KickStarter Knights of the Chalice 2 Thread - Augury of Chaos

[Dorateen]

Dorateen, to find the manor i went in the forest path at level 2 barely geared party , manage to down one encounter of undeads exhausting every spells and half the melee hp. Then on the way back i am auto ambushed by 10 goblin wizard wiping out the party in 2 rounds,..

Level 2 is early to take on that goblin wizard ambush. The encounter is supposed to trigger before you take the forest path. It sounds like you were able to bypass that, but then on the way back it is unavoidable. You could use the Shift +WIN command to auto-win the goblin fight. It is just that one encounter, and if you are stuck, that is the best way to get past them.

 

[Mortmal]

Dorateen, to find the manor i went in the forest path at level 2 barely geared party , manage to down one encounter of undeads exhausting every spells and half the melee hp. Then on the way back i am auto ambushed by 10 goblin wizard wiping out the party in 2 rounds,..

Level 2 is early to take on that goblin wizard ambush. The encounter is supposed to trigger before you take the forest path. It sounds like you were able to bypass that, but then on the way back it is unavoidable. You could use the Shift +WIN command to auto-win the goblin fight. It is just that one encounter, and if you are stuck, that is the best way to get past them.

Ok that wasn't to clear quest says manor is the first step and there's not many ways around.

 

[Dorateen]

Dorateen, to find the manor i went in the forest path at level 2 barely geared party , manage to down one encounter of undeads exhausting every spells and half the melee hp. Then on the way back i am auto ambushed by 10 goblin wizard wiping out the party in 2 rounds,..

Level 2 is early to take on that goblin wizard ambush. The encounter is supposed to trigger before you take the forest path. It sounds like you were able to bypass that, but then on the way back it is unavoidable. You could use the Shift +WIN command to auto-win the goblin fight. It is just that one encounter, and if you are stuck, that is the best way to get past them.

Ok that wasn't to clear quest says manor is the first step and there's not many ways around.

Exploration is pretty non-linear. Generally, if you stick to the maps closer to the starting castle, you should be able to get a few more encounters to level up and some better weapons.

 

[Mortmal]

Dorateen, to find the manor i went in the forest path at level 2 barely geared party , manage to down one encounter of undeads exhausting every spells and half the melee hp. Then on the way back i am auto ambushed by 10 goblin wizard wiping out the party in 2 rounds,..

Level 2 is early to take on that goblin wizard ambush. The encounter is supposed to trigger before you take the forest path. It sounds like you were able to bypass that, but then on the way back it is unavoidable. You could use the Shift +WIN command to auto-win the goblin fight. It is just that one encounter, and if you are stuck, that is the best way to get past them.

Ok that wasn't to clear quest says manor is the first step and there's not many ways around.

Exploration is pretty non-linear. Generally, if you stick to the maps closer to the starting castle, you should be able to get a few more encounters to level up and some better weapons.

Ok thats what i am doing but you can very quickly ends up in high CR encounter, like the bridge, move in get attacked immediately . It's all trial and error and reload fest , one map 5hp goblins, the one right next blammo two displacer beasts 85hp each.

 

[Mortmal]

Ok something i noticed, there's one lone guy near a cave, sometimes a quest triggers ask for a memento , sometimes nothing happen and he just offer hospitality . I cant manage to get this quest again, might be a bug there. Same for the library area, there's a wizard on the bottom right of the map, but soemtimes it just doesnt appear either.

 

[Dorateen]

Ok something i noticed, there's one lone guy near a cave, sometimes a quest triggers ask for a memento , sometimes nothing happen and he just offer hospitality . I cant manage to get this quest again, might be a bug there. Same for the library area, there's a wizard on the bottom right of the map, but soemtimes it just doesnt appear either.

The initial conversation with the guy by the cave triggers when you approach in front of him, that is when he talks about the memento. When you click directly on the NPC, he will offer hospitality and a place to rest.

The wizard by the library, his conversation should trigger whether you walk in front of him, or click to talk to the NPC. After the conversation, he disappears. I will check that one again. Thanks!

 

[Mortmal]

Ok something i noticed, there's one lone guy near a cave, sometimes a quest triggers ask for a memento , sometimes nothing happen and he just offer hospitality . I cant manage to get this quest again, might be a bug there. Same for the library area, there's a wizard on the bottom right of the map, but soemtimes it just doesnt appear either.

The initial conversation with the guy by the cave triggers when you approach in front of him, that is when he talks about the memento. When you click directly on the NPC, he will offer hospitality and a place to rest.

The wizard by the library, his conversation should trigger whether you walk in front of him, or click to talk to the NPC. After the conversation, he disappears. I will check that one again. Thanks!

yes i found it its interacting with the icon enxt to guy that trigger the quest, then he moves other that and do not offer hospitality. So far found no other bugs.

 

[Dorateen]

Let us not forget to mark the passing of the one year anniversary since Knights of the Chalice 2 was released to backers.

 

[cretin]

was released to backers.

can you stop rubbing it in? Thanks in advance.

 

[Transfiguring Roar]

Does Pierre sell KotC2 directly? I'm interested in giving this a shot.

