KickStarter Knights of the Chalice 2 Thread - Augury of Chaos

[Dorateen]

According to the nexus page, I have just reached 500 unique downloads of the Hearkenwold Adventure Module for Knights of the Chalice 2.

https://www.nexusmods.com/knightsofthechalice2/mods/5

I wanted to take this opportunity to mention since the initial release of the module in the Spring of 2021, there have been numerous changes including bug fixes, but also a lot of new content added. This is an ever expanding, open-ended, ongoing campaign that is made up of various self-contained adventures tied together by an underlying arc. I am working on the next part right now, and will have an updated version of the module later this year.

 

[Abu Antar]

Knights of the Chalice 2
Announcement
Knights of the Chalice 2 Version 1.68
Greetings, Brave Knights of the Realm! I hope you're well. Here's version 1.68 of Knights of the Chalice 2.

Here's the list of changes:

Graphics: Added new sprites for the Hydra, Male Centaur, and Female Centaur. In the module Augury of Chaos, the Hydra will now use the new sprite. The pre-generated character 'Khellendros' will now use the Centaur sprite.
Graphics: Characters with wings will now have their wings displayed below the character when Prone (previously, the wings wouldn