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The Adventures of Rowan the Wise v4.5


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The Adventures of Rowan the Wise is the first campaign in Turnro's series of Warcraft 3 campaigns. It offers an alternative parody story to what could have happened when the Scourge invaded Lordaeron.

This campaign offers Blizzard-like chapters with fun gameplay and an engaging story. You will relive many of Warcraft 3's major events, along with encountering familiar characters from the Alliance and the Undead Scourge.

If you enjoyed the original Warcraft 3 campaigns, then The Adventures of Rowan the Wise is for you!





Features

Relive the Warcraft Story
Explore the lands of Quel’Thalas, protect Dalaran from the Scourge, and travel through the freezing lands of Northrend.

Control the Vast Armies of the Alliance!
Take command of the Silver Hand, take heed to the Blood Elves, and go on treasure hunts with the dwarves of Khaz Modan.

Play as 5 Ultra Powerful Heroes
Play as the original human heroes of Warcraft 3 PLUS a new custom hero called the Ranger.

Voice Acting for all Characters
A feature that is usually rare in custom Warcraft 3 campaigns!

New Units, Spells and Items
Includes powerful legendary items found while playing Hard difficulty

New Background Music throughout Campaign

Variable Difficulty Levels, and much more!


Screenshots


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Legendary Items

Find all 10 legendary items while playing The Adventures of Rowan the Wise in Hard difficulty:

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Gem of Regeneration
Increases the Hero's health regeneration by 2 hit points per second, and mana regeneration by 25% when worn.
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Ring of Mastery
Increases the damage of the Hero by 8 when worn. Also provides an additional 3 Strength, Agility and Intelligence.
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Seal of Protection
Increases the Strength of the Hero by 6 and armor by 3 when worn.
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Swiftwalker Boots
Increases the Agility of the Hero by 12 when worn. Also causes attacks against them to miss 15% of the time.
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Mindstaff
Increases the mana of the Hero by 250. Also grants the Hero and friendly nearby units a bonus to mana regeneration.
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Runic Bracelet
Increases the Intelligence of the Hero by 8 when worn. Also reduces Magic damage taken by 33%.
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Sapphire Necklace
Increases the Intelligence of the Hero by 12 when carried.
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Axe of the Ages
Increases the attack rate of the Hero by 15% and attack damage by 15.
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Crusader Armor
Increases the armor of the Hero by 10 when worn.
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Blessed Crown of Kings
Increases the Strength, Intelligence, and Agility of the Hero by 10 when worn.


Change Log

- This campaign is now supported in Reforged. If you do not have Reforged but wish to play the campaign in a legacy version of Warcraft III (v1.26 - v1.31), you can download the legacy file here
- Added a Story difficulty option to the campaign
- Added auto-save checkpoints to all missions (Reforged only)
- Added new loading screen images for each map
- Resolved an issue where unit and spell stats would differ depending on the player's version of Warcraft III
- Divine Shield now costs 100 mana across all levels
- Changed the duration of Divine Shield from 15 seconds to 12/16/20/24 seconds per level
- Decreased the cooldown reduction of Divine Shield per level from 90/75/60/45 seconds to 90/80/70/60
- Additional levels in Mass Teleport will now provide increased Area-of-Effect instead of a reduced cooldown
- Reduced the duration of Banish from 12/18/24/30 seconds per level to 12/16/20/24
- Reduced the damage dealt by the Orc's Spiked Barricades ability on Hard difficulty in Chapter 1
- Uther's spells have been revised in Chapter 2. Instead of Divine Shield and Devotion Aura, he now has Hex and Retribution Aura
- The Treasure Box now drops a Gem of Mana (+100) instead of a Pendant of Energy (+150) in Chapter 2
- Resolved a bug where Uther would not appear after killing all the chickens in Chapter 2
- The Blademaster's Mirror Images will now deal 25% of the Hero's base damage in Chapter 3
- The player now starts off with additional structures in Chapter 4
- Arcane Vaults are now available for construction in Chapter 4
- Moved the location of the Orb of Vemon item in Chapter 4
- Moved the legendary item to a new secret location in Chapter 4
- Made changes to the items dropped from the Treasure Box on Normal difficulty in Chapter 5
- Resolved an issue where Kel'Thuzad's Death and Decay spell incorrectly dealt too much damage in Chapter 5
- Fixed a bug where Tek's name would change upon turning into a Robo-Goblin in Chapter 6
- Replaced the Fountain of Mana with a Fountain of Healing in Chapter 6
- Added a Gazlowe Easter Egg reference in Chapter 6
- Added a Mercenary Camp with Bandit units for hire in Chapter 7
- Anub'arak no longer transfers ownership when defeated in Chapter 8. Instead, a Lich Hero has been added to the main Undead base
- Enemy Faceless Ones are no longer magic immune in Chapter 9
- Increased the cooldown of Sleep on enemy Faceless Ones in Chapter 9
- Player-owned worker units are no longer classified as Ancient in Chapter 10
- Arthas is no longer magic immune in Chapter 10
- Revised all neutral shop items for sale throughout the campaign
- Reduced the mana cost of the Spell Book's Chain Lightning spell from 120 to 100
- Increases the bonus armor of the Crusader Armor item from +8 to +10
- The Robe of the Archmagi item now provides +3 bonus Intelligence in addition to its armor bonus
- Legandary items now have a different model to set them apart from regular items
- Made slight changes to the background music throughout the campaign
- Fixed numerous spelling and grammar errors


