KickStarter Knights of the Chalice 2 Thread - Augury of Chaos

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

I do $120 per appearance and if it's a kids birthday $700 and I want a slice of the cake.

Do I get a discount if I use you as an ingredient in the cake then?

Yeah, you get my children hatching in your liver two weeks later.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

I do $120 per appearance and if it's a kids birthday $700 and I want a slice of the cake.

Do I get a discount if I use you as an ingredient in the cake then?

Yeah, you get my children hatching in your liver two weeks later.

Oh. In that case, how much alcohol can your children handle? Just curious.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

I do $120 per appearance and if it's a kids birthday $700 and I want a slice of the cake.

Do I get a discount if I use you as an ingredient in the cake then?

Yeah, you get my children hatching in your liver two weeks later.

Oh. In that case, how much alcohol can your children handle? Just curious.

YOU WILL NOT INTOXICATE MY OFFSPRING.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

I do $120 per appearance and if it's a kids birthday $700 and I want a slice of the cake.

Do I get a discount if I use you as an ingredient in the cake then?

Yeah, you get my children hatching in your liver two weeks later.

Oh. In that case, how much alcohol can your children handle? Just curious.

YOU WILL NOT INTOXICATE MY OFFSPRING.

My liver my rules.

 

[Tweed]

No. Tweed does though.

Rusty weapons are for losers who don't get natural weapon attacks.

 

[luj1]

When is this coming out on GOG?

 

[Reinhardt]

yes

 

[Cryomancer]

Warlocks are wizards who have also developed innate psionic abilities. This unique combination gives the Warlock a clear edge in the realm of offensive magic.

Experienced Warlocks have access to all of the high-level spells of the wizard and all of the high-level powers of the psionicist.(...)

• Arcane Transmutation: You can convert wizard spells with an energy qualifier(...)
• Armoured Casting: You avoid the spell failure chance when casting spells with a somatic component(...)

source : https://www.heroicfantasygames.com/FWE/Pages/FWE_Warlock.htm

So, I was in doubt between playing as a Wizard or a Psion since few games has psionics. Then I saw the Warlock and OMG. Psionics + Spells + Armor. To make things even better, only if I also could use firearms.

Wizard also has his fair share of cool stuff.

Juron Alteration Feats for Green Wizards :

• Green Wizard Quick Casting: You can cast Protection from Arrows, Enlarge, Enhance Weapon, Protection from Energy, Enhance Ability, Darkvision, Greater Enhance Weapon and Haste as move-action spells, rather than standard-action or full-round action spells.
• Green Wizard Advanced Specialisation: You cast Disintegrate as a level-5 spell and Greater Disintegrate as a level-8 spell.
• Disintegration Magic: You gain +1 on the Difficulty Class of the spells Disintegrate and Greater Disintegrate
• Green Wizard Improved Alteration: The enhancement bonus from your spells Enhance Weapon and Greater Enhance Weapon increases by +1. The enhancement bonus from your spell Enhance Ability increases by +2

https://www.heroicfantasygames.com/FWE/Pages/FWE_Wizard.htm

The green wizard seems so good. Alteration magic is the best spell for low levels. IMO Fireball is overrated. For example, if you are a low level caster, you can throw a fireball that can have the damage negated by SR, evasion and etc if not hurting your own party member or caste haste in your fighters and makes then far more mobile and deadly. same with lv 1 spells. Enlarge person is much more useful to your party than a magic missile. If Half Giant Gladiators has a tiny fraction of the power of the Dark Sun : Wake of The Ravager half giant gladiators, they will be the most common unity on my party. Mainly when they can be buffed with my magic.

And being able to cast great disintegrate as a 8th tier spell is amazing, since it frees tier 9 spells to be used to support the party. Mass Mind Blank, Mass Greater Heroism and Mass Transformation seems amazing party buffing high level spells.

I really wanna to play KoTC2 so much. It seems so interesting.

 

[Reinhardt]

OMG. Psionics + Spells + Armor. To make things even better, only if I also could use firearms.

