T2 FM - Ashcombe House by Baron de Veraux [June 23, 2025] (UPDATE: English version) - by Marzec
zajazd on 2/7/2025 at 15:00
Schnelle! :D
baeuchlein on 2/7/2025 at 18:03
I found and played the mission (v1.1) yesterday. While the mission and the objectives are nothing sensational (little more than a standard manor heist), there are some details showing potential with this author.
The main task is to grab one to three (depending on difficulty) loot objects from the manor grounds, and there's a general loot objective, again depending on difficulty level. However, there are several details about the mission which I found interesting. For example, every major level of the manor has a toilet (realistic), and one of the special loot items is made a bit difficult to obtain, in a way that is slightly above "standard level". You find a key, and elsewhere, there's a hint where this key might be of use. But just grabbing that key and running to the chest it opens, unlocking it, and snatching the contents - no, it's not that easy.
The hint is written in a way which would be realistic in real life, just like a real manor owner might write it. Meaning there's a little detail missing from the hint, a detail which a real owner would remember, and therefore would not need to write down. The player has to do a (tiny) amount of searching and exploring in order for the puzzle pieces to come together.
There are also some objects which are a little bit away from all these standard objects you see in FMs, e.g., a vase standing a bit crooked on a mantelpiece, or a tablet with bread and a bottle - but as one object, not three separate ones. Although we don't know why the author choose to make this "triple object", we can see that he (?) experiments with objects already.
Adding to all that are multiple ways of entering the manor, as well as a hedge maze that is a bit more than just an ornamental design or an obstacle for the player.
Thus, I'm looking forward to the author's next FMs.
downwinder on 2/7/2025 at 19:27
what is second, forth and fifth objective on expert?
Marzec on 2/7/2025 at 21:30
They are posted by CorvoSux, (
https://www.thiefguild.com/topics/90311/mission-objectives-in-english) on Thief Guild:
Quote:
Normal
- Collect 1000 loot
- Steal the painting
- Return to the sewers
Hard
- Collect 1,500 loot
- Steal the painting
- Find the snake ring
- Don't kill anyone
- Return to the sewers
Expert
- Collect 2,000 loot (200 in gems)
- Steal the painting
- Find the snake ring
- Don't kill anyone
- Return to the sewers
downwinder on 3/7/2025 at 00:08
ty i had to grab painting decent mission, one thing i found that is cool once you get torc, mantle on statue and jump along top of maze to save time
downwinder on 4/7/2025 at 21:39
i noticed the german version had english npc's is that common in german fan missions, i would figure the npc's would be talking in german
szabikka on 5/7/2025 at 03:42
Reading the comments since the mission was posted here I hoped for an engish version to play aaaand here it is. Thank you Marzec for pointing this mission out for us. I don't know how many of them stays under my radar, simply because the are not posted in the forums. I have to remember to check Thief Guild frequently.
szabikka on 5/7/2025 at 05:21
I just finished the mission. It was a simple but very enjoyable one. It was a perfect first mission, baeuchlein is right, the author has a lot of potential. Only slightly annoying things are the needless characters in the texts. I think it might be because of the translation to english.
Congrats to Baron de Veraux for his first mission!