- Updated all cinematics for widescreen support
- Resolved several sound issues as a result of the current Warcraft 3 patches
- Hero, unit, building and spell stats no longer change depending on the player's Warcraft 3 version
- Fixed hotkey inconsistencies with the Call of Arms ability across the entire campaign
- Increased the starting level of Tek and Razzil in Chapter 6
- Replaced some rock tileset on the lone Goldmine island in Chapter 7 to allow more room for constructing a Town Hall
- Reduced the power of Anub'arak's Locust Swarm ability for Levels 2 & 3


- Increased the mana cost of Divine Shield from 125/100/75/50 per level to 125/110/95/80
- Fixed a bug in Chapter 2 where night elven units would disappear during cinematic mode
- Fixed a bug in Chapter 5 where the Hood of Cunning would show up in multiple places after completing the optional quest
- Increased the Agility gained from the Swiftrunner Boots to +12
- Made numerous changes to Chapter 4:
- Added additional undead units and heroes throughout the ruins of Silvermoon
- The legendary item will now drop from a lich hero within the main undead base
- The Orb of Venom no longer drops from destroying the Marketplace
- Changed the name of the Shield Breaker's Storm Hammer ability to Thunder Bolt
- Changed Kel'Thuzad's model to the Reign of Chaos version


- Divine Shield now grants spell immunity to Rowan when activated
- Reworked Divine Shield to now last 15 seconds across all levels. Additional levels will instead grant reduced mana cost and cooldown
- Fixed a bug where activating Divine Shield would cause a green icon to appear when selecting an aura for Blessing of Wisdom
- Reduced the amount of mana provided by Blessing of Wisdom from 75/150/225/300 per level to 50/100/150/200
- Increased the mana cost of Mend from 115 to 125
- Reduced the mana cost of Frost Bolt from 75 to 50, cast range from 600 to 800, and stun duration from 5 seconds to 2
- The player now has an additional 30 seconds to complete the first quest in Chapter 2 on Hard difficulty
- Uther now possesses the damage-absorb Divine Shield ability in Chapter 2
- Reduced the player's Goldmine to 15000 in Chapter 2 on Hard difficulty
- Footmen and Knights now start off with +1 weapon and armor upgrades in Chapter 3
- Reverted the voice over of the Orc Raider in Chapter 3 to an earlier version
- Added Healing and/or Mana Fountains throughout Chapters 3 & 5
- The player now starts off with additional gold and towers in Chapter 5
- Moved the levers for the Treasure Box in Chapter 5 to make them easier to find
- Draenei Advanced Boulder Towers now have Heavy armor in Chapter 6 on Hard difficulty
- Changed the background music played during the first quest in Chapter 7
- Reduced the level of Arthas from 15 to 12 in Chapter 7 on Hard difficulty
- Added an additional Goldmine to one of the islands in Chapter 7. However, Sylvanas' forces will now be able to send attack waves via Sky Barges
- Modified the terrain of Chapter 7 to allow base assaults by sea
- Human Frigates no longer cost any food in Chapter 7
- Human Battleships can now be hired in Chapter 7
- Added an Arcane Vault to the dwarven base in Chapter 8
- Anub'arak now transfers ownership to the Undead Stronghold base when initially defeated in Chapter 8
- Improved the creeps available at the Mercenary Camp in Chapter 8
- Added an undead versus nerubian fight scene at the front of the Labyrinth in Chapter 9
- Added additional Nerubian dialogues throughout Chapter 9
- Increased the cooldown of the Forgotten One's Spawn Tentacle ability in Chapter 9
- Re-balanced the Lich King and its defending heroes in Chapter 10
- Made slight terrain changes around the path to the Lich King in Chapter 10
- Re-balanced the enemy AI throughout several missions on Hard difficulty
- Removed the additional damage upgrade for the Undead Scourge on Hard difficulty in Chapters 8, 9 & 10
- Arthas can no longer summon more than 6 units using Animate Dead against the player
- Increased the power of Anub'arak's Locust Swarm ability on Hard difficulty
- Ivory Towers possessed by the player's Heroes are no longer passed into future missions
- Shield Breakers now leave footprints on the ground as they walk
- Reset the hotkey for the Build command back to B
- Changed the hotkey for upgrading the Town Hall/Keep to Z
- Command hotkeys (such as Build, Attack, etc) can now be overwritten by the player's custom hotkey settings
- Items are no longer dropped by destroying creep buildings
- Unique models have now been given to Tomes of Retraining, Potions of Invisibility, Scrolls of the Beast and Scrolls of Resurrection
- Runes are now color coordinated, making them easier to identify for the player
- Made numerous item changes throughout the campaign, including the location of legendary items


