New Campaign! Warcraft III: Before the Chaos MOD

Hello, I've been wanting to make a campaign of this for a while now. Basically, I want to make new campaigns for the all the races that fill in the gaps in the Warcraft 3 storyline. For the Night Elves, we will have a campaign that deals with when the Burning Legion first encountered them when Furion and Cenarius fought them off, as well as the story behind Illidan's imprisonment. The Humans will deal with the events between Beyond the Dark Portal and Reign of Chaos. They will be putting the orcs into internment camps and fighting the remaining clans (led by Kilrogg Deadeye and Grom Hellscream), fighting the Dragon Queen, and trying to discover the reason behind the orc's lethargy. The Undead campaign will deal with the transformation of Ner'Zhul into the Lich King, Kel'Thuzad and the Cult of the Damned, the conquest of the northlands, and the fight with the Nerubian/spider-race underground. The Orc campaign will fall closely to the storyline of the Lord of the Clans, as Thrall seeks to restore the honor to his people and embrace their shamanistic culture. We will see how he finds the ancient Frostwolf clan and obtain the Doomhammer, as well as join forces with Hellscream. These campaigns will go in transition processes; working first on multi-player maps to balance the units and heroes. Also to be explained will be the unfolding of Medivh atoning from his darker side into the guardian he becomes in Warcraft 3. The Before the Chaos campaigns will have 5 heroes (NO flying heroes I promise; too dumb and bad rushes), and will follow some of the more pre-beta gameplay elements, as well as an array of modified and different units. Here's some of the heroes, units, and abilities that I think should be in so far:

The Human Alliance

Arch Mage (Intelligence Hero)
Name - Antonidas - he's studying the lethargy of the orcs, Rhonin - Mage who's out to spank Deathwing
- Meteor Swarm - AOE damage spell similar to Blizzard.
- Teleportation Circle - Upgradable version of Mass Teleport.
- Brilliance - An aura that buffs mana regeneration of friendly units.
- Time Stop (Ultimate) - Freezes time (including all units other then the Arch Mage.

Paladin (Strength Hero)
Names - Uther Lightbringer and Arthas - punishing orc butt
- Holy Bolt - Heals friendly units and damages all enemies.
- Exorcism - AOE damage for undead and demons. I think that this should heal friendly units as well, though slowly.
- Resurrection (upgradable) - Resurrects friendly units.
- Divine Intervention - Summons an angel that kicks the crap out of enemies for a certain amount of time, and then leaves.

Mountain King (Strength Hero)
Names - We'll have one in the game and whip one up.
- Storm Bolt - Same as Retail.
- Thunder Clap - Same as Retail.
- Avatar - Upgradable version of Retail Avatar.
- Create Gold Mine (Ultimate) - Summons an okay gold mine; mountain king burrows into ground, and cannot be in battle while the gold mine is being made (sort of like a building).

Crusader (Strength Hero)
Name - Aedelas Blackmoore - cunning knight who raised Thrall, giving him human tutelage and understanding to use him to control the orcish hordes.
- Devotion Aura
- Seal of Courage - Divine shield that can be cast on any unit
- Flare - AoE spell
- Onslaught (Ultimate) - Triples damage of Crusader (personal roar)

Ranger (Agility Hero)
Names - Vereesa Windrunner- Lightning Arrows - Adds damage to arrow attacks with lightning effect.
- Cold Arrows - Adds slow effect and minor damage to arrows.
- Summon Water Elemental - Same as Retail
- Black Arrow (Ultimate) - Slowly drain a target unit to 1 hitpoint and puts them in stasis.

Sorceress (Unit)
- Slow, Polymorph, Protect (same as using protection scroll)

Mage-Priest (Unit)
- Heal, Dispel Magic, Inner Fire

Knight (Unit)
- Health inc. upgrade, Charge
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The Orcish Hoard

Warlord (Strength Hero)
Name - Kilrogg Deadeye - Orc Warlord hunted down by humans, Dera' Tol - Orc Warlord cynical with Thrall's mission
- Maul - Same as Retail Bash.
- Raging Scream - Upgradable roar
- Command Aura (old kodo ability, adds damage %)
- Frenzy (casts advanced bloodlust on all units)

Blade Master (Agility Hero)
Names - Grom Hellscream - last orc commander to stand up against the human internment camps, teams up with Thrall.
- Wind Walk - Same as Retail.
- Mirror Image - Same as Retail.
- Critical Strike - Same as Retail.
- Blade Storm - Same as Retail.

