Faithless: Trilogy
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| Author | James Paddock |
| Port | GZDoom |
| IWAD | Heretic |
| Year | 2020 |
| Link | Doomworld forums thread |
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This mod received one of the 2020 Cacowards on Doomworld! |
Faithless: Trilogy is a GZDoom-compatible 28-level megawad for Heretic created by James Paddock (Jimmy). A beta version saw release in October 2020, with its first release candidate seeing release in December 2024. It introduces three new weapons, many new enemies, as well as new items, taking many of these directly from Hexen. The soundtrack is almost entirely made of community-made tracks from the Raven MIDI Pack. The maps employ a system of progress through hubs, with large-scale designs and interconnected paths through a system of portals that allow travel between different locations. The story follows the player returning to the land of Parthoris, which is suddenly attacked by creatures from Cronos through a series of dark portals opening between the two worlds.
Faithless: Trilogy was awarded with a Cacoward in 2020.
Contents
Content[edit]
Custom monsters[edit]
Hub 1[edit]
- Magma serpent
- Very resilient and deadly variant of the serpent that will breathe three fireballs at you at a time. Hit points: 400.
- Ghoul
- A wandering mummified corpse, possessing a poison projectile attack. Hit points: 150.
- Ice stalker
- A water-borne creature that will throw deadly shards of frost at you. Hit points: 100.
- Ice lich
- Colder variant of the iron lich. Only possesses two attacks—ice breath for use at close range, and a double frost-ball attack for long range. Hit points: 600.
- The Iron Sentinel
- Guards the gates of the Iron Fortress. Possesses a number of powerful projectile attacks, including spawning Guardian Cubes. Hit points: 3000.
- Guardian cube
- Weak but persistent floating cubes that throw constant streams of fire towards you. Unleashed by the Iron Sentinel, and make appearances later. Hit points: 80.
Hub 2[edit]
- Dark sabreclaw
- A viciously ill-spirited mechanical beast. Will deftly leap towards you from a distance and use both arm-blades up close to tear you to shreds. Hit points: 200.
- Chaos disciple
- An elite follower of D'Sparil who will use his unearthly speed against you. Possesses a spread-fire attack AND a powerful homing attack. Hit points: 270.
- Chaos wyvern
- A flying draconic beast with giant wings granting it heightened maneuverability and two powerful fire-based attacks. Hit points: 700.
- Dark Avatar
- A powerful sorcerer with a wide range of destructive magic attacks, each requiring its own tactics to outmaneuver. Hit points: 3500.
- The Runesmith
- A towering leviathan of destruction, akin to the maulotaur but even more ferocious, possessing all manner of fire-based attacks. Will not go down without the fight of a lifetime. Hit points: 4000.
Hub 3[edit]
- Cultist
- A lowly magician, consumed with the spirit of the fallen D'Sparil. He will launch a weak frost-based attack. Hit points: 60.
- Shadow dragon
- An ugly, vengeful beast from the darkest recesses of the underworld. Carries two projectile attacks, and upon weakening, its attacks will grow more desperate. Hit points: 650.
- Fallen
- A flying skeletal dragon-like monster of frail flesh and searing flames. Will move quickly and launch a steady projectile attack from afar. Hit points: 300.
Custom weapons[edit]
- Jade wand:
A short sceptre. Its verdant shots pack significant punch—while they don't do much damage by themselves, they rip through enemies, allowing for multiple targets to be damaged through one shot.- Tomed effect: Fires two jade magic projectiles that home in on their target, plus a single spiked ball projectile that will home in on enemies and continuously rip through them before detonating.
- Ammo denominations: jade fragment (5), jade ingot (15), jade core (30).
- Justifier:
The staff wielded by D'Sparil himself. Fires bursts of ball lightning that deal area-of-effect damage which you are immune to. All varieties of disciple and chaos serpent, including D'Sparil, will be particularly susceptible to its wrath.- Tomed effect: Fires two bursts of purple magic that each summon a disciple that will do your bidding. While strong in numbers, these summoned disciples possess half normal health (150 hit points) and will disappear after a minute.
- Ammo denominations: chaos rune (1), chaos sigil (5), chaos talisman (10).
- Soulverge:
A legendary holy weapon scattered across the realm in three pieces due to its infamously destructive power. Will unleash a horde of vengeful holy spirits upon enemies, swiftly tearing even heavy congregations asunder. Uses 5 soul mana per shot.
Custom items[edit]
- Elixir vitae
- A shimmering potion of emerald that revitalizes you for 50 extra health points over the course of 10 seconds. Good for sustained fights and/or when you are low on quartz flasks.
- Miracle potion
- A ewer of rejuvenating ruby liquid that will heal you by 100 health points, up to 200.
- Emerald amulet
- A useful trinket for venturing into hazardous terrain. When worn will protect you from poisonous elements, including slime and poison clouds, for 120 seconds.
- Boots of the north
- These enchanted boots protect you from the chill of winter, granting 75% resistance to ice damage. Will last for five minutes.
- Flame shield
- A sturdy aegis emblazoned with the visage of an angry deity. This shield protects you for 200 armor points and provides 75% resistance to all fire damage on top of 50% general protection.
- Noxious spore
- Throw these gaseous seeds on the ground to spawn a combustible pod which can then be remotely detonated via a weapon shot. Good for causing infighting.
- Bouncing bomb
- Use these portable projectiles akin to the firemace's powered shot to quickly lay enemies to ruin. A direct hit means instant death for non-boss monsters, and monsters caught in the blast range will also take a severe hit.
- Bag of plenty
- A satchel of magic that ensures your ammo reserves will never deplete. You may also use weapons for which you have zero ammunition while this item's effect lasts for its duration of 25 seconds.
- Disc of Repulsion
- Identical to the Hexen version.
- Horn of conjuring
- Similar to the Dark Servant, will summon a friendly maulotaur to do your bidding.
- Phoenix essence
- A potion of swirling, fiery spirit. When used, will spit a concentrated charge of fire at the enemy with the strength of a phoenix rod shot.
- Wendigo's breath
- A potion of deadly chilling liquid. When used, fires explosive balls of ice at the enemy, dealing freezing damage to the target and in a large radius.
- Chest key
- A small gold key that opens treasure chests. Almost always you will find each chest's key directly nearby.
- Strongbox key
- A rusted metal key that opens locked strongboxes. These containers may be much harder to find and/or hold mission-critical items.
Custom objects[edit]
The mod also uses two custom volcano variants: one has a reduced delay between the launch of fireballs, and the other, in addition to this, is also invisible.
Levels[edit]Hub 1: Faithless:
Hub 2: Merciless:
Hub 3: Soulless: |
Soundtrack[edit]
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Beta Soundtrack[edit]
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