- Fixed a major problem in Chapter 3 where the Blademaster would become invulnerable and frozen in place
- Mal'Ganis no longer holds a Potion of Healing in Chapter 3 Hard difficulty
- Fixed the hotkey for purchasing Ivory Towers in Chapter 5



- The following characters have had their voice overs redone:
Lord Nicholas Buzan, Demon Summoner, Orc Bladesmaster, and Orc Raider
- Most Anti-Cheat systems have been removed. The player will now only instantly lose in Hard difficulty if ‘WhosYourDaddy’ is used
- Fixed a bug in Chapter 7 where the different boss phases with Arthas would not run when expected
- Fixed an item crashing issue on Mac computers from the new items added into the game from Patch 4.0
- Resolved an issue where the Night Elf attacks would be delayed as their forces would often get stuck inside their base
- Fixed a bug in Chapter 5 where the second gate to Dalaran would not get destroyed, blocking off Undead reinforcements
- Reverted the Hold Position hotkey back to H
- All Undead bases will now send constant attacks to the player in Chapter 10 Hard difficulty
- Added slightly more gold to the gold mines in Chapters 2, 4, 7 & 8
- Added new altar building models to the Dwarf and Blood Elf sub-factions
- Altered the statistics of Swordsmen and Guardians to make them more unique from Footman
- Re-added the Blood Elf/Dwarf building hints to Chapters 7 & 8
- Flesh Golems now have an anti-air attack
- The main bandit in Chapter 1 will now drop a healing potion in Hard difficulty
- Re-added +1 weapon and armor upgrades for the High Elves in Chapter 3
- Changed the legendary item location in Chapter 4 Hard difficulty



- The player is no longer blocked-off from reaching the bandits if teleport is used in Chapter 1
- The Rock Golems in Chapter 2 will now correctly use Hurl Boulder
- The final minions in the boss fight with Arthas in Chapter 7 are now actual units instead of animated dead. This fixes a bug where the player could deliberately wait for the minions corpses to decompose before facing the final stage of the boss fight
- Fixed a bug in Hard difficulty which made the player automatically lose the mission, even if no cheats were used



- Fixed an issue where passive icons in the game would appear as a green icon
- The Book of the Silver Hand in Chapter 1 now has a cooldown after being used. In addition, Rowan will stop casting teleport when a cinematic commences
- Fixed an issue in Chapter 5 where the 'secret' magic vault would not drop any items in Normal difficulty



- New custom music throughout cinematics and gameplay
- The hotkeys for units, buildings, spell, etc, have been changed around the QWER composition. However, these hotkeys will have no effect on the game if Custom Hotkeys are enabled through the user’s profile
- New items to find, with extremely powerful legendary items to acquire in Hard difficulty
- All known cheats that give the player an unfair advantage have been disabled on Hard difficulty. If a cheat is used, the player will automatically lose the mission
- The entire campaign has been polished. This includes, but not limited to, changes to terrain, cinematics, and in-game events
- Fixed a bug in Chapter 2 where Rowan would appear in an in-game cinematic after dying
- Rowan's Divine Shield ability now correctly absorbs spell damage as opposed to gaining health
- Fixed a problem with the AI where waves sent to attack the player would retreat back to base once they have killed a single unit/structure
- Fixed a bug in Chapter 2 where the woman would not always give the player a Potion of Mana
- Fixed a few issues for the boss fight with Arthas in Chapter 7
- Changed the armor types of enemy structures to Heavy Armor in Chapters 1 & 3
- The first Shade killed in Chapter 4 will now count towards Shades killed for the optional quest
- Remade the losing cinematic in Chapter 5
- Fixed Tara's spell description for Mage Armor
- Bevan's Trueshot aura no longer grants additional attack range. Instead, Bevan will start off with increased attack range by default
- Decreased the mana cost of Bevan's Wounding Arrow ability from 175 to 150
- The Shield Breakers Storm Hammer upgrade will now enable that ability as opposed to increasing its overall strength
- Reduced the magic resistance of Shield Breakers from 50% to 25%
- Added new models for potion and scroll items throughout the game
- Night Elf Glaive Throwers now have a new skin



- Fixed a crashing bug which would occur on Mac computers
- Slight terrain improvements across all maps
- Added, redone and/or replaced several voice recordings for the following characters:
Rowan the Wise, Footman, Knight, Villager, Maiev Shadowsong, Uther, Captain, Chaplain, Archmage, Tek, Bevan the Swift, High Elf Priest, Logan the Mysterious, Spell Breaker, Shield Breaker, Rifleman, Malganis, Akama, and Admiral Proudmoore.
- Slight cinematic changes (including dialogue, camera movements, etc.) throughout all Chapters
- Slightly altered the ending (Epilogue) of the campaign
- Added more in-game dialogue and/or events to Chapters 2, 5, and 7
- Improved the boss fight with Arthas Menethil in Chapter 7
- The damage absorbed from Divine Shield now correctly absorbs 100% damage taken
- The following spell changes have been made:

ROWAN
- Blessing of Wisdom no longer grants additional mana regeneration
- Divine Shield is no longer deactivatable. In addition, the spell’s duration has been changed to 12/18/24/30 seconds, and has increased in both mana cost and cooldown
- Command Aura has been reverted to only affect melee units
- Retribution Aura’s damage reflected has been changed to 15/25/35/45%
- Resurrection no longer increases the amount of allies raised with each level. Instead, the cooldown will further decrease by 90 seconds for each level

BEVAN
- Far Range has been removed
- Bevan now has Trueshot Aura again. This spell also grants additional range for the hero, but does not increment with each level
- Critical Shot has been reverted back to a passive ability
- Increased the mana cost of Mend from 105 to 115
- Decreased the mana cost of Wounding Arrow from 225 to 175

TARA
- Mage Armor is now classified as an auto-cast ability. However, this spell will not automatically be activated at the start of each chapter
- Decreased the casting delay of Mass Teleport for levels 2 & 3 from 5 seconds to 3

LOGAN
- Increased the duration of Banish to 12/18/24/30 seconds. In addition, the cooldown for this spell also decreases with each level (6/4/2/0 seconds) and has a mana cost of 75 throughout all levels

NATHAN
- Bash now grants both increased damage and a chance to bash with each incremental level

- Bevan’s model now uses the Priest death sound when killed
- Fixed a problem in Chapter 5 where flying units like Gargoyles could slip pass the player’s defenses, which caused the player to unexpectedly lose the mission
- Fixed a problem in certain missions where cinematics would make the player’s worker units forget their build orders
- The Silver Hand army in Chapter 1 will no longer run away when fighting the Orcs
- Decreased the range of Ballista from 1150 to 1000
- Fixed a bug in Chapter 1 where having Rowan dead would not make the player loss the mission
- Added in a new Optional Quest to Chapter 5
- Transport Ships in Chapter 7 no longer cost food
- The Archmages in Chapter 5 now have slightly different models
- The Mask of Death in Chapter 9 has been replaced with the Necklace of Spell Immunity
- Pressing the space bar will now bring the player to quest-specific locations on the map
- The Undead will now have increased damage in Hard Version in Chapters 8, 9, & 10



- Slight AI improvements to the Undead in Chapters 4, 7, & 8. In addition, a problem was fixed in Chapter 7 which allowed the player to destroy the Undead with ease using only Ballistae
- Flesh Golems now deal Normal damage from Chaos, have less health, and are affected by weapon/armor upgrades
- Tek and Razzil are now classified as Hero units in Chapter 6. This means that their unit stats and spells are now identical to the default Goblin Tinker and Alchemist
- The following spell changes have been made:

ROWAN
- Command Aura now affects both melee and ranged units
- Divine Shield has been reworked: it is no longer usable on units other than Rowan. The spell provides a shield which absorbs damage for a set amount of time. In addition, this change fixes a bug in Chapter 5 where the Undead would retreat back to their base after Rowan uses Divine Shield
- The damage reflected by Retribution Aura has been increased from 10/20/30/40% to 12/24/36/48%. In addition, the aura’s model effect has been changed

BEVAN
- Trueshot Aura has been removed
- Critical Shot is now a Hero ability, with each level further increasing damage
- Bevan has been given a new passive ability: Far Range. This permanently increases his attack range by 100

NATHAN
- Ensnare has been replaced with Demolish, which allows the Mountain King to deal 2x damage vs. buildings

- Minor terrain changes and additional doodads have been added to Chapters 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, & 9
- The Bandit’s voice in Chapter 1 has been replaced
- Additional creeps have been added in the second part of Chapter 8. Before, much of the terrain was empty, making exploring on behalf of the player boring and pointless
- The Quest Descriptions in every chapter have been revised to fix grammar errors
- Minor item rearrangements in Chapter 9
- The experience rate for heroes in Chapter 9 have been slightly increased
- The ending to the Interlude “The Alliance’s Reunion” has been completely remade
- Decreased timing between attacks from the Undead in Chapter 10
- Maiev no longer uses Shadow Meld in Chapter 2. This fixes an issue where the Warden would become permanently invisible at night, and disabled the player from seeing her until it is daytime
- Re-edited the cinematic in Chapter 1 when Rowan reads the Tome of Knowledge
- Slight dialogue/voice changes to the final cinematic of Chapter 5
- Blood Elf Archers and their upgrades no longer require a Blacksmith
- The player now starts with a Blood Elven Barracks in Chapter 7
- The Undead Shipyard in Chapter 7 no longer needs to be destroyed for the player to complete the chapter. In addition, lost Undead Ships will now be retrained at the shipyard
- Fixed a major problem in Chapter 1 where Rowan would become stuck in among doodads after using the Scroll of Town Portal in Chapter 1
- Fixed a problem in Chapters 1 & 6 where the hotkey for Rowan’s Divine Shield was not D
- Fixed a problem in Chapter 6 where skipping certain cinematics would cause random items on the ground to permanently disappear
- The Forgotten One’s health in Chapter 9 has been slightly increased, to compensate for Nathan’s Demolish ability