Perfectly describes you.

 

[Darth Canoli]

So, I was in doubt between playing as a Wizard or a Psion since few games has psionics. Then I saw the Warlock and OMG. Psionics + Spells + Armor. To make things even better, only if I also could use firearms.

Wizard also has his fair share of cool stuff.

There is a good warlock NPC you can recruit not too far into the game, the best recruitable character from Augury of Chaos.

The green wizard seems so good. Alteration magic is the best spell for low levels. IMO Fireball is overrated. For example, if you are a low level caster, you can throw a fireball that can have the damage negated by SR, evasion and etc if not hurting your own party member or caste haste in your fighters and makes then far more mobile and deadly. same with lv 1 spells. Enlarge person is much more useful to your party than a magic missile. If Half Giant Gladiators has a tiny fraction of the power of the Dark Sun : Wake of The Ravager half giant gladiators, they will be the most common unity on my party. Mainly when they can be buffed with my magic.

And being able to cast great disintegrate as a 8th tier spell is amazing, since it frees tier 9 spells to be used to support the party. Mass Mind Blank, Mass Greater Heroism and Mass Transformation seems amazing party buffing high level spells.

I really wanna to play KoTC2 so much. It seems so interesting.

Well, some feats allow you shoot damage spells at your companions without harming them, that goes for the psionicist too, each feat only working for one spell though but well worth it for some of them.
You can also get very high casting bonus.
Spell Resistance is often an issue in chapters 3 and worse in 4 but it's the same for most spells, few of them can bypass SR.

As for half-giants, they don't get double HP like in Dark Sun.

 

[Pink Eye]

Don't forget! Mages and Sorcerers get access to Moon Transformations! Unlike other games. Moons are what give you powers! Say, Victor, you like Liches, right? Well if you're attuned to Nocturnal. You can become a Lich! Mwahah!

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Path to Lichdom requirements: Level 15 Wizard or Sorcerer, Nocturnis Attunement, Greater Spell Focus (Necromancy), 250,000 gold, 20,000 XP, 1 Star Diamond.

Effects: You gain 50 extra Hit Points and Damage Reduction DR 10/magic. You gain immunity to Death and Disintegration effects. You receive a +2 bonus to Constitution and the supernatural ability to avoid death. Whenever you take enough damage to kill you, you go unconscious with -10 Hit Points instead. You gain 50% resistance to cold damage and 50% vulnerability to fire damage.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Say, Victor

Bro he's called Meredith now.

 

[Dorateen]

Fire based spells are also useful for burning off webs and grease on the battlefield.

 

[Cryomancer]

Spell Resistance is often an issue in chapters 3 and worse in 4 but it's the same for most spells, few of them can bypass SR.

Thanks. I think that I will play as a green wizard when the game launches focused on buffing the party. High SR is the worst nightmare of any magician. As a alteration specialist, I can buff my party members and let then kill this monsters.

 

[Infinitron]

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...-revolutionise-old-school-crpgs/posts/3175575

Update #46: KotC 2 Version 1.13 Adds Difficulty Options, Encounters, Dialogue Options!

Hello everyone! Version 1.13 of KotC 2 Augury of Chaos is now available for download here for both Windows and macOS. The main changes are the new village content and new difficulty settings.

My attention was diverted too many times in April, so I couldn't do as much as I would have liked. Still, I was able to complete work on the difficulty overhaul. I also added a bunch of encounters in the village map. As a result, now the adventure begins on the road leading to the village.

Thank you Juhani for the awesome ideas for new dialogue options and skill-use options that can be used to reduce difficulty! I've implemented most of the things that you suggested. Also thank you Fred for the awesome village-encounter ideas! I've implemented at least some of them.

