KickStarter Knights of the Chalice 2 Thread - Augury of Chaos

[Desiderius]

Holy Mary Mother of God. The amount of fire elementals you have to fight after resting in that cave is pretty freaking hilarious.

Turning Domain + Improved Turning

(they're pretty weak anyway)

They also kill the Spiders so if you want to do that yourselves it's easier to save that part until a little later. One thing that can still kill you is not bring a Ranger or Flying Familiar to the previous fight tho.

 

[Serus]

Holy Mary Mother of God. The amount of fire elementals you have to fight after resting in that cave is pretty freaking hilarious.

Turning Domain + Improved Turning

(they're pretty weak anyway)

They also kill the Spiders so if you want to do that yourselves it's easier to save that part until a little later. One thing that can still kill you is not bring a Ranger or Flying Familiar to the previous fight tho.

Since the +initiative familiar is a flying one most parties will (or at least should) have it.

 

[Pink Eye]

Not me. I got a toad! :D

That green toad gonna carry to me victory with its strong arms

 

[warcrimes666]

AdolfSatan
Probably you have already started and have reference but here is a link to an excellent resource, the rpg.rem.uz archive, it has pretty much every book for almost every rpg:

Spoiler

https://the-eye.eu/public/Books/rpg.rem.uz/Dungeons & Dragons/

Its too bad 2nd edition compendiums are mostly black and white but the cover art is really good and especially the ravenloft and dark sun books would be cool.

Thanks to you and whoever else is able to work on it. Im on the road unfortunately but looking forward to the output.

 

[Serus]

Not me. I got a toad! :D

That green toad gonna carry to me victory with its strong arms

But... but...What did you do to poor Driaghan? He is a water elemental not a swampy-shitty one.

 

[Pink Eye]

So I managed to repel the goblin invasion but didn't get my achievement for doing so on the "Archmage Mode" I did get the other achievements though. Has anyone else experienced this? Or am I somehow missing something? All my characters started at level 1 and I double, no, TRIPLE, checked I had the difficulty selected before starting Augury of Chaos.

 

[AdolfSatan]

AdolfSatan
Probably you have already started and have reference but here is a link to an excellent resource, the rpg.rem.uz archive, it has pretty much every book for almost every rpg:

Spoiler

https://the-eye.eu/public/Books/rpg.rem.uz/Dungeons & Dragons/

Its too bad 2nd edition compendiums are mostly black and white but the cover art is really good and especially the ravenloft and dark sun books would be cool.

Thanks to you and whoever else is able to work on it. Im on the road unfortunately but looking forward to the output.

Thanks for the link!
Unfortunately, I consulted with the in-house specialist in PnP lore (Zed), and indeed… All the cool drawings are from the b/w era. Gathering enough good —and consistent— color paintings would be an enormous and maybe not even fruitful task.
But I realized there's a much simpler solution out there, one we even have online browsers for: MTG art. The old cards feature some fantastic illustrations that can span the entire bestiary.
Yeah, that's it, we're gonna steal from WOTC.

If you provide square ones I can convert them to circles later on. Since last time I posted tokens I think I've mastered circle conversion technology, and now get nice unified look :D

It won't be as simple as converting from square to circle, but it's not that far either: looking for a replacement image in the MTG database and importing it to the token creator.
I've already weeded out the tokens into the ones that need to be changed (vs the one that one could consider doing in a distant future), broke the remainders into manageable chunks, and devised the workloads so that it won't feel overwhelming for anyone.

 

[Serus]

AdolfSatan
Probably you have already started and have reference but here is a link to an excellent resource, the rpg.rem.uz archive, it has pretty much every book for almost every rpg:

Spoiler

https://the-eye.eu/public/Books/rpg.rem.uz/Dungeons & Dragons/

Its too bad 2nd edition compendiums are mostly black and white but the cover art is really good and especially the ravenloft and dark sun books would be cool.

Thanks to you and whoever else is able to work on it. Im on the road unfortunately but looking forward to the output.

Thanks for the link!
Unfortunately, I consulted with the in-house specialist in PnP lore (Zed), and indeed… All the cool drawings are from the b/w era. Gathering enough good —and consistent— color paintings would be an enormous and maybe not even fruitful task.
But I realized there's a much simpler solution out there, one we even have online browsers for: MTG art. The old cards feature some fantastic illustrations that can span the entire bestiary.
Yeah, that's it, we're gonna steal from WOTC.

If you provide square ones I can convert them to circles later on. Since last time I posted tokens I think I've mastered circle conversion technology, and now get nice unified look :D

It won't be as simple as converting from square to circle, but it's not that far either: looking for a replacement image in the MTG database and importing it to the token creator.
I've already weeded out the tokens into the ones that need to be changed (vs the one that one could consider doing in a distant future), broke the remainders into manageable chunks, and devised the workloads so that it won't feel overwhelming for anyone.

The problem with mtg cards is that were made by many authors and their style changed over the years but limiting cards to only some period might work.

 

[Desiderius]

Holy Mary Mother of God. The amount of fire elementals you have to fight after resting in that cave is pretty freaking hilarious.

Turning Domain + Improved Turning

(they're pretty weak anyway)

They also kill the Spiders so if you want to do that yourselves it's easier to save that part until a little later. One thing that can still kill you is not bring a Ranger or Flying Familiar to the previous fight tho.

Since the +initiative familiar is a flying one most parties will (or at least should) have it.

I took the Cat for Search and Reflex (and didn’t have Ranger this time) and nearly wiped lol.