- The credits map has been removed
- Fixed a problem where the difficulty would set to Hard when currently in Normal version. In addition, the difficulty system has been changed: the player can now choose the game difficulty at the start of each map
- Redone several voice recordings (both partly and completely) for the following characters:
Rowan the Wise, Lord Nicholas Buzan, Villager, Knight, Footman, Captain, Antonidas, High Elf Priest, Logan the Mysterious, Demon Summoner, and Admiral Proudmoore
- Fixed a problem in Chapter 1 where Rowan would become stuck in between fences after using a Scroll of Town Portal
- Minor/moderate terrain changes to all Chapters
- Maiev no longer uses Blink in Chapter 2
- Malganis no longer casts Sleep in Normal version
- A timer has been added to the first quest in Chapter 2
- The quest to slay Uther in Chapter 2 has been redone
- The mirror images of the Blademaster now deal 10% of the Blademaster’s base damage
- The Blademaster’s mirror images no longer disappear after a certain amount of time. However, they will cease to exist once the Blademaster is dead
- Made AI changes to Chapters 3, 4, 5, 8, & 10
- The following spell changes have been made:

ROWAN
- Rowan no longer has Spell Immunity
- Divine Shield has been reworked: it is now an ability that can be cast on nearby friendly units. The spell now protects friendly units from all magic attacks and spells for a fixed time. However, if Rowan casts Divine Shield on himself, he will instead turn invulnerable for the same duration
- Devotion Aura has been semi-replaced with Blessing of Wisdom: it grants Rowan increased mana pool and regeneration, as well as a choice of three different auras. The auras effects and the bonus mana for Rowan will increase with each level

BEVAN
- True Sight has been replaced with Critical Shot: it gives Bevan a 15% chance to deal 1.5 times normal damage to an enemy unit
- Trueshot Aura also increases the attack range of Bevan with each level

TARA
- Control Magic has been replaced with Frostbolt
- Brilliance Aura has been replaced with Mage Armor: it increases the armor and grants mana regeneration to nearby friendly units

LOGAN
- Increased the Phoenix’s hits points and damage for levels 2 & 3
- Feedback has been replaced with Life Drain, which converts 15% of his attack damage to health

NATHAN
- Reverted the cooldown increase of Avatar for each incremental level. However, the amount of additional damage has been changed from 20/40/60 to 20/30/40
- Increased the duration of Ensnare and reduced its cooldown for Nathan
- Bash no longer increases the chance of Nathan casting Bash with each level. Instead, the damage it deals has been increased with each level
- Additional runes have been added into Chapter 6
- Fixed a problem in Chapter 6 Normal version where the AI for the Draenei would not run
- A Marketplace has been added into Chapter 6 which can sells items to the player’s heroes
- Fixed a problem in Chapter 7 & 10 where Sylvanas would no longer attack the player after charming units
- Fixed a problem which disabled the player from building a Gryphon Aviary to train Dragonhawk Riders until a Castle is present
- Fixed a bug where creeps would not drop items in Hard version
- Fixed an issue in Chapter 9 concerned with bridge pathing problems
- The amount of Faceless Ones to kill in Chapter 9 has been slightly reduced
- The Lich King’s damage in Chapter 10 has been reduced. However, his attack range has been increased
- Arthas’ and Kel’Thuzad’s base in Chapter 10 has been split
- The Undead heroes in Chapter 10 no longer disappear when their base is destroyed. They merely help defend other bases, and can even defend the Lich King if all Undead bases are destroyed
- The Dwarf Foundry has been replaced with the Tavern
- Random items no longer appear during cinematics
- The Boulder Towers in Chapter 6 Hard version no longer have fortified armor
- The Spell Book no longer grants the hero bonus mana and mana regeneration
- The Tome of Retraining is no longer available in Chapter 5
- Tek’s Command Aura has been replaced with Pocket Factory. In addition, Tek has been given Demolish, which allows him to deal 2x normal damage to buildings
- Numerous small changes have also been made



- Fixed a problem where Chapter 4 wouldn't load
- Corrected a few spelling/grammar errors
- Fixed an issue where the Chaplain would attack the Silver Hand's buildings in the final cinematic of Chapter 2



