KickStarter Knights of the Chalice 2 Thread - Augury of Chaos

[NJClaw]

Not sure why you think I am trolling. I watched three longplay videos from yt, one of them on ironman. All of them basically used one tactic which involved spamming summons and aoe both damaging and cc. Their melee were useless, couldn’t hit shit and died/knocked out pretty quickly. Overall it didn’t strike me as something very tactical unless you consider blocking a bunch of enemies in the chokepoint and bashing them with one of the available aoes a pinnacle of tactical gaming.

I guess the experience with games so full of options and possibilities as this one will vary from person to person, but calling melee characters outright useless sounds crazy. In my experience, their usefulness heavily depends on their equipment (and, obviously, feats choice). Very few enemies can survive against a Fighter with Wade In and a good Skewer weapon. In any case, in this game melee characters are good at what they do: their damage numbers can get insane and their survivability allows them to hold the line. Things change in chapter 4 where you have to face 200 enemies at the same time and can rest semi at-will, but expecting melee characters not to get outclassed by casters at very high levels in a faithful 3.x adaptation like this is unreasonable.

 

[Serus]

Watched some yt gameplays, seems like the most valid strategy in this game is to spam summons and aoe. Meh.

"YT gameplays"? Some trolls don't even try these days...

On a side not, It seems very wrong. It's like saying "fighting enemies and killing stuff is the most valid way".
AoE are good, obviously, if you fight a lot of enemies at once but dealing with most dangerous ones individually is still a thing even then. Also AoE can be damge spells or disable/debuff spells. There are combats where AoE are less useful than others due to numbers and/or placement of enemies. Combat tricks are useful too and sometimes the best method to disable pesky casters or heavy hitters. You also "spam" melee atacks. Summons can be useful but certainly are not near a "most valid" way. In general strategies to defeat the enemies are more varied from battle to battle, in this game, than in most others (DnD and DnD-like). In many games (Owlcat, i'm talking about you as well) it is mostly about pre-buffing as crazy and just murdering the enemy with pure damage in hundreds of encounters with trash. This is not the case here, almost every encounter has something unique to it. If KotC2 has "most valid strategies" then many other crpg games can be played on auto-pilot in comparison.

Not sure why you think I am trolling. I watched three longplay videos from yt, one of them on ironman. All of them basically used one tactic which involved spamming summons and aoe both damaging and cc. Their melee were useless, couldn’t hit shit and died/knocked out pretty quickly. Overall it didn’t strike me as something very tactical unless you consider blocking a bunch of enemies in the chokepoint and bashing them with one of the available aoes a pinnacle of tactical gaming.

Chokepints? That last part is more than most crpgs can do, lol.

Claiming that melee are useless and die quickly suggests they didn't know what they were doing and is simply not true. Also you don't have enough slots with AoE disable AND damage to kill everything without melee users damage. Something is fishy here.

Can you post links to at least one of those YT let's plays, because i "smell deception" as Pierre's wife says in the game at some point.

 

[underground nymph]

Watched some yt gameplays, seems like the most valid strategy in this game is to spam summons and aoe. Meh.

"YT gameplays"? Some trolls don't even try these days...

On a side not, It seems very wrong. It's like saying "fighting enemies and killing stuff is the most valid way".
AoE are good, obviously, if you fight a lot of enemies at once but dealing with most dangerous ones individually is still a thing even then. Also AoE can be damge spells or disable/debuff spells. There are combats where AoE are less useful than others due to numbers and/or placement of enemies. Combat tricks are useful too and sometimes the best method to disable pesky casters or heavy hitters. You also "spam" melee atacks. Summons can be useful but certainly are not near a "most valid" way. In general strategies to defeat the enemies are more varied from battle to battle, in this game, than in most others (DnD and DnD-like). In many games (Owlcat, i'm talking about you as well) it is mostly about pre-buffing as crazy and just murdering the enemy with pure damage in hundreds of encounters with trash. This is not the case here, almost every encounter has something unique to it. If KotC2 has "most valid strategies" then many other crpg games can be played on auto-pilot in comparison.

Not sure why you think I am trolling. I watched three longplay videos from yt, one of them on ironman. All of them basically used one tactic which involved spamming summons and aoe both damaging and cc. Their melee were useless, couldn’t hit shit and died/knocked out pretty quickly. Overall it didn’t strike me as something very tactical unless you consider blocking a bunch of enemies in the chokepoint and bashing them with one of the available aoes a pinnacle of tactical gaming.

