KickStarter Knights of the Chalice 2 Thread - Augury of Chaos

[Darth Canoli]

Do they have special monk weapons that you can use for flurry of blows?

I suggested this some time ago but I can't remember if it's planned with low priority or just a maybe.

 

[Lios]

Yeah I restarted with a dwarf fighter instead of the monk, and a psionics chick instead of the bard. Wiped through the first village like butter so far, now I'll follow that deranged sword into the hag lair and then it's goblin attack + sewers time.

*I took a rogue again, a halfling one this time, for a two hander finesse sneak attack build. We'll see how it plays but I cannot not take a rogue in my party in an RPG.
(Also, party building is a mini-game in itself).

 

[Berengar]

Finally got a copy. Doing the tutorial now... this lady is going to be the only voice actor for the entire game isn't she?

 

[JarlFrank]

beat the module was okay. Monk had a bug toward end game where his damage dice broke dealing only his strength modifier in damage was not fun. High level combat is dumb. Skewer rapes prismatic spray destroys.

What is new, DnD + high levels = silliness. This is why Pierre's plans to make high level modules suck. F*** high level modules. Well, better something than nothing but it's still a shame.

I mean, he'll make one low, one mid and one high level module. So two out of three will be good.

 

[JarlFrank]

Finally got a copy. Doing the tutorial now... this lady is going to be the only voice actor for the entire game isn't she?

If by "that lady" you mean "Pierre's wife", then yes.

 

[anvi]

Still more voices than Bethesda games.

 

[Berengar]

Finally got a copy. Doing the tutorial now... this lady is going to be the only voice actor for the entire game isn't she?

If by "that lady" you mean "Pierre's wife", then yes.

I'm sure she's great but I dunno about the choice to cast her as my Half-Giant Barbarian dude named "Gorf"

 

[Serus]

Yeah I restarted with a dwarf fighter instead of the monk, and a psionics chick instead of the bard. Wiped through the first village like butter so far, now I'll follow that deranged sword into the hag lair and then it's goblin attack + sewers time.

*I took a rogue again, a halfling one this time, for a two hander finesse sneak attack build. We'll see how it plays but I cannot not take a rogue in my party in an RPG.
(Also, party building is a mini-game in itself).

I always considered bards in rpg as sort of thieves but with pretense to artistic talent.
Some crpgs even give them thieves abilities, for example Wizardry 7.

 

[Trash Player]

Do they have special monk weapons that you can use for flurry of blows?

Light weapons are able to FoB.

 

[anvi]

Is there a way to protect from Prismatic?

Spoiler

That Queen fight was brutal, did not enjoy. I won in the end but only by spamming walls to block it and reloading until I got lucky with my own prismatic. Crazy fight.

 

[Fireblade]

Is there a way to protect from Prismatic?

Spoiler

That Queen fight was brutal, did not enjoy. I won in the end but only by spamming walls to block it and reloading until I got lucky with my own prismatic. Crazy fight.

There's a level 8 wizard spell "Mass Protection" that gives everyone +8 to all three saves, could be useful against Prismatic in general, but I don't think you'd have it yet when you're at that fight.

Spoiler

I ended up pre-positioning one of my warriors in the area where the queen was going to spawn, dropped a silence on the area, then once she appeared, grappled her. Never got a cast off.

 

[anvi]

Is there a way to protect from Prismatic?

Spoiler

That Queen fight was brutal, did not enjoy. I won in the end but only by spamming walls to block it and reloading until I got lucky with my own prismatic. Crazy fight.

There's a level 8 wizard spell "Mass Protection" that gives everyone +8 to all three saves, could be useful against Prismatic in general, but I don't think you'd have it yet when you're at that fight.

Spoiler

I ended up pre-positioning one of my warriors in the area where the queen was going to spawn, dropped a silence on the area, then once she appeared, grappled her. Never got a cast off.

Nice thanks I'll try that!

Spoiler

I tried silence but she used the silent casting feat lol. I managed to 1 shot her with prismatic in one fight but the damn Prince died later in the fight.

 

[Fireblade]

Nice thanks I'll try that!

Spoiler

I tried silence but she used the silent casting feat lol. I managed to 1 shot her with prismatic in one fight but the damn Prince died later in the fight.

Spoiler

If you just silence her, she either steps out of the silence and starts casting, or uses Metamagic - Silent like you saw. But if you also grapple her, it stops her from moving out of the silence, and also stops her from using Metamagic - Silent, because you would also need to use Metamagic - Still to cast out of a grapple, and you can't use 2 metamagics on a single cast.

 

[Bara]

Anyone else crashing on the the fight right after the witches coven? Nearly win and bam crash to desktop.

This has happened a few times and I'm wonder if token art asset mode is any more stable. I notice slow downs also when all the threat area markers show up on the map when highlighting so I wonder if its just got something to do with large combats.

So far the only thing marring this game for me is the desktop crashes.

 

[Cryomancer]

This crashes to the desktop are quite common unfortunately

 

[whocares]

I will not eat the bugs. I will not live in a pod. I will not use 2FA.

 

[Tacgnol]

Bros, what do we use to free the genie?

The dialogue option to free him is green, so I think that means I have what it needs in my inventory, but I feel like I tried using everything and no dice. Also, what do we get for freeing him anyway?

Spoiler

You need the staff of reversal that you can get from killing the Crones.

He gives you a powerful magic item as a reward and you get some XP.

 

[whocares]

I will not eat the bugs. I will not live in a pod. I will not use 2FA.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Also, what do we get for freeing him anyway?

Crash to desktop

 

[whocares]

I will not eat the bugs. I will not live in a pod. I will not use 2FA.

 

[Fireblade]

Spoiler

Thanks. I even used the staff to free some necromancer nearby, but it never occurred to me to try it there. Side note for those who may stumble onto this in the future - you don't have to kill the crones, you can kill their champion and they just give you the staff. And you get to keep them as a convenient store.

Spoiler

Are you sure? I thought you had to either give them the Tome of the Dead, or kill them. Is it possible you gave them the tome, and got the staff that way? (Side note: there's reasons you might want to keep the tome...) Either way, there's not much reason not to just go back and kill the crones before leaving the sewers entirely.

 

[Tacgnol]

Re crones:

Spoiler

You should definitely kill them before you leave the sewers, once you head to the endgame keep area there is no going back. You get a ton of XP and various other goodies. Just buy anything you want from them before hand.

 

[whocares]

I will not eat the bugs. I will not live in a pod. I will not use 2FA.

 

[Replicante]

good item&enchantment combinations to craft that can be gamechanging can anyone suggest?

 

[Seigneur Locklear]

Anyone else crashing on the the fight right after the witches coven? Nearly win and bam crash to desktop.

This has happened a few times and I'm wonder if token art asset mode is any more stable. I notice slow downs also when all the threat area markers show up on the map when highlighting so I wonder if its just got something to do with large combats.

So far the only thing marring this game for me is the desktop crashes.

Have you by any chance turned on the "Determine targets of spread spells accurately" option? It sure as hell made my performance a nightmare later on, until I turned it off.