- Re-edited Chapter 1’s loading screen text to offer more of an introduction to the story
- Minor changes to cinematics
- Minor changes to terrain
- Changed the name of the Storm Boulder ability to Storm Hammer, as well as changing its icon
- Fixed building hide/unhide problems in Chapter 2
- Removed the Possession ability from Ghosts and Wraiths in Chapter 6. Instead, they can cast Curse
- Created new minor challenges/puzzles to Chapter 6
- Boulder towers now have Fortified armor instead of Heavy armor in Chapter 6 Hard version
- Fixed cinematic skipping problems during Faceless One rounds in Chapter 9
- Slight AI changes (in upgrades) to all chapters in Normal version
- The AI types of all maps have been reverted back to Melee
- The campaign has been updated to match the unit stats of the user’s current version of Warcraft 3
- Changed the path of Nathan’s and Logan’s sound recordings, for campaign reasons
- Hero revive duration no longer has a max revive time
- Modified Bevan’s Mend and Wounding Arrow abilities
- Changed the armor type of Uther (chicken) to flesh. This is so that when the chicken is attacked, it doesn’t sound like a paladin is being hit
- Fixed a problem in Chapter 6 where Tek and Razzil could attack trees
- Increased the damage dealt by creeps in Hard version in Chapters 6, 8, 9 and 10
- Numerous other changes made



- Added the final sound recordings. All custom voice overs have now been added in
- Minor changes to existing sound recordings
- Fixed a problem in Chapter 3 where the Blademaster would disappear after using Mirror Image
- Edited the AI for enemy bases in all chapters in Hard version
- Exceptional changes to terrain
- Attacking the Night Elves in Chapter 2 is no longer an optional quest
- Edited the following hero abilities:
Resurrection: Cooldown decreases with each level, but does not raise as many warriors as it used to
Mass Teleport: Cooldown decreases with each level
Avatar: Cooldown still increases with each level, but not as much as it used to
Wounding Arrow: Mana cost does not increase with each level
- Shield Breakers no longer need to have Storm Boulder researched in order for them to use the ability
- Shield Breakers can now gain the Improved Storm Boulder upgrade, which increases the damage and stun duration of the ability
- Changed the model of Gyrocoptors
- Replaced Troll Headhunters with Forest Trolls in Chapter 1 (for storyline reasons)
- Decreased the difficulty of Chapter 10 in Normal version. The Lich King is no longer immune to magic, enemy heroes do not have items, the number of towers have been reduced, and the number of units in Arthas' and Kel'Thuzad's base has been reduced by 50%
- Numerous gameplay changes
- Due to gameplay reasons, Logan's Phoenix ability is disabled for the first part of Chapter 8
- Fixed a problem where the High Elves in Chapter 3 would only attempt to attack the Undead once and do not send additional reinforcements
- Decreased the damage dealt by Arcane Towers in Chapter 1
- Rowan no longer gets revived at the Sunwell if he gets killed Chapter 1. Instead, the player loses the mission
- There is now background music at the start of Chapter 7



- Added in more sound recordings. There are now at least some sound recordings in every chapter
- Slight changes to dialogues throughout the campaign
- Now added in the option to play the campaign in Normal or Hard version
- Re-edited the AI for all maps except Chapter 10
- Slight changes to Ballista to make them more similar to their Reign of Chaos version
- Modified Shield Breakers, as well as giving them Resistant Skin. However, they are no longer immune to magic
- Minor changes to terrain, especially in Chapter 6
- Fixed a problem in Chapter 2 where killing Uther would not complete the main quest
- Minor changes to cinematics
- Changed Blood Elf worker and Dwarf miner models
- Decreased the timing remaining in Chapter 5 from 45 minutes to 35 minutes
- Fixed problems in regards to Rowan's and Bevan's custom sound pathing
- Dragonhawk Riders now have reasonable health in Chapter 3 (before they only had 1 hit point!)
- Fixed pausing problems after cinematics in Chapter 7
- The hotkey for Shield Breakers has been fixed
- Many other minor changes to gameplay


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Important Notes
- If you do not have Reforged but wish to play the campaign on a legacy version of Warcraft III (v1.26 - v1.31), you can download the legacy file here
- The normal background music of Warcraft 3 has been replaced with better music. Be sure to enable music through your profile as it is an integral part of the campaign experience
- If you use the ‘WhosYourDaddy’ cheat while playing this campaign on Hard difficulty, you will automatically lose the mission


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STORY, MAP DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT: Turnro

LOGO DESIGN: carlvic

VOICE ACTORS
Turnro
Rowan the Wise
Antonidas
Admiral Proudmoore
Knight
Footman
Captain
Tek
Goblin Sapper
Akama
Ghost
Archmages
Villager
King Terenas


Ixmil
Arthas Menethil
Nathan the Mighty
Mal’Ganis
Raider


AnonymousOne
Bevan the Swift

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Tara the Magnificent
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The Adventures of Rowan the Wise (Campaign)

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14:32, 1st Aug 2010 ap0calypse: Approved
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how much did you terrain your campgain? i like to make campgains to but i suck at terarin, at now , im gonna make a hero survival, but i still have taste in campgains :)

Terrian takes a lot of effort to make it look good. Its not one of those things that you have to practice at. The terrain in my campaigns (I have been told) is not the best, but if you need help, open up existing maps and take note of how they combine terrain tiles, trees, varied evaluation heights, doodads and props to make the environment look realistic.

there's an an entrance that's..... oh wait its blocked

Thanks for letting me know about this grammar error.
 

