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Dungeons & Dragons Online Game Overview
Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach or
DDO is a MMO massively multiplayer online role playing game
MMORPG developed by Turbine, Inc. DDO as an online adaptation of Dungeons &
Dragons and is based loosely on the D&D 3.5 Ruleset and set in the Eberron
campaign setting.
Game
DDO is set inthe continent of Xen'drik in the world of
Eberron.�Characters are created using the revised edition of D&D 3.5
rule-set fashion and can be played in both indoor and outdoor environments and a
large variety of dungeons.
DDO contains numerous changes from the D&D
tabletop game. Most of these changes were introduced�because of differences
in the dynamics between the media of computer game combat and tabletop gaming.
DDO�uses a real time combat engine where D&D uses a
turn-based system. This brought braught on alot of changes in combat, character
skills and feats and other situations where it was felt that the turn-based
combat system and real-time combat did not mesh well.�
Some
noticeable differences are:
- Increased amount of hit possibilities
- Increased spellcasting rescources over rest periods
- Spellpoint system instead of spellslots
- Magic items are underpriced
- Magic weapons and armours have only two abilities
- Characters have higher stats�
- Offensive effects created by characters�will not harm their
allies
Most of DDO is set in the city of Stormreach which is a giant scaled city
built many years ago and has been recently settled by humans. Stormreach has
several areas such as the Harbor, Docks, the Marketplace and the four
Dragonmarked Houses - House Jorasco, House Deneith House Kundarak and House
Phiarlan.
Adventures can be undertaken beyond the city walls into other
lands such as Tangleroot Gorge, Three Barrel Cove, Threnal and Sorrowdusk Isle,
each having adventures of their own.
The plot of the game revolves around the following dark plots:
- Giants attempting to regain mastery over the city of Stormreach and the
continent of Xen'drik
- Minions of Khyber attempting to gain power over Xen'drik
- Cultists attempting to reopen the gate to Xoriat
Mechanics
The standard party can have up to 6 players while Raid parties can
have twelve players. Characters gain experience by completing quests and
Killing monsters.
Players may choose to play solo and DDO features solo
dificulty based dungeons and quests.�A more typical party will consist of
multiple characters filling roles such as fighters, rangers, paladins,
barbarians, wizard, clerics, bard or rogue.
There are 5 servers for the US market named after various geographic aspects
of Eberron. There ate 2 European servers. Characters are transferable from
server to server via a request form. There are currently no servers for the
Oceania market.
Quests
DDO quests are organized by character level, length and difficulty. Each
quest has a base level and the XP reward increases if all of the party members
are below that level while they decrease if any of the party members are above
that level. Players who are more than three levels below the base are not
permitted to initiate a quest but they are able to join a quest started by other
party members.
Most quests have an item or monetary reward when completed. Some dungeons
require several visits to the quest giver in order complete the them. Quests may
be repeated
Difficulty levels
There are four difficulty levels for quests:
Hard and Elite levels increase the XP bonus the first time the quest is run
at the given level, and usually provide a more challenging experience to the
characters. The quality of the loot in the chests in hard and elite quests is
better as well. The highest level quests usually offer the best loot
Solo
quests offer very little loot and very few special items.
Features
- DDO includes a built-in voice chat
- DDO is an instanced game, where each party receives a
private "copy" of a dungeon for their own use.
Races
Current player character races are:
- Humans
- Elves
- Dwarves
- Halflings
- Warforged
- Drow
Classes
DDO Offers nine playable classes without any race restrictions. Players
choose a class to begin with and are not limited to remaining in that class.
Caracters can gain up to 16 levels in 3 classes
THE DDO Classes are:
- Barbarian
- Bard
- Cleric
- Fighter
- Paladin
- Ranger
- Rogue
- Sorcerer
- Wizard
Alignments
The available alignments are:
- Lawful Good
- Neutral Good
- Chaotic Good
- Lawful Neutral
- True Neutral
- Chaotic Neutral
The ability to play evil aligned characters in DDO is unavailable.
Updates and modules
DDO introduces content updates to the game as modules. Additional content is
released between modules as updates
Dragon's Vault
- Included a new dungeon
- A number of fixes to the combat system
- Minor tweaks to the user interface
The Harbor
Changes to the low level Harbor quests.
Solo Enhancements
- More changes to the Harbor area
- Several solo-only quests
Twilight Forge
- New player race: the Drow�
- Enhancements to�spells
- Patron system
- In-game mail
- Adventures set in the Restless Isles
- New outdoor area
Litany of the Dead Part 1: The Necropolis
Five full quests added
Stormreach Under Siege!
- Quests above level 10
- Level 12 quest in the previously low-level only Harbor area
Demon Sands
- More explorable areas
- Consensual PvP
- Auction house
- Level-cap raise from ten to twelve
Evil Resurgent
- Rework of the social panel
- Many bug fixes
- Six high level quests. Most of which are rated at level 11, are sequels to
previous quests extending the storylines of the characters involved
Litany of the Dead Part 2
- Five new monsters: phase spiders, umbral worgs, shadows,�invisible
stalkers and umbral gargoyles
- Five new�quests for party level 8-9 These quests continue the
storyline of The Necropolis
Academy Training
- Revamped the Action Point enhancement system
Reaver's Bane
- Level cap increase from 12 to 14
- A new terrain mechanic
- Many new spells and abilities for characters of all levels
- 3 new type of quests: slayer quest, explorer quests, rareencounter quests
Mark of the Dragon
- Implementation of Dragonmarks
- Addition of a new encounter area: Ataraxia's Haven
Searing Heights
- Revamped the Menechtarun desert landscape as well as the Waterworks
adventure area
- Added landscape for level 4 characters to battle the Sulatar firebinders
- New spells, abilities, and enhancements including Holy Sword and
Warchanter
- Players get 3 more weapon set configuration slots, for a total of 7.
- Several bugs fixes
- New spells for all spellcasting classes
- Extra enhancements
- One additional level 4 dungeon
The Accursed Ascension
- Parts 3 and 4 of the Litany of the Dead
- Doubles the amounts of quests in the Necropolis area
- New enhancements
- Metamagic system major revision
- Tooltips vastly improved
- New collectable items
- Gem bags to reduce the cluttering of inventory space
The Thirteenth Eclipse
Servers Include Argonnessen Devourer EURO Ghallanda Keeper EURO Khyber Sarlona Thelanis
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