Effets secondaires

Effets secondaires is a fully voiced premium module for The Witcher computer game, designed by CD Projekt RED. It was released on September 16, 2008 as part of the The Witcher: Enhanced Edition.

Récit

Geralt de Riv, le légendaire Loup Blanc, apprend que son meilleur ami s'est mis dans une situation difficile. Le sorceleur doit collecter une grosse somme pour aider Jaskier. Va-t-il y arriver à temps ?

While still enjoying the inn, the patrons, after listening to Jaskier singing his first ballad, wish to hear another story.

This tale, set one year after Geralt tamed the strige the first time, starts in a rather unoriginal way – in (Wyzima) prison. The twist is that, this time, Geralt is the person visiting someone, not the one behind bars. So who is the unfortunate fellow? It’s Jaskier of course, Geralt’s old pal, and once again he's gotten himself into trouble. Because Geralt is his friend, the task of getting the bard off the hook falls to the sorceleur, once again ("... I promise Geralt, that’s the last time, or almost the last time, really!").

How did Jaskier land in prison? As usual, his uncontrollable lust and desires are at the heart of the matter. Unfortunately, his last victim wasn’t a puerile peasant who could easily be brushed off. This time the bard flirted with the daughter of one of the richest and most influential men in Wyzima. Not exactly a crime, you say?

When the nobleman found out what had happened, he decided to shorten Jaskier a little bit, and we are not talking about a haircut. In particular, he wanted to chop off the troubadour's head. Naturally Jaskier has a different opinion of what would constitute appropriate punishment. To stay out of harm's way, he has bribed a prison guard to keep him in "protective" custody. What safer place than prison?

Just when all the facts seem established and clear, it turns out that the Jaskier’s "one night stand" is not the real reason why he fears for his life. It seems he's in more trouble than he initially let on and now he must pay for it. So, what are the real reasons Jaskier wants to stay in prison? Who is he afraid of?

It would seem that this is a certain M. Glover, from whom Jaskier "borrowed" a large sum to pay off Ralf Duben at the prison for the "accommodations". So the first place Geralt must visit is Glover's to try to sort out the mess the troubadour has made. Luckily Glover seems amenable to repayment, whatever the source so the witcher offers to pay off Jaskier debts and Glover agrees.

Geralt then begins scouting about town to try to find ways to raise the funds he needs. In the course of his meanderings, he meets a variety of interesting locals, many of whom provide opportunities to make a few orins. The services of witchers mercifully remain in demand and making some fast cash turns out to be fairly easy.

Personnages

Les personnages principaux (à part de Geralt) sont:

• Jaskier, troubadour and troublemaker
• M. Glover, underground kingpin

La liste des autres personnages est ici

Lieux

While the layout of these areas has not changed and they may seem very familiar, the locations in « Effets secondaires » depict these places as they were sometime before the events of the main game campaign. For example, the building known as Hôpital de Lebioda in The Witcher is known simply as the Temple de Melitele in this module. There is no crypt in the cemetery and some parts of the sewers are inacessible.

• Quartier du Temple
• Cimetière de Wyzima
• Égouts

Monstres

La liste de monstres est quelque peu abrégée. Aussi, les monstres ne valent qu'un seul point d'expérience (1 XP) chaque.

• Algoule
• Goule
• Fantôme
• Graveir
• Noctule
• Noyadé
• Wyvern

Quêtes

Il y a douze quêtes dans cette aventure :

• Débiteur
• Des poings en or
• Sésame, ouvre-toi !
• Cul sec !
• Les dés sont jetés
• Des plantes pour une divinité
• Un mécène
• Superstitieuse
• Expositions
• Un mystérieux trésor
• Chien de garde
• La Bande des Frères

Objets

• Livres et parchemins
• Notes et annonces
• Objets de quête

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