 

[Desiderius]

AdolfSatan
Probably you have already started and have reference but here is a link to an excellent resource, the rpg.rem.uz archive, it has pretty much every book for almost every rpg:

Spoiler

https://the-eye.eu/public/Books/rpg.rem.uz/Dungeons & Dragons/

Its too bad 2nd edition compendiums are mostly black and white but the cover art is really good and especially the ravenloft and dark sun books would be cool.

Thanks to you and whoever else is able to work on it. Im on the road unfortunately but looking forward to the output.

Thanks for the link!
Unfortunately, I consulted with the in-house specialist in PnP lore (Zed), and indeed… All the cool drawings are from the b/w era. Gathering enough good —and consistent— color paintings would be an enormous and maybe not even fruitful task.
But I realized there's a much simpler solution out there, one we even have online browsers for: MTG art. The old cards feature some fantastic illustrations that can span the entire bestiary.
Yeah, that's it, we're gonna steal from WOTC.

If you provide square ones I can convert them to circles later on. Since last time I posted tokens I think I've mastered circle conversion technology, and now get nice unified look :D

It won't be as simple as converting from square to circle, but it's not that far either: looking for a replacement image in the MTG database and importing it to the token creator.
I've already weeded out the tokens into the ones that need to be changed (vs the one that one could consider doing in a distant future), broke the remainders into manageable chunks, and devised the workloads so that it won't feel overwhelming for anyone.

Hey it worked for Guild Wars IIRC.

Too bad there’s not enough Richard Kane Ferguson and Rebecca Guys art to do the whole thing.

 

[Lios]

But I realized there's a much simpler solution out there, one we even have online browsers for: MTG art. The old cards feature some fantastic illustrations that can span the entire bestiary.
Yeah, that's it, we're gonna steal from WOTC.

Nexusmods has this token pack: https://www.nexusmods.com/knightsofthechalice2/mods/4
which in turn has various token art files from various games/oil paintings etc.
One of those files ("G" I believe) has a lot of magic the gathering art, if I'm not mistaken.
Great art, the only "problem" is that the tokens are square.

 

[AdolfSatan]

The issue with that pack is in the lack of curation and, more importantly, the fact that they haven't been named to replace the already existing ones bundled with the game.
If anything, I'd say the problem with KOTC2 is not so much the lack, but the excess of choice. Pierre simply went, bought as many cheap tokens as possible, and flooded the folder with shitloads of crappy art, and that pack only adds to the issue.
A smaller, more tasteful palette would have been better; but it's done, and this is what we have to work it.

The problem with mtg cards is that were made by many authors and their style changed over the years but limiting cards to only some period might work.

That's the idea. I'm writing the guidelines on what to pick (where possible) to make consistency easier. Furthermore, I intend to review the submissions by batches to fine tune the choice criteria.

 

[Jermu]

It feels like normal difficulty is little bit too generous with feats/attribute points think Im switching to hard.

Also I would prefer if there would be an option to save in the middle of combat. Not to make it easier but getting crashes / AI getting stuck after 30min of battle is not fun (just now enemy trying to run + cast dispel but got stuck because of quicksand)

 

[Tweed]

Jackpot. Now let's see if I'm patient enough to learn how to use all this junk.

 

[Tweed]

WHAT POWER!

 

[Serus]

WHAT POWER!

Did you steal the next Vogel's game map?

 

[Pink Eye]

It feels like normal difficulty is little bit too generous with feats/attribute points think Im switching to hard.

Isn't there a way to disable that feature in settings under difficulty? Just do that if you don't want bonus feats or attributes. Rather then increasing difficulty and finding yourself in a situation you're unprepared for.

 

[Darth Roxor]

i like how the tutorial to this game is more involved than many rpgs out there

 

[Pink Eye]

Well that was a lot easier than anticipated, but "easy" is relative in this game. Anyways, with the extra companions you get as well as the prologue quests you're pretty much guaranteed to be overleveled for the first chapter. Didn't even have enough gold to get everyone leveled up. I think this is the first time I've ever managed to get my party past chapter one without them all being half dead or worse, lol. No clue how we'll fare in later chapters though. Also didn't get any of the Archmage Achievements for beating Yanos's group either, but that's okay.

 

[Jermu]

Logic Master

If someone wants answers for that puzzle:

Spoiler

last word is stab

 

[Darth Roxor]

Finished the tutorial. He should put it up as a free demo tbh because that's more or less what it is, and I'm sure it would make a lot of people much less hesitant about getting this game.

Now to wait for the latest patch to go up on his site so I can check the real deal.

 

[Jermu]

Spider queen does not spawn if u ally yourself with prince? Or maybe it got bugged.

 

[Tweed]

Spider queen does not spawn if u ally yourself with prince? Or maybe it got bugged.

No, she spawns if you take out all the spiders in the room or after three turns pass, whichever comes first.

 

[Darth Canoli]

i'm only angery because with this price he killed potential modding community before it even started.

So what?
All of the retards have been filtered, no gay romance mods, that's a plus in my book.
Besides, there's already a great mod, you should feel lucky, incline modules take time to produce but they're coming.
We're lucky Dorateen started to port Hearkenwold to KotC 2 right off the bat.

I consider Disco Elysium a masterpiece and I pledged 500 bucks to the KotC2 Kickstarter and think it was worth it

In just one sentence, I want to drown you in the bog and then give you a medal posthumously.

 

[Serus]

Anyone has encountered a bug with one of the lieutenants in act 1? Thogar, i think, is the name. He is in the room south of the main one with Pizarra and where the sacrifice takes. In my game he register as ally, i can move him but not attack, there are some graphical artefacts but the combat ends like normal, he just isn't killed. Is it a one time bug in my game or something went wrong in the last update (1.33)?