List Of Improvements & Bug Fixes In KotC 2 Version 1.13

• Added the four main difficulty settings from Easy to Very Hard, as well as a bunch of additional difficulty options: start the concentration bonus at +4, progressive death threshold, recover a percentage of Hit Points after each encounter, and expanded character-class skills.
• Added some encounters in the village and some NPCs. After dealing with the tax collector, I suggest you deal with the giant bees, then rest two times, then talk to the bailiff to start the main events. P.S. I know there's an issue when Zerria revives a dead or unconscious character. I will fix that soon.
• Fixed a bug with end-of-fight scripts and death scripts in version 1.12. My apologies for that issue.
• Fixed a crash in the editor when double-clicking on item slots, and other editor bugs.
• Monks with a Wisdom-enhancement item will benefit from a higher Dodge bonus to Armour Class.
• Added the script command 'Event Wait' when you simply want to display the main view for a while.
• Expanded the script command 'Set non-combat behaviour' to allow for characters leaving a map or playing a unique animation.
• Used a chessboard transparency pattern on the village's overlay layer so that we can always see the characters behind trees and buildings.
• When you defeat the enemies quickly and enemy reinforcements were supposed to arrive in later rounds, these reinforcements will now arrive immediately as the default behaviour (previously, the default behaviour was to end the battle). You can use the new creature-AI setting "Don't join fight if group defeated" if you'd rather have the reinforcements not arrive when the player managed to defeat all the enemies early.
• Fixed a bug with the character-creation interface not recording the sprite of new characters.
• Created new tokens for enemy kobolds using PVG sprite artwork, see Graphics/Tokens/Kobold-Enemy-Brown-1.png and the green and red versions. Also added Graphics/Tokens/Red-Dragon-Ancient-4.png, Graphics/Tokens/Gold-Dragon-Ancient-4.png and Graphics/Tokens/Efreeti-Blue-2.png.
• Added a bunch of new monster sprites: Hydra, Giant Frog in several colours, Evil Eye in several sizes and colours, Giant Snake in several sizes and colours, Giant Beetle in two sizes, Giant Scorpion in several sizes and colours, four new Elementals, as well as the Gargoyle, Mimic, Naga and Harpy.
• Added a couple of new pre-generated characters (please rename your own file Saves/CharacterRoster.cml before installing the new version, if you'd like to see the new characters).
• Fixed a bug with scrolling the view beyond the top edge.
• In the creature editor, 'effects' page, added a button to make it easier to add reduced-difficulty negative levels to creatures.
• Added some extra effects to the dialogue options in the first fight against Pizarra (in Chapter 1). See the options [Streetwise], [Archery], [Divine Champion], [Psionics], and [Arcana]. They all do some interesting things.
• Added a bunch of dialogue options to help in the battle against King Tribulus of the Green Goblins. For example, you can have your Half-Giant clear the rubble before the fight. You'll get even more help if you talk to the Elder of the Grey Goblins before the battle.
• Added a dialogue option to stun the Hydra when it gets summoned by the Lizardman King.
• Added a couple of Bard skill options that can be used when Pizarra summons the Ice Devil.
• Added new options in the fight against the Soul Sucker Mastermind. Notably, a Bard can use the keyboard instrument in the room while the fight is taking place. You'll have to move your Bard close to the keyboard and then click on the keyboard to use it. The effects are quite interesting! That's the first time I allow clicking on an activable object during combat, by the way.
• Added a Giant Spider Prince who can help in the fight against the Giant Spider Queen, if you use the right dialogue options. If you keep him alive, he will trade with you afterwards. He has two artifact weapons and a couple of expensive robes in his inventory that you can buy.
• The Genie will now help you in the Castle Gate battle, if you select the right dialogue options. But if you've sold the Genie's Lamp, then he won't appear.
• A Gold Dragon will offer to help you in the Castle Courtyard battle right after the Gate battle.
• Added more dialogue options in the fight against Aeromancers in the High Sewers.
• Fixed bugs with the Wizard feats Fire Magic, Cold Magic, Acid Magic and Electricity Magic.
• Fixed a bug with the 'Execute Script' scripted command.
• When targeting a spell, the game will now use a green text colour to highlight any allies that will be affected by the spell. Very useful when there are both hostile and friendly creatures in the battlefield.
• Fixed a sprite display bug when curing an unconscious character.
• In the editor, when mousing over a creature that has scripts, the tooltip will indicate what scripts the creature has. This is very useful when you don't remember which creature in a group has the End Of Fight or Scene script, for example. You no longer have to open the properties of every creature to look for it. The tooltip will also indicate whether the creature is a group leader.
• Increased the volume of the soundtracks Cave of Whispers.ogg and Well of Souls.ogg.