Chokepints? That last part is more than most crpgs can do, lol.

Claiming that melee are useless and die quickly suggests they didn't know what they were doing and is simply not true. Also you don't have enough slots with AoE disable AND damage to kill everything without melee users damage. Something is fishy here.

Can you post links to at least one of those YT let's plays, because i "smell deception" as Pierre's wife says in the game at some point.

No need being butthurt buddy. Fanboyism is cancer, remember this. Here’s your link: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqGduWyxd-C-Zc00kL0koLFBnM65omBSC

 

[Serus]

Watched some yt gameplays, seems like the most valid strategy in this game is to spam summons and aoe. Meh.

"YT gameplays"? Some trolls don't even try these days...

On a side not, It seems very wrong. It's like saying "fighting enemies and killing stuff is the most valid way".
AoE are good, obviously, if you fight a lot of enemies at once but dealing with most dangerous ones individually is still a thing even then. Also AoE can be damge spells or disable/debuff spells. There are combats where AoE are less useful than others due to numbers and/or placement of enemies. Combat tricks are useful too and sometimes the best method to disable pesky casters or heavy hitters. You also "spam" melee atacks. Summons can be useful but certainly are not near a "most valid" way. In general strategies to defeat the enemies are more varied from battle to battle, in this game, than in most others (DnD and DnD-like). In many games (Owlcat, i'm talking about you as well) it is mostly about pre-buffing as crazy and just murdering the enemy with pure damage in hundreds of encounters with trash. This is not the case here, almost every encounter has something unique to it. If KotC2 has "most valid strategies" then many other crpg games can be played on auto-pilot in comparison.

Not sure why you think I am trolling. I watched three longplay videos from yt, one of them on ironman. All of them basically used one tactic which involved spamming summons and aoe both damaging and cc. Their melee were useless, couldn’t hit shit and died/knocked out pretty quickly. Overall it didn’t strike me as something very tactical unless you consider blocking a bunch of enemies in the chokepoint and bashing them with one of the available aoes a pinnacle of tactical gaming.

Chokepints? That last part is more than most crpgs can do, lol.

Claiming that melee are useless and die quickly suggests they didn't know what they were doing and is simply not true. Also you don't have enough slots with AoE disable AND damage to kill everything without melee users damage. Something is fishy here.

Can you post links to at least one of those YT let's plays, because i "smell deception" as Pierre's wife says in the game at some point.

No need being butthurt buddy. Fanboyism is cancer, remember this. Here’s your link: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqGduWyxd-C-Zc00kL0koLFBnM65omBSC

Ok "buddy", I'll remember. Fortunately, the game I consider myself a fanboy is, perhaps, Battle Brothers. I have many complaints about KotC.
As to your example: ROTFL.
This is no ironman. Or legit play at all. Not because he doesn't chose the option. Considering the crashes that could be understood. He reloads the game. Also most likely cheats. See his character's life totals. For some chars they don't add up. For others is like he plays on "normal" and has very good rolls. Except I believe it didn't exist back then. Then go the suspicious rolls for (AoE!) spells at the beginning of battles, like the one with 4 x 30% in a row (chance of 0,81% i think). Possible? Sure. Unlikely? Very, considering other stuff he does. A let's play like this can't be a base for anything. Except the decision to never look at the author's other let's plays.
His melee have sub-optimal builds and "usage" but still do something at least early. And he likes of summons sounds legit. Poor melee = he needs more bodies.
What did you expect to learn about the gameplay from videos of a person who cheats? On Youtube.
Getting impressions of a game from youtube cheaters is silly. Making conclusions even more even from legit let's plays. Remember this, "buddy".

 

[PorkaMorka]

underground nymph has a point

The game may feel tactical when it is played but it doesn't look that tactical in videos because the person tends to rely on spamming RNG based disables

tactics: the science and art of disposing and maneuvering forces in combat

From youtube it doesn't look like there is that much of this involved, compared to games where spells are more limited in what they can do.

3 pure casters being mandatory is also a troubling sign.

 

[Serus]

underground nymph has a point

The game may feel tactical when it is played but it doesn't look that tactical in videos because the person tends to rely on spamming RNG based disables

tactics: the science and art of disposing and maneuvering forces in combat

From youtube it doesn't look like there is that much of this involved, compared to games where spells are more limited in what they can do.

3 pure casters being mandatory is also a troubling sign.