Spirit Walker (Strength Hero)
Name: Thrall - seeking to make his people an honorable and proud race once more, this is his form before he becomes a farseer.
- Spirit Hammer - Same as Shockwave
- Lightning Bolt - stuns a target for a long period of time, no damage.
- Endurance Aura - Same as Retail
- Earthquake (Ultimate) - Same as Retail.

Shadow Hunter (intelligence Hero)
Names - Ragine - Helps Thrall enter into internment camp in return for aiding his people, then continues troll-orc alliance
- Healing Wards - Upgradable version.
- Grim Ward - Ward that terrifies units and makes them run away
- Null Ward - Silence AOE ward for allies and enemies
- Voodoo - Any damage dealt to Shadow Hunter is dealt back to target unit amplified.

Far Seer (Intelligence Hero)
Names - Drek'Thar - Frostwolf Clan shaman leader, *Thrall - Upon completing shaman training
- Feral Spirit - same as Retail
- Far Sight - Same as Retail.
- Chain lightning - Same as Retail.
- Call Storm (Ultimate) - Works like Starfall, new graphics.

Shaman (Unit)
- Purge, Blood Lust, Disenchant

Wicth Doctor (Unit)
- Evil Eye (moveable sentry ward), Stasis Trap, Guardian Ward

Kodo Beast (Unit)
- Devour, Healing Drums

- Taurens have no place in the Before the Chaos storyline, sorry!

Special: Nekros Skullcrusher- one-legged Warlock hero (only used in campaigns), spells getting worked on
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The Undead Scourge

Abomination (Strength Hero)
Name - ? - I don't know if it even matters if this thing has a name, but it probably should.
- Laso (dumb name, but get the idea) - Abomination ties chain around enemy, grabbing him and bringing him instantly next to the Abomination. (AoE for upgrades?) - Effective against ranged units.
- Acidic Hurl - similar to shadow strike
- Disease Aura - Damaging Aura of poison.
- Insect Plague (Ultimate) - Same as Locust Swarm, fly graphics.

Lich (Intelligence Hero)
Names - Mondane - Former WC2 DK under Ner'Zhul, becomes a Lich.
- Frost Nova - Same as Retail.
- Frost Armor - Same as Retail.
- Dark Ritual - Same as Retail.
- Dragon Mantra (Ultimate) - Summons a Dracolich.

Necromancer (Intelligence Hero)
Name - Kel'Thuzad - wizard who's fed up with the mage council's rules to not study the dark arts, and answers the call of Ner'Zhul. Starts the Cult of the Damned.
- Raise Dead - Raises a mixture of Warriors, Archers, and Mages.
- Unholy Frenzy - Upgradable version.
- Corpse Explosion - Creates a land mine from a corpse.
- Animate Dead (Ultimate) - Raises dead units under your control.

Dread Lord (Intelligence Hero)
Name - Tichondrius - that's right, we got to be that bmf Dreadlord from RoC. He makes sure that Ner'Zhul stays in his place.
- Carrion Swarm - Same as Retail.
- Charm - Upgradeble version.
- Vampirism - Same as Dark Conversion
- Dark Summoning (Ultimate) - Same as Starcraft Recall.

Death Knight (Strength Hero)
- Name - Arthas ain't around yet so I think there might be no DKs in the Campaigns, but we'll figure it out.
- Death Coil - Same as Retail.
- Dark Pact - Same as Retail.
- Unholy Aura - Same as Retail.
- Death and Decay (Ultimate) - Same as Retail (beta graphics).

Banshee (Unit)
- Curse, Anti-Magic Shell, Possession

Cold Wraith (Unit)
- Chill Touch, Life Tap, Spirit Link

Special: Ner'Zhul - Ice Coffin Version deluxe for our Lich King
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The Night Elves

Demon Hunter (Agility Hero)
Name - Illidan Stormrage - brother to Furion; doesn't like the idea of magic going away when the Well of Eternity's supposed to be destroyed
- Mana Burn - Same as Retail.
- Immolation - Same as Retail.
- Evasion - Same as Retail.
- Metamorphosis - ""

Assassin (Agility Hero)
- Blink - Same as TFT.
- Fan of Knifes - Same as TFT.
- Slow Poison - Same as TFT Shadow Strike.
- Disarray (ultimate) - causes mass confusion, that causes all enemy units to miss a good percentage of their attacks for a certain period of time.

