub area of this module, so probably about eight or nine hours at most. There's a lot to enjoy here. The diversity of locale and situation is great. From the port of Neverwinter to being marooned on a desert island, having to fight boars with sticks, to recruiting your own pirate crew in a pirate town, [i]Pirates of the Sword Coast[/i] is a fun romp. It does struggle to deliver a cohesive theme, and the end is... rushed and poorly balanced, to say the least. Beating the final boss was a real struggle, even as a Paladin specced into fighting. If you're already a fan of [i]Neverwinter Nights[/i], I honestly fail to see how you can go too wrong here. It's a well-developed module with good pacing that has secrets and fun little conversations tucked behind every corner. I was impressed by the level of minute detail (the companion dialogue can be surprisingly responsive), and wished that it had just been a little longer or a little more able to sustain its clear ambitions. But it's good, fun [i]Neverwinter[/i], and after a crushingly long 2024, this was a lovely way to begin the new year - fighting sharks outside a sunken temple of ancient evil. I mean - really - how can you go too wrong with that? [b]2025 Backlog Clear: #1[/b]

This is a great and different semi-official module with a pirate theme. In this module you will encounter interesting NPC's who use pirate slang, search for buried treasure along the shores with the use of treasure maps that you can buy/loot, you will ensemble your own seafarer crew through quests to help the individuals in thier diverse situations... it's just a fun, imaginative module and I do recommend it, especially on sale.