KickStarter Solasta: Crown of the Magister Thread - now with Palace of Ice sequel DLC

[Multi-headed Cow]

The hardest part of the game is the very first dungeon with all the soraks. After that, the game gets progressively easier.

I had no problem with that, but I had my first TPK against the flying lizard wizard of infinite nukes along with his 5+ bros. Looks like the fight might kick off with a cutscene too so I'm not sure I can even catch them flat footed, but it's possible the cutscene fired because I charged into the room instead of sneaking. Not quite sure how I'm even going to handle that, feels pretty rough at level 3.

But phantom spiders are sneaky to, don't worry.

Those damn assholes. Got my thief leaping and climbing around looting the bajesus out of that room and then all of a sudden surrounded by bugs. Fortunately the normal spiders are pushovers, the phantom ones are the only hassle.

 

[Lyre Mors]

Pretty impressed so far at 4 hours in. Great combat, excellent use of the ruleset, interesting character interactions with alignment and characteristics. Obviously going to continue to reserve my judgement until I play longer, but overall, I feel it's been a long time since I played something like this, and I'm happy with what I'm seeing.

In fact, I'm not sure if I've ever played anything quite like this.

 

[Cryomancer]

Make sure you have someone with high athletics because you will need him to get loot because there is a lot jumping around without another way to get the loot.

OR jump spell/potion.

This is not something new. Menzoberranzan had parts which required fly/jump.

A combat that will take 5-10 minutes in another game it will take like 30-40 minutes in this shit.

Nope. Is more due 5E ruleset and slow animations than due verticality.

Тhis is the fight I complained about during early access too. This is the only fight in which the mobs do this, it is very annoying and wastes your time

If you hide and approach then from a privileged location, you can make the fight 90% easier.

 

[Larianshill]

Oh, wrong link. Here's the right one.

 

[V_K]

I had no problem with that, but I had my first TPK against the flying lizard wizard of infinite nukes along with his 5+ bros. Looks like the fight might kick off with a cutscene too so I'm not sure I can even catch them flat footed, but it's possible the cutscene fired because I charged into the room instead of sneaking. Not quite sure how I'm even going to handle that, feels pretty rough at level 3.

If you're talking about the Manacalon Ruin fight, you can totally stealth your way into position and get a surprise round. There are even some conveniently places nooks for your sneaky snipers. The cutsecene just plays during the first round then.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

I had no problem with that, but I had my first TPK against the flying lizard wizard of infinite nukes along with his 5+ bros. Looks like the fight might kick off with a cutscene too so I'm not sure I can even catch them flat footed, but it's possible the cutscene fired because I charged into the room instead of sneaking. Not quite sure how I'm even going to handle that, feels pretty rough at level 3.

If you're talking about the Manacalon Ruin fight, you can totally stealth your way into position and get a surprise round. There are even some conveniently places nooks for your sneaky snipers. The cutsecene just plays during the first round then.

Oh, nice. I was going balls to the wall just because everything had been reasonable up to that point and I was figuring if there were enemies I could stealth (Similar to the cultists, had my warning and then got sneaky) so I was concerned I'd be on even footing each time. I'll give it another whirl tomorrow and take advantage of that camp for a full rest to recharge my spells, and that combined with a round of free combat should probably do it. Wizard will still be a fucker but if I can cut down most of the regular mooks before he arrives/flies over that'll make things a lot easier.

 

[Bara]

Could you make a gif or something of what this looks like because sneak attack been 100% fine for me.

https://vimeo.com/556093062

Holy god thats awful but that's definitely not happening on my end. Maybe they didn't optimize for your cpu or something?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

What's the sneak attack bug?

Trying to shank the spider but ending up stomping it. Still works, but then the boots need replacing.

 

[Lacrymas]

Don't be so cruel, arachnid lives matter!

 

[fantadomat]

Buahahaha the writing is so fucking bad lol. So i have to find lizard thing head,i do side quests and end up fighting two lizardtards,then on the way to the "head" i get ambushed by group of lizardtards,but nah,we need a special lizardtard head lol.

 

[fantadomat]

Nope. Is more due 5E ruleset and slow animations than due verticality.

Ahhhh that is what i am saying,slow animations + endless running around and jumping and climbing = a shit ton of waste time. Tho at least the speed hack does work fine with the game.

 

[Cryomancer]

Nope. Is more due 5E ruleset and slow animations than due verticality.

Ahhhh that is what i am saying,slow animations + endless running around and jumping and climbing = a shit ton of waste time. Tho at least the speed hack does work fine with the game.