Agree. However this is of curse DnD though. Choosing the right spell for the right occasion and, especially in big encounters, aiming it where it can do most damage is also "disposing of forces in combat". And is often not obvious. It is like deciding where your artillery should fire.
Within KotC2 in future modules, you could further change the balance between melee and spellcaster in favour of the former. This way you'd need more melee in party, less spellcasters and in consequences less spell spam. Many potential ways:
1. No high level play at all, this is when spellcasters are getting most OP and are required most
2. Even less ability to replenish spells. Melee don't need to rest (mostly). The problem are not only spells themselves but the ability to spam them
3. Using more enemies with very high saving rolls or/and SR. Crude method but can work if not overused.
4. Adding encounters where spellcasting is limited or impossible somehow using special rules.
5. and more
Some of the above Pierre won't use. He has hots for high level DnD for some unfortunate reason so point 1. is moot. He seems to like the second one but people seem to not like it. Point 3. is potentially annoying as well and make for even more random play. Point 4. he could use (more), there are many possibilities story-wise or mechanic wise to do it. With the above you would be f****d in many encounters having the "optimum"(?) Augury of Chaos party: 4 pure spellcasters + 2 melee. A more balanced party would be required which means less spell spam and less reliance on spells in general.

 

[Mortmal]

underground nymph has a point

The game may feel tactical when it is played but it doesn't look that tactical in videos because the person tends to rely on spamming RNG based disables

tactics: the science and art of disposing and maneuvering forces in combat

From youtube it doesn't look like there is that much of this involved, compared to games where spells are more limited in what they can do.

3 pure casters being mandatory is also a troubling sign.

How having 3 casters mandatory troubling in high level classic D&D ? Been like that since it exists,in 1E 2E 3.5 , mages start weak and are godly in the end, since KOTC2 is some 3.5 hybrid leaning toward very difficult to impossible encounters it make sense in the end you will need those godly characters.
I read pathfinder 2nd edition is better for higher level play but yet to test it.

 

[Reinhardt]

This scantly-clad woman manifested out of thin air and softlocked the game. Did I just beat the game!?

member her. she do it to everyone passing by.

 

[Serus]

underground nymph has a point

The game may feel tactical when it is played but it doesn't look that tactical in videos because the person tends to rely on spamming RNG based disables

tactics: the science and art of disposing and maneuvering forces in combat

From youtube it doesn't look like there is that much of this involved, compared to games where spells are more limited in what they can do.

3 pure casters being mandatory is also a troubling sign.

How having 3 casters mandatory troubling in high level classic D&D ? Been like that since it exists,in 1E 2E 3.5 , mages start weak and are godly in the end, since KOTC2 is some 3.5 hybrid leaning toward very difficult to impossible encounters it make sense in the end you will need those godly characters.
I read pathfinder 2nd edition is better for higher level play but yet to test it.

What is "troubling" me is the high level D&D itself. Better avoid it.

 

[Sunri]

Damm this game leaves me speechless.

Spoiler

 

[Reinhardt]

underground nymph has a point

The game may feel tactical when it is played but it doesn't look that tactical in videos because the person tends to rely on spamming RNG based disables

tactics: the science and art of disposing and maneuvering forces in combat

From youtube it doesn't look like there is that much of this involved, compared to games where spells are more limited in what they can do.

3 pure casters being mandatory is also a troubling sign.

Agree. However this is of curse DnD though. Choosing the right spell for the right occasion and, especially in big encounters, aiming it where it can do most damage is also "disposing of forces in combat". And is often not obvious. It is like deciding where your artillery should fire.
Within KotC2 in future modules, you could further change the balance between melee and spellcaster in favour of the former. This way you'd need more melee in party, less spellcasters and in consequences less spell spam. Many potential ways:
1. No high level play at all, this is when spellcasters are getting most OP and are required most
2. Even less ability to replenish spells. Melee don't need to rest (mostly). The problem are not only spells themselves but the ability to spam them
3. Using more enemies with very high saving rolls or/and SR. Crude method but can work if not overused.
4. Adding encounters where spellcasting is limited or impossible somehow using special rules.
5. and more
Some of the above Pierre won't use. He has hots for high level DnD for some unfortunate reason so point 1. is moot. He seems to like the second one but people seem to not like it. Point 3. is potentially annoying as well and make for even more random play. Point 4. he could use (more), there are many possibilities story-wise or mechanic wise to do it. With the above you would be f****d in many encounters having the "optimum"(?) Augury of Chaos party: 4 pure spellcasters + 2 melee. A more balanced party would be required which means less spell spam and less reliance on spells in general.

just remove spellcasters

 

[Butter]

underground nymph has a point

The game may feel tactical when it is played but it doesn't look that tactical in videos because the person tends to rely on spamming RNG based disables

tactics: the science and art of disposing and maneuvering forces in combat

From youtube it doesn't look like there is that much of this involved, compared to games where spells are more limited in what they can do.