Keeper of the Grove (Intelligence Hero)
- Name - Cenarius - Demi-god that fights off those Burning Legion dorks.
- Entangling Roots - Same as Retail.
- Forest Guardian - Same as Retail FON.
- Thorns - Same as Retail.
- Tranquility - BETA tranquility - no units can attack in area for 30 seconds. Channeling spell, so keeper of the grove must stay.

Arch Druid (Agility Hero)
- Name - Furion Stormrage - druid who aides in defeating the Burning Legion, adamant in destroying the Well of Eternity and banishing those who wish to practice magic.
- Nature's Blessing - Trees grow instantly in AoE. Good strategy for keeping melee from ranged.
- Sleep - Same as Retail.
- Spore Cloud - AOE Poison cloud, invisible to enemy.
- Force of Nature - Transforms into a powerful owlbear.

Ancient of Wrath (Strength Hero)
- These ancients are directly linked to the World Tree, and gain much power from it.
- Bramble Skin - similar to TFT spiked carapace
- Impale - same as TFT
- Entrench - gains armor and health when planted in ground
- Fissure - MASS damage carrion swarm with delay

Priestess of the Moon (Agility Hero)
- Yeahyeah, Furion's lovin' honey who is the leader of the elves.
- Scout - Same as Retail
- Poison Arrows - Adds poison effect to arrows.
- Trueshot Aura - Adds damage to ranged attacks of friendly units.
- Star Fall - Same as Retail

As you can tell, this project is huge. However, this will be taken in SLOW steps. There's no reason trying to slap a product together. People from all fields are wanted (Spell-editing, concept art, skinning, modelling, storyline and dialogue, cinematics, terrain and tile editors, voice actors, mapmaking, the wahzoo), so anyone who wants to join a section of the project is completely and totally welcome. I would appreciate comments, posts, and thoughts! Post here if you would like to join or simply e-mail me at [email protected]! Thank you,

Martin

Your Story Sounds Legitamite, Though i'm not sure i can really help, i'm probaly going to play this one :D

Hmmmh...this is nice...i think i could be able to skin...
But i think ur's missing 1 part...About Thrall...about his birth...his trainings with the humans and stuff...i would like that...
I'm making skins for a Mortal Kombat Hero Arena, Betrayed campaign at the moment...
But i still get loads of free time and i'll be able to do skins for you!
Besides...soon easter holidays and...summer!!!
write to me if ur interested [email protected]

your idea is very good. I can be a mapper. but there are pretty much ideas from TFT in it and that may violate copyrights.

Regarding your TFT worries, all of this is before RoC, so I really don't see any TFT problems. Second, the whole story line, besides minor corrections to incorporate more campaign levels, follows the plot that Blizzard has already laid out. Third, this is a mod, and since there is no money being made, there is no reason to worry about copyrights anyway. Just some thoughts, although I respect your concerns.

I received your E-Mail and of course I'd like to join your project! :D

Only thing that naggers me is that I have no idea about how you knew that I started making JASS scripts.
Lol, I started yesterday and received that E-Mail today about joining. :hm:

read the fine script m8!!!

Very good idea, I have an idea though...why not add medivh somewhere?

Well... i tried doing my own campaign about Medivh and DA ORCS...but got pissed off...well...Medivh should be included...but in which campaign? Maybe in Cinematics only?

It looks like it is well thought out and could be great but you are thinking way too ahead. Just plan for making one, and when you finish if you are still up for it. Begin making the another part. If you don't focus one at a time you will collaspe and be stuck with some unfinished maps and all your ideas shall be wasted.