Next Steps for Knights of the Chalice 2

• Finish adding content & NPC dialogue in the village maps. Add a few extra quests in chapter 2 and 3.
• Implement the Barbarian Class upgrade. Add local-map screen. Add features suggested in forum.
• Create the tutorial module. Add module-creation info in guidebook. Fix any remaining bugs.
• Add feat-selection recommendations. Add the new feats / items / spells / features as promised.
• Read & reply on HeroicFantasyGames.com Forums, the Discord server and here on Kickstarter.
• Add backer names to the Credits Screen as appropriate. Continue working on the KotC 2 Steam page.

As always, I'll be very interested in any feedback and bug reports, so please feel free to post any comment here or in the Forums, or you can email me at enquiries@heroicfantasygames.com.

Thank You For Your Stalwart Support, Brave Knights of the Realm!! Rejoice! ^_^

 

[Pink Eye]

>Monks with a Wisdom-enhancement item will benefit from a higher Dodge bonus to Armour Class.
Very nice. Thanks Pierre!

 

[Brancaleone]

And here I was a year ago taking it for granted that the game would be on Gog by January...

 

[Dorateen]

Fixed a bug with end-of-fight scripts and death scripts in version 1.12. My apologies for that issue.

Yes! Time to set up a Nexus page for Hearkenwold!

 

[Reinhardt]

 

[Pink Eye]

Yeah. I can understand your anger too, Reinhardt. I've been trying to access the site to download the new patch. But keep getting the same error. Oi! You fucks, save some for the rest of us! You're straining Pierre's poor servers! Those poor hamsters are working over time because of you!

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[AdolfSatan]

I don't get why he isn't mirroring, even when the site isn't overloaded the dl speed is atrocious, and it's not like that's gonna help against piracy if that's what he's worried about.

 

[Cryomancer]

At least you guys can play KoTC 2 , pink eye, how strong are monks on KoTC2?

 

[Pink Eye]

Very strong. They get bonuses to grapple, making them dependable when it comes to locking down spellcasters. They have good movement, this ensures that they can reach troublesome enemies faster than other melee oriented classes. Monks are also super durable due to innate bonuses to saving throws. Furthermore, one of the few classes able to reach ludicrous Armor Classes - especially if you go with mantis. But I love mul monk because of extra feat plus more strength. There's lots of tactical play you can pull off with a monk - even in high level play where the playing field is dominated by spellcasters. In addition to all of this, Pierre also has cool things in store for monks after he's done with that Barbarian upgrade. Here's a sneak peak:

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I requested mirror image for monks. I love mirror image. A fond memory of that monk class kit from Icewind Dale.

 

[Cryomancer]

even in high level play where the playing field is dominated by spellcasters

Does the Monk has a transformation? Like a "ascended' type "Buddha looking" form? Casters get transformations, would be cool if high level martial classes also get it.

As for high level, I an playing KoTC 1 again and my DPS fighter can deal 2D6+14+d6 damage(I have a caster, a two handed fighter, a shield fighter and a cleric) with +27 to hit and I even din't had fully upgrated his weapon yet. with 4 attacks per round, he easily dish more than 100 damage per round. Even without spell buffs. With spell buffs, he can reach 150 damage / round.

 

[Pink Eye]

Nope. Martial based characters don't get access to cool transformations. Only Mages and Sorcerers get access to them. At the very least though, martial characters do get heroic feats. They're basically a much more powerful version of regular feat. Here's a couple of them:

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There's currently not that many. I am thinking more will be implemented.