3 pure casters being mandatory is also a troubling sign.

Agree. However this is of curse DnD though. Choosing the right spell for the right occasion and, especially in big encounters, aiming it where it can do most damage is also "disposing of forces in combat". And is often not obvious. It is like deciding where your artillery should fire.
Within KotC2 in future modules, you could further change the balance between melee and spellcaster in favour of the former. This way you'd need more melee in party, less spellcasters and in consequences less spell spam. Many potential ways:
1. No high level play at all, this is when spellcasters are getting most OP and are required most
2. Even less ability to replenish spells. Melee don't need to rest (mostly). The problem are not only spells themselves but the ability to spam them
3. Using more enemies with very high saving rolls or/and SR. Crude method but can work if not overused.
4. Adding encounters where spellcasting is limited or impossible somehow using special rules.
5. and more
Some of the above Pierre won't use. He has hots for high level DnD for some unfortunate reason so point 1. is moot. He seems to like the second one but people seem to not like it. Point 3. is potentially annoying as well and make for even more random play. Point 4. he could use (more), there are many possibilities story-wise or mechanic wise to do it. With the above you would be f****d in many encounters having the "optimum"(?) Augury of Chaos party: 4 pure spellcasters + 2 melee. A more balanced party would be required which means less spell spam and less reliance on spells in general.

just remove spellcasters

Or make everyone a spellcaster.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Go to First Unread

Watched some yt gameplays, seems like the most valid strategy in this game is to spam summons and aoe. Meh.

"YT gameplays"? Some trolls don't even try these days...

On a side not, It seems very wrong. It's like saying "fighting enemies and killing stuff is the most valid way".
AoE are good, obviously, if you fight a lot of enemies at once but dealing with most dangerous ones individually is still a thing even then. Also AoE can be damge spells or disable/debuff spells. There are combats where AoE are less useful than others due to numbers and/or placement of enemies. Combat tricks are useful too and sometimes the best method to disable pesky casters or heavy hitters. You also "spam" melee atacks. Summons can be useful but certainly are not near a "most valid" way. In general strategies to defeat the enemies are more varied from battle to battle, in this game, than in most others (DnD and DnD-like). In many games (Owlcat, i'm talking about you as well) it is mostly about pre-buffing as crazy and just murdering the enemy with pure damage in hundreds of encounters with trash. This is not the case here, almost every encounter has something unique to it. If KotC2 has "most valid strategies" then many other crpg games can be played on auto-pilot in comparison.

Not sure why you think I am trolling. I watched three longplay videos from yt, one of them on ironman. All of them basically used one tactic which involved spamming summons and aoe both damaging and cc. Their melee were useless, couldn’t hit shit and died/knocked out pretty quickly. Overall it didn’t strike me as something very tactical unless you consider blocking a bunch of enemies in the chokepoint and bashing them with one of the available aoes a pinnacle of tactical gaming.

Chokepints? That last part is more than most crpgs can do, lol.

Claiming that melee are useless and die quickly suggests they didn't know what they were doing and is simply not true. Also you don't have enough slots with AoE disable AND damage to kill everything without melee users damage. Something is fishy here.

Can you post links to at least one of those YT let's plays, because i "smell deception" as Pierre's wife says in the game at some point.

No need being butthurt buddy. Fanboyism is cancer, remember this. Here’s your link: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqGduWyxd-C-Zc00kL0koLFBnM65omBSC

Ok "buddy", I'll remember. Fortunately, the game I consider myself a fanboy is, perhaps, Battle Brothers. I have many complaints about KotC.
As to your example: ROTFL.
This is no ironman. Or legit play at all. Not because he doesn't chose the option. Considering the crashes that could be understood. He reloads the game. Also most likely cheats. See his character's life totals. For some chars they don't add up. For others is like he plays on "normal" and has very good rolls. Except I believe it didn't exist back then. Then go the suspicious rolls for (AoE!) spells at the beginning of battles, like the one with 4 x 30% in a row (chance of 0,81% i think). Possible? Sure. Unlikely? Very, considering other stuff he does. A let's play like this can't be a base for anything. Except the decision to never look at the author's other let's plays.
His melee have sub-optimal builds and "usage" but still do something at least early. And he likes of summons sounds legit. Poor melee = he needs more bodies.
What did you expect to learn about the gameplay from videos of a person who cheats? On Youtube.
Getting impressions of a game from youtube cheaters is silly. Making conclusions even more even from legit let's plays. Remember this, "buddy".