Edit: Thanks warcrimes666 and Tomas

 

[Pink Eye]

Let us not forget to mark the passing of the one year anniversary since Knights of the Chalice 2 was released to backers.

Every time I see that video, I wanna cry. This and Colony Ship are my favorite games thus far.

 

[Tomas]

Does Pierre sell KotC2 directly? I'm interested in giving this a shot.

Edit: Thanks warcrimes666 and Tomas

I am assuming you have read the review of the game on this site (if not you should read it before buying the game). Let us know how you like the game and good luck (you are going to need it)

 

[Transfiguring Roar]

I went and re-read the review... I think I'll wait until the second module is released.

 

[Mortmal]

was released to backers.

can you stop rubbing it in? Thanks in advance.

Dont despair, you'll get a lot more polished and tweaked experience thanks to us .

 

[warcrimes666]

I would still get it. Its an excellent game with the best ai of any d&d game in history. I still enjoyed version 1 quite a bit even though I had to cheat like hell to end up getting very far. At this point i think its approx version 1.15, its been tweaked in every direction and can be tuned to how you want to play so its far less of a factor. If anything I would only wait until this opening village area is complete, Ive yet to run through whats there now but it seems that will end up being an important part in priming your characters for the module proper. The module was well designed in my opinon or rather the encounters were intelligently and specifically designed to mess you up in a synergistic way (much appreciated in this declinatory era) but your party really needed another 2 or 3 levels in most encounters and it would still be a big challenge.

On top of that, we have Dorateen's module now. I'm not trying to fluff another member by saying its one of the best modules overall thats out there. For me, Hearkenwold is a combination of 1st edition, 2nd edition, and the old choose your own adventure style books. Its free form exploration with the kind of story and dialogue that allows your own imagination to fill in the blanks with plenty of punishing outcomes at the drop of a hat. On the other hand you can also play it in the Iceblink engine for free, which as an older gentleman like myself, may be equally enjoyable although the KOTC version has much higher combat difficulty due to the ai capability.

For the record, my party in current run is half-giant scythe skewer samurai, mantis gladiator, hill dwarf cleric, lightfoot halfling and deep kobold psionicists, and a moon elf red mage.

 

[Pink Eye]

If you do get it and play it. Don't forget to send Pierre bug reports if you come across any.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Pierre bug reports if you come across any.

Yeah I found a Mantis in Character creation.

 

[ProphetSword]

Count me among the people that wish I could have been around during the Kickstarter. Anyone know when this will be available for sale?

 

[NJClaw]

Count me among the people that wish I could have been around during the Kickstarter. Anyone know when this will be available for sale?

You can email Pierre at enquiries@heroicfantasygames.com to ask him how to buy a copy. The game isn't "officially available", but you can still buy it directly from him.

 

[ProphetSword]

Count me among the people that wish I could have been around during the Kickstarter. Anyone know when this will be available for sale?

You can email Pierre at enquiries@heroicfantasygames.com to ask him how to buy a copy. The game isn't "officially available", but you can still buy it directly from him.

Did not know that. I thought maybe someone might have heard something about when it would be officially released.

 

[Transfiguring Roar]

If anything I would only wait until this opening village area is complete, Ive yet to run through whats there now but it seems that will end up being an important part in priming your characters for the module proper. ...

That makes it sound a lot more reasonable. I think I'll go ahead and make the purchase.

 

[rojay]

Count me among the people that wish I could have been around during the Kickstarter. Anyone know when this will be available for sale?

You can email Pierre at enquiries@heroicfantasygames.com to ask him how to buy a copy. The game isn't "officially available", but you can still buy it directly from him.

Did not know that. I thought maybe someone might have heard something about when it would be officially released.

It's not completely bug free but I figure if I'm going to buy it at some point anyway, why not give Pierre more money than I'd spend if I bought it on release at GoG?

Sometimes I make rash decisions.

 

[Tacgnol]

Dorateen, playing Hearkenwold right now. Really enjoying it.

Only just hit level 4 but lots of skill checks in dialogue so far and some tough but fair encounters. The encounter design reminds me a lot more of the first KOTC than KOTC2 which is a good thing in my opinion.

 

[rojay]

Count me among the people that wish I could have been around during the Kickstarter. Anyone know when this will be available for sale?

You can email Pierre at enquiries@heroicfantasygames.com to ask him how to buy a copy. The game isn't "officially available", but you can still buy it directly from him.

Did not know that. I thought maybe someone might have heard something about when it would be officially released.

It's not completely bug free but I figure if I'm going to buy it at some point anyway, why not give Pierre more money than I'd spend if I bought it on release at GoG?

Sometimes I make rash decisions.

I emailed Pierre and bought the game a few days ago. It's the first game I've bought full price in a decade, but I liked KotC.

I was reading my way through this thread when I realized that while I am getting CTD pretty often, I'm not facing as many bugs as people experienced a year ago. Still, it's not anywhere near ready for a final release.

Pierre did a great job with the AI for combat, and I suspect there will be good modules released eventually. I wish the ToEE engine was as easily mod-able.

 

[Mustawd]

I wish the ToEE engine was as easily mod-able.

Dude, you and me both buddy.