Regarding the questions I have been pressed upon involving Medivh, as well as others:

1. Will Medivh be involved in this campaign? Yes. I wrote this in my first post: "Also to be explained will be the unfolding of Medivh atoning from his darker side into the guardian he becomes in Warcraft 3." However, exactly how he is to be included I do not know. Medivh was originally the son of the guardian Aegwyn. Aegwyn defeated demonlord Sargeras (One bad mofo who was a lot more powerful than Archimode), leader of the Burning Legion, in single combat. She entombed the demon under the Great Sea off the coast of the nation of Azeroth. However, from his tomb, Sargeras secretly bonded his malevolent spirit with that of Aegwyn's unborn child. During the following years, Aegwyn knew it was time to pass on her title of guardianship. She quested to find the perfect mate that would father her heir, finally choosing the Azerothien Conjurer Nielas Aran. In the fall 559, Aegwyn gave birth to Medivh or "Keeper of Secrets" in the Elven tongue. She transferred all of her power and knowledge into Medivh, burying it deep within him so that it would only manifest when Medivh reached maturity. The Guardian then left Medivh to the Azerothien court, keeping a watchful eye over her son. Soon Medivh's Age of Ascension, a Human tradition marking the transition from childhood to adulthood, is at hand. Medivh is expected to be granted the title of Apprentice Court Conjurer and follow in his father's footsteps. That evening Medivh is awakened by a dark nightmares and seeks out his father Aran. Upon touching his son's brow, the childs eyes ignite in fire. The Trisfal energies inside him lash out across the astral plane, alerting Clerics all the way in Northsire Abbey. The Clerics rushed to Stormwind castle within an hour. Only were Aran and a hundred of those Clerics able to hold the magiks eminating from Medivh. This containment lasted for days, requiring the might of all the men present. Finally, as fast as it had begun, the energy backlash stopped. Medivh fell into a deep coma, while his father Nielas Aran collapsed dead on the floor. As he slid into a deep coma, Medivh was cared for by the clerics at Northshire Abbey. When he awoke six years later, Aegwyn detected the corruption that marred Medivh's soul. Sargeras had twisted the boy's spirit into one of malice and hate. Conseqently, Medivh made his infamous pact with Gul'dan and sought the destruction of Azeroth. Horrified at his actions, Aegwyn sought out to bring reason to her son. However, with the power of Trisfal behind him, Medivh easily defeated his mother. Aegwyn returned to Azeroth and visited King Llane, warning him of Medivh's power. The King took decisive action, sending a warband into the mad sorceror's tower and cutting him down. *Cheers to Legends of Azeroth for providing most of this info.*

Now, Medivh is dead at this point, well as much as we know. But then he magically appears in Warcraft 3, and is the guardian we now know and love. How did he live? How did he suddenly turn into a goody little two-shoes? How did he defeat the dark power that clings to his soul? Why the heck, if he has the friggin' powers of Sargeras in him does he not kick the flippin' crap out of Archimonde and the Burning Legion? These are the sorts of questions that I would like to answer in this mod.

2. So what are we to do with Medivh? Where should we put him? I think there are several options here. We could have a mini-campaign for him (have it be sort of like the orc prologue), have him in cinematic sequences throughout the campaigns, or have him interact with certain characters throughout the levels. For instance, you could have Medivh warning Kel'Thuzad before he joins Ner'Zhul. You could have Medivh surveying the Undead and the plague in the northlands, or visiting Ogrimm Doomhammer in his hermit hut. Whatever you guys would like, I'm up for.

3. Medivh with Aedelas Blackmoore? This is hardly a likely alliance. Blackmoore is one bad dude, and as far as Warcraft 3 is concerned, Medivh turned into a goody. Blackmoore raised Thrall and gave him human understanding/wisdom/intelligence for one reason - to get Thrall to take control of the Horde. Once Thrall was in control, Blackmoore planned to puppet Thrall and the Horde to destroy the Alliance and take control of it for himself. However, he didn't make Thrall that dumb.

4. Campaign sequence: Yes, I agree. Only one campaign should be there at a time. This is what I think the sequence of campaigns should be (it should be chronological):
- Night Elf (as this is way, way back)
* Medivh mini-campaign (if we plan to do one; I think this one should be more of an RPG sort of one, so we can have some fun with triggers and other stuff like that.)
- Undead (Ner'Zhul's transformation; this one can be swapped around, but I thought it would make more since if human/orc were right next to each other).
- Human (Should we include Arthas or not?)
- Orc (This one appears to fit the most for the last campaign as to how it fits in relation to the others)
- Bonus levels (maybe include some bonus levels later for people who do really well on certain scenarios?)
However, before we do ANY campaigns, we really need to get cracking on the multi-player maps, with units, spells and abilities, heroes, etc. So if any of you guys know anyone who can help with these please ring them up. Believe me, there is plenty of work for everyone.