Pretty sure those videos were made by Pink Eye. You could just ask him if he's still around.

 

[Serus]

[...]

Pretty sure those videos were made by Pink Eye. You could just ask him if he's still around.

You, know, once asked where someone who cheats with steam KotC 2 ironman achievements would brag about it - I answered "here". It was a joke then. Let's not make it reality. Besides if I was right about cheating, he won't admit it. If i was an ass and wrong, his answer would be the same. Either way I won't know.
Its not relevant. Wasn't him i had a problem with. Combat has its problems but is still good, even more so relative to other DnD 3.x games on the market.

 

[mediocrepoet]

[...]

Pretty sure those videos were made by Pink Eye. You could just ask him if he's still around.

You, know, once asked where someone who cheats with steam KotC 2 ironman achievements would brag about it - I answered "here". It was a joke then. Let's not make it reality. Besides if I was right about him being a cheater, he won't admit it. If i was an ass and wrong, his answer would be the same. Either way I won't know.
Its not relevant. Wasn't him i had a problem with. Combat has its problems but is still good, even more so relative to other DnD 3.x games on the market.

Well, I doubt he cheated, tbh. He's pretty hardcore and autistic from what I've seen. Besides, my main point was that whatever weird agenda you were pushing about underground nymph citing videos as part of an argument was off base. Whether you agree with the gameplay strategy or find it to be degenerate is irrelevant.

 

[Serus]

[...]

Pretty sure those videos were made by Pink Eye. You could just ask him if he's still around.

You, know, once asked where someone who cheats with steam KotC 2 ironman achievements would brag about it - I answered "here". It was a joke then. Let's not make it reality. Besides if I was right about him being a cheater, he won't admit it. If i was an ass and wrong, his answer would be the same. Either way I won't know.
Its not relevant. Wasn't him i had a problem with. Combat has its problems but is still good, even more so relative to other DnD 3.x games on the market.

Well, I doubt he cheated, tbh. He's pretty hardcore and autistic from what I've seen. Besides, my main point was that whatever weird agenda you were pushing about underground nymph citing videos as part of an argument was off base. Whether you agree with the gameplay strategy or find it to be degenerate is irrelevant.

You may doubt whatever you want, I gave my reasons and arguments based on the video itself. What you have, is very deep knowledge of his personality and the faith that autist Codexers never cheat.
No "weird" agenda and it is relevant. You can use other strategies than ones available in legit gameplay if you circumvent the rules cheat. Hard to make correct conclusions on gameplay basing on video with "altered" gameplay. Obvious really.
Lastly, the discussion wasn't about what is degenerate but what is "meh" and why YT let's plays aren't good sources one might think they are.

 

[Berengar]

This screen looks nice, if only the whole game looked like this

Yeah. Even being able to zoom in like this in game would go a long way. Feel like I'm teetering on the edge of needing glasses or something when I play at my native res.

*Maybe Half-Salamanders too - how do they suppose to look like?

My Sorcerer is a Half-Salamander and I just used that all red lady template lol

 

[Serus]

This screen looks nice, if only the whole game looked like this

Yeah. Even being able to zoom in like this in game would go a long way. Feel like I'm teetering on the edge of needing glasses or something when I play at my native res.

*Maybe Half-Salamanders too - how do they suppose to look like?

My Sorcerer is a Half-Salamander and I just used that all red lady template lol

I know the pain, i have bad eyesight and do use strong glasses. Don't use native res for this game. 1280x720 seems to work great for me.
This should help (if you need help) to make a shortcut to chose the resolution for the game, it will switch back automatically when the game is closed:
http://www.bcheck.net/apps/reso.htm

 

[Berengar]

This screen looks nice, if only the whole game looked like this

Yeah. Even being able to zoom in like this in game would go a long way. Feel like I'm teetering on the edge of needing glasses or something when I play at my native res.

*Maybe Half-Salamanders too - how do they suppose to look like?

My Sorcerer is a Half-Salamander and I just used that all red lady template lol

I know the pain, i have bad eyesight and do use strong glasses. Don't use native res for this game. 1280x720 seems to work great for me.
This should help (if you need help) to make a shortcut to chose the resolution for the game, it will switch back automatically when the game is closed:
http://www.bcheck.net/apps/reso.htm

Never heard of this before but this looks like it would be helpful for a ton of stuff thank you!