Why you don't put 200% damage taken and 50% enemy health? It would not make the game lethal as a 2E game, but will drastically increases the lethality of the game. You can also give bonuses to both(you and enemies) and make missing rarer. I will play authentic on my first run, but if I replay the game, I will do this changes to increase the lethality of the game.

 

[Reinhardt]

I will do this changes to increase the lethality of the game.

Of course. Or else your 4 storm arcanist elves pew-pew button can't be awesome!

 

[ArchAngel]

Reminder that the sneaky sack of shit who made the post about 'trans people' and is banning people left and right has been roaming around here as a patron and with a super-special tag.

Make me admin. It's time the Codex had some honesty.

No need. Just tell Resetera that he is a patron on Codex and see what happens..

 

[NJClaw]

Wizard will still be a fucker but if I can cut down most of the regular mooks before he arrives/flies over that'll make things a lot easier.

That piece of lizard shit is a real pain in the ass. I can't prove it, but I'm sure he is cheating somehow, he can't seriously have two hundred slots to waste on Shield and Counterspell. The best way to deal with him is to bait him into wasting his reaction on countering a weak spell and then throw everything you have at him while he can't use Shield. Usually a good arrow from a Ranger with Hunter's Mark is enough to break his concentration. Laughing at him while it crashes into the ground is a 10/10 feeling.

Buahahaha the writing is so fucking bad lol. So i have to find lizard thing head,i do side quests and end up fighting two lizardtards,then on the way to the "head" i get ambushed by group of lizardtards,but nah,we need a special lizardtard head lol.

The best thing about that part is that YOU ACTUALLY HAVE SORRAK BODY PIECES ON YOU, because they drop their stings and you can loot around three or four of those in the first dungeon.

 

[Reinhardt]

(((They))) gonna (((their)))

 

[TemplarGR]

Yawn! Just another isometric snorefest for wannabe-grognards. Now with trannies!

 

[Black]

This is unthinkable and cancelworthy. Only 3 sets of pronouns? What about the rest of them? Do you not feel for the marginalized victims? You are literally murdering all the troones that use different pronouns, erasing their existence.
Kinda based tbh.

 

[V_K]

The best thing about that part is that YOU ACTUALLY HAVE SORRAK BODY PIECES ON YOU, because they drop their stings and you can loot around three or four of those in the first dungeon.

Yeah, that's the weakest point in the story. Thankfully, it gets better from there.
On the other hand, huge respect to them for the final chapter acknowledging that resurrection spells exist in DnD and even making it play a big role in the story.

 

[Larianshill]

That piece of lizard shit is a real pain in the ass. I can't prove it, but I'm sure he is cheating somehow

I AM NOT CRAZY! I am not crazy. I know he added more spellslots. Three level three spell slots, as in half the level. As if I could ever make such a mistake. Never. Never! I just - I just couldn't prove it. He covered his tracks, he got those shields to throw me off. You think this is something? You think this is bad? This? This chicanery? He's done worse. That council meeting! You're telling me adventurers just kill mythical creatures, and happen to not bring proof?! No! They've orchestrated it! Soraks!

 

[Dwarvophile]

Buahahaha the writing is so fucking bad lol. So i have to find lizard thing head,i do side quests and end up fighting two lizardtards,then on the way to the "head" i get ambushed by group of lizardtards,but nah,we need a special lizardtard head lol.

so, in your eyes, all LIzards look the same ?

 

[Lacrymas]

This is unthinkable and cancelworthy. Only 3 sets of pronouns? What about the rest of them? Do you not feel for the marginalized victims? You are literally murdering all the troones that use different pronouns, erasing their existence.
Kinda based tbh.

Do the party members ever refer to one another with pronouns? Two party members talking about a third? I don't remember such a thing. That would be pretty difficult to implement with the personality tags I imagine.

 

[jackofshadows]

Yeah, it was a tough fight as some here were saying for a 2 lvl party. Were too many misses even with blessing and shit. Fortunately, my fighter did tank with his half-dead carcass quite well (used npc's stabilize cantrip like 5-6 times on him). This corpse-tanking reminded me of some other 5e based game... can't remember the title, it's on the tip of my tongue.

Playing on 4th difficulty btw, no extreme. Maybe will tune it up later if it'll become too easy.

 

[Lacrymas]

Torrents of misses aren't uncommon in 5E, that's why we've started experimenting with using 2d10 instead of 1d20.

 

[Larianshill]

I hate sacred flame so goddamn much