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I uploaded a screen of the bug. Happened when I used the teleport.
 

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^^

Sorry Drunki, but I'm not suppose to comment about who the voicing cast was for this campaign. They all wish to remain anonymous.

Now you make yourself sound like a politician and simply dogde the question.

I asked you if YOU did any of the voice acting^^ I can hardly see the connection between that and the other voice actors being anonymous, because i am fairly sure you could not resist to place your own sexy voice within your own campaign haha ;) ..
 
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Feedback

here are some suggestions:
  1. you should fix the gryphon aviary. It can be built with the keep, but it can produce no units or upgrades. I suggest you make dragon hawk rider be available with the keep, without the need to upgrade to castle.
  2. you may want to consider modifying the interval for Siphon Mana ability or Drain Life ability to be shorter. Here is how I did it in my map.
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    I think it is better like this, well... that's more realistic. My opinion.
    *Do not let the fractions tease you. They are not dropped: they are calculated as they are.
  3. Mend does not heal extra points to banished units.
  4. Your campaign has nice hotkeys. however, there is one flow with the dwarves that both the "Hold" button and the "storm hammer" has the hotkey "H". Thus, we cannot press "Hold" with H.
  5. Don't you think Mana burn do not integrate with Mana Siphon ability of the Blood Mage? If his enemy has little mana, it will always go to 0 and thus he will not be able to drain it.
  6. The final chapter was difficult when I first played it. But the last time I played it, it was pretty easy ( regardless that the difficulty was easy) Because I attacked with Rowan first, Then Dwarves, then Blood elves; unlike the first time when I attacked with all together and lost with the blood elves.
    I think you should make the undead help each other or make some advantage when all bases attack together.

    still it is really fun to play.
Edit: Not sure about last point. I played it on hard, and it was like...****
Good job.
 

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Many of the later-game challenges feel forced, and rigged (think end-game mission of Eternity's End in the Reign of Chaos campaign streak; too many enemies, little realism, etc.). The voice acting is atrociously mundane at best and awkward and outright laughable at worst. Your voice acting should sound LIKE what your character is. Rowan is supposed to be a wise character, yet he constantly is deceived and follows advice and orders from people who are - let's face it - borderline retarded. This makes him a funny character who should sound more supremely confident in his superiors and in his orders. The voice acting makes him sound like a downright doofus at times, although other times he sounds like a guy with a good head on his shoulders.

Whoever did the mastering for the campaign needed to remove noise for a few transmissions, as well. It's incredibly easy, even in Audition - which, I sense, is what you guys used to do this. Use the Noise Removal option to cut the static out. It's unnecessary.

The scene with Uther almost caused me to rupture my ribcage with laughter. This would normally be fine, but you then ask the player to maintain a serious attitude towards things. I feel like the whole mood of the campaign would have been improved if the voice acting had been presented better and the Uther sub-plot was more fleshed out (and less silly). If you wished to make a silly campaign, why not make a silly one?

The voice acting for every elf character, minor or major, is ridiculously high-pitched (with the occasional exception of the Sylvanas replacement). Why is Kael's replacement so high-pitched? The voice actor must have been ten (or any small child off of XBox LIVE). Much of the stock unit line acting feels forced, as well (e.g. Footmen and Knights talking to Rowan).

Many of the normal campaign heroes like Kel'Thuzad and Malganis appear in this campaign, but are never really mentioned. It would have been nice to see something on them, although I suppose it really doesn't matter. The whole mission defending the Dalaran Archmagi feels pointless, although it offers a unique gameplay challenge (and is one of the more memorable parts of the campaign, as a whole). One thing that felt awkward was the spacing and distance of the base and the entrances. It made it difficult to reinforce your armies, although I suppose that was to encourage the use of Tara's Mass Teleport spell. At any rate, something feels relatively awkward with the mission.

Despite my qualms with the plot's fidelity and the voice acting (and they are legion), my praise for this campaign is its presentation. It includes all the proper elements of gameplay and cinematic execution, for the most part, and although the challenges feel lazy at times and brutally rigged at other times, the campaign has a desirable quality to it. I would suggest rehashing the dialogue for grammar and syntax errors and modifying the transmissions for a possible unvoiced version, though (and a lot of attention at the Uther subplot). I think the campaign could benefit from it.

I'm done rambling now. Have fun.
 
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The Adventures of Rowan the Wise is in for some major changes. I am currently updating the campaign, which will be available within a month or so.