5. What needs to be worked on the most right now? Spells, skins, models, and maps. As well as some storywriting (as that is going to take some time). I will post the exact projects needed to be taken care of soon in another post.

Martin

://// Alexian, again, as I have stated in several, several posts. This will be a SLOW project, starting with multiplayer maps and evolving into the Campaigns. The campaigns WILL be done one by one, and released in sequence. I am in no means trying to release this in one go; I agree, that would end up being a wasted effort.

Martin

WHOH! THX! I have been waiting for ages for somone to do that!:ggani:

:ggani: Skins: (for any skin pics/concepts e-mail me at [email protected], *You can make the skins look like whatever you please; I'm just giving some helpful suggestions.)
Crusader (priority: high)- Use knight skin (Should we do a model edit and change the joust to a sword like in the pre-beta? I have a pic). I'm thinking some simple hair color changes, armor additions/removals, and maybe making him look a little holier/nobler would do the trick.
Aedelas Blackmoore (priority: minimum) – Same as crusader skin, except hair should be black, and he should have a mustache with a goatee. Also, he should have a tattoo running from his forehead to his eyelid on his left eye. Give him some good shadows around the face, we want to make him look like a baddy.
Rhonin (priority: minimum) – Same as apprentice mage skin, except he needs a goatee, with no mustache. Perhaps make his clothing a little more common, as this rogue wizard is not very respected around his other wizard brethren.
Thrall (non-Farseer) (priority: minimum) – Arthas skin edit. This has already been done, and it looks quite good. I think that a simple model edit might be done here as well, to make the paladin's maul a smidge shorter to make it look like a hammer.
Spirit Walker (priority: high) – I am not quite sure what skin this should be used for yet. We could use the same one used for Thrall, but I was thinking that maybe we could use the Green Orc Warlock model. Cookie already fixed his head up so he doesn't look like a retard. Just add on a hero glow and this might work. Hmm… maybe we could stick the head of the shaman on top of the warlock.
Ranger (priority: high) – Sylvanus Windrunner edit. I've already finished this one. I'll post some pictures of it shortly.
Vereesa Windrunner (priority: minimum) – I'm just going to edit my ranger skin a bit, and give her the black/grayish hair that she has.
Shadow Hunter (priority: high) – The TFT one looks good to me.
Ragine (priority: minimum) – I'm thinking that this will be an edit of the Shadow Hunter skin for TFT, but without the mask on.
Mondane (priority: minimum) – This is just a Lich edit. I don't really have any big ideas for this one; also probably because this character isn't very fleshed out.
Dera' Tol (priority: minimum) – This should be pretty easy. We're just doing a skin edit of the Slavemaster/Chaos Warlord. Suggestions that I have would be make his skin green, mess with his armor a bit, and change the horse color. A little model editing might be required on this guy to buff him up.
Warlord (priority: high) – Exact replica of Dera' Tol
Assassin (priority: minimum) – Old warden edit. I think that the superhero mask around her eyes should be taken away, but maybe put some tattoos or runes on her face? Some color editing here would also work.
Arch Druid (priority: high) – Furion skin edit. Make his beard look more like a treebeard – with roots, branches, leaves, and so forth.
Owl Bear (Arch Druid's Force of Nature form) (priority: high) – Owl bear edit. Put roots and vines running up and down his body. Include some more bark in him, make him darker, and have some moss/fungi growing too.
Illidan Stormrage (priority: minimum) – Demon Hunter edit. Take away the bandana and give him some eyes. He didn't lose those yet.
Ancient of Wrath (priority: high) – Treant edit. Make him look darker, older, and more brambly and thorny. Make the leaves on him black?
Kel'Thuzad: Human form (priority: minimum) – Arch Mage/Dark Wizard edit. Make him with brown hair, a dark, shadowed face, and crazy red eyes.
Cultist (priority: high) – Acolyte edit; put dark scriptures/runes around the cloaks; make their skin black and their cloaks black and dark blue.
Zombie (priority: high) – More Purple, poisonous looking and deadly. More deadly looking eyes.

All think of some skinning projects, and other project soon. Just post which one you'd like to do, so we don't make a zillion of the same; well, you can still do your own if you want to. Anyway, that's all I really have for now. Please post with any comments, and tell me what you think we should do to the skins/models,

Martin :ggani:

Hey,by the way why call Blackmoore a "Crusader"?He' s hardly a paladin of the Silver Hand!