 

[rojay]

Anonymous Wife Scholar?

 

[Yosharian]

Alright, seeing all you guys suffer made me go back and get it working again.
Set it to fullscreen in-game for the best experience.

Hark, hark! Come and get:

AdolfSatan's
SMALL UI FIX

So, the issue with the game is that the menus have been designed on the very bizarre resolution of 1000x730, and while the game scales to your native res, the ui does not. Best possible solution right now is to make a compromise and get everything to run at that.
What this fix does is resize your screen, launch kotc2, then back to native after you close it.

It's set to run on standard installation directories and a 1920x1080 res. If you've got any other configurations, right click kotc2res.bat > edit with notepad and adjust accordingly, it's just 4 lines, super-easy to understand, no programming knowledge required. If something doesn't run, right click > properties > compatibility tab > check admin rights box

UPDATED LINK 2022
ChangeScreenResolution.exe goes to C:\Windows
kotc2res.bat goes to C:\Knights of the Chalice 2
KotC2fix is a shortcut, place on desktop or wherever

Alternatively, if you're on win 7, 10, or 11, go to System Settings > Display, and set everything to 125%

The link appears to be dead?

 

[Yosharian]

Yeah the game does not like the Windows scaling 125% setting, it is causing major issues with the UI, font etc

Setting it to 100% fixes the problem but fuck me I can't have Windows at 100% all the time

Edit: 150%, bizarrely, works fine...

 

[Butter]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1233530/view/3218393028150637708

Knights of the Chalice 2 Version 1.31

I managed to fix quite a few bugs in the last few days by having the computer fight against itself many times in the goblin-arena battle and in the final battle.

• Fixed a source of crashes in combat when the AI selects an opponent.
  
• Fixed a source of crash when the player uses a scroll or spell-like ability after having triggered someone's ready versus spell status.
  
• Fixed a source of crash when leaving a game while combat is taking place and then opening the Module Editor.
  
• Fixed the pathfinding of large creatures. In certain circumstances (the goblin-arena battle) they where crossing dangerous squares needlessly.
  
• Tweaked a few AI settings in the goblin-arena battle.
  
• The AI will now use the Coup de Grace action much more often when it's possible to do so.
  
• Improved the AI when a spellcaster is running out of spell slots or psionic power points.
  
• Improved the AI when the enemy is very far.
  
• Added the missing Help Entry for Break Enchantment Check.
  
• When someone's casting is disrupted due to a condition such as Prone (applied through a Ready Versus Spell action), any 'Damaged While Casting' condition on the caster will be removed.
  
• Casters who received the Quicksand condition through a Ready Versus Spell action will now lose their spell.
  
• When a character is knocked out during any out-of-combat situation (and not killed), he or she will recover immediately with 1 Hit Point.
  
• Fixed a bug with the AI using the Curing domain power spell-like ability on allies who aren't wounded or blinded.
  
• In the Tutorial Module, when you visit the merchants for the first time, your Quest Journal will be updated to let you know what the party needs to do next.
  
• In the Tutorial Module, added some text providing extra advice before the battle against the thugs who attack you while you're climbing the stairs.
  
• Fixed a bug when launching a Charge using the combat-actions menu on the left side of the screen.
  
• Fixed a bug when using the Counterspell option using the combat-actions menu.
  
• In the modifier-list help for concentration checks, changed "Caster level + 3" to "Caster level + 3 from Difficulty Options".
  
• Reworked the dungeon map of the Tutorial Module to prevent Filanthir from flying to inaccessible areas while combat is taking place.
  
• Improved the Help Entry about Game Options.
  
• Fixed problems with the difficulty settings. Changes made by changing the main difficulty level while playing will now be saved correctly.
  
• Fixed all of the Robes of Defence. They now correctly provide a bonus to Armour Class between +4 and +8.
  
• Fixed the reduced-difficulty negative levels on Smurgan in the Tutorial Module (Smurgan has only 3 HD so I've reduced his negative levels from 3 to 2).
  
• Fixed a text error at the end of the Combat Manoeuvres recap in the Tutorial Module.

Thank you, Valiant Heroes of the Realm! Enjoy!! ^_^

 

[Yosharian]

Did Pierre fix the bug with Paladin's CHA saves ability yet?

 

[Berengar]

• The AI will now use the Coup de Grace action much more often when it's possible to do so.