Here are a few of the main changes I will be making:
- A bug will be fixed where the gameplay of certain chapters will set to Hard version in Normal version. In addition, The Adventures of Rowan the Wise’s difficulty system will be changed to the same system used in Resurrection of the Scourge
- Major gameplay changes in Chapters 2, 5 & 10
- Several sound recordings will be replaced, as well as a few bad characters being completely redone
- Numerous bugs will be fixed; including the Town Portal problem in Chapter 1, bridge pathing problems in Chapter 9, and in several parts of the campaign where creeps do not drop items in Hard version
- Several spells will be edited, including room for some new custom spells
 
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Achilees said something that fell on my mind
Custom voices
I think Logan's custom voice is just too childish. -.-
 
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I think that at last mission you should make AI , at least in normal mode
3 bases are preety hard
 
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wait wait wait, are you replacing dwarf's hero's voice actor? C'mon, his voice acting is too great to be replaced, so I hope you keep him.

and Logan, if he was blood mage or elven ranger general, they are fine with me, but not as good as dwarven hero, so they can be replaced.

Those who needs replacement are, as far as I recall, Uther and the night elves in some chapter in the beginning. It was some time ago since I last played it though: keep that in mind
 
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I have arranged for Logan's current voice recordings to be replaced.


Be assured that the AI will be made a bit easier in Normal version.
I thank you for that my man :) Really love your campaigns and i think you said something about furion's quest twice as long so u mean like 20 chapters? LOL i would love that
 
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What Pr0nogo said (especially about Nathan)

The voice actors were.. not very impressive and most of the time directly annoying to listen to.
Only 2 of the voice actors did a decent job. Rowan and Arthas, rest were rubbish.
 
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The Adventures of Rowan the Wise has now been updated! You can check out the LONG list of changes that were made in the campaign's description.

This campaign has definitely had a lot of changes, but Jeopardy for the Horde is in for even more changes than this. Now with The Adventures of Rowan the Wise updated, I will work on improving my Orc Campaign.

Finally, I have received recent feedback that there are a few problems with the final maps for Resurrection of the Scourge. While Jeopardy for the Horde will be the main focus at the moment, I will update my Undead Campaign to fix a few major issues within the next month or so.
 
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@Turnro:

I just can say: a big respect for this campaign - I love to play it.

I have found a potential bug in chapter 4: betrayal where you must kill the shades. If you kill the first shade on the first island a optional quest is started to kill other shades. And if you do so, everything is OK. But If you miss that shade and go to the next one an optional quest is not started - even if you kill it. What I see: only the first shade has trigger to start optional quest and / or if you kill any other shade before optional quest is started a countdown for killed shades is not updated / set - that's why you cannot complete this optional quest.
 
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In mission 1 Divine Shield key shortcut does not work (I played it on hard level, I dont know if it works on normal setting ).
 
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I have found a potential bug in chapter 4: betrayal where you must kill the shades. If you kill the first shade on the first island a optional quest is started to kill other shades. And if you do so, everything is OK. But If you miss that shade and go to the next one an optional quest is not started - even if you kill it. What I see: only the first shade has trigger to start optional quest and / or if you kill any other shade before optional quest is started a countdown for killed shades is not updated / set - that's why you cannot complete this optional quest.

Thanks for letting me know :)

In mission 1 Divine Shield key shortcut does not work (I played it on hard level, I dont know if it works on normal setting ).

You're right. I forgot to update the hotkey for Divine Shield when I updated the campaign. I will definitely fix this is the future sometime.
 
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Nice change. Although the invicibility doesn't work. it shows the animation but not the effect on other units.

In the later games. The creep is the more difficult then facing the undead. The undead bases can be killed using heros alone. The units that we produce are useless they die in 1 hit from the creep.
 
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How i can play the map i look everywhere

I'm not sure what you mean. Have you:
- Downloaded the campaign?
- Located it into the Warcraft 3 Campaigns folder?
- Went into Single Player/Custom Campaigns in the Warcraft 3 main menu?

Although the invicibility doesn't work. it shows the animation but not the effect on other units.

In the later games. The creep is the more difficult then facing the undead. The undead bases can be killed using heros alone. The units that we produce are useless they die in 1 hit from the creep.

I will have a look into the Divine Shield problem.

As for you second point, did you play the campaign in Normal version or Hard?
 
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Hello Turno,

As a Fan of your campaigns, I will try to play it on hard mode
and give as much feed back as I can.
Hope it will help you improving and fine-tuning this awesome campaign.

doing a great job over there,
keep it up!!!

oh and by the way, do you still plan on making that NE campaign?
would love to test (and play) that.
 
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In mission Curse of Blood Elves on level hard units in Sylvanas base do not react on destroying their base with balistas (unless balistas are in unit range of siht).

With this trick I destroyed most of the production structures and the enemy was still camping near his mine.
 
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slight off-topic, but if you need Idea's for any of your projects
I would always love to help you or anyone else out
(^_^)
 
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Hi Turnro!

I finished Rowan the Wise on normal a couple of days ago and I had quite a lot of fun playing through it. I'm working Jeopardy of the Horde right now, even knowing I'll have to play it again once the updates are in :)

very minor thing, on the Labyrinth mission it wasn't clear that I needed to destroy the undead base before the Labyrinth would open

and lastly the dialogues and the voice acting were really cool but I feel like someone needs to proofread them before they go in, then again after 10 maps it added a sort of silly charm to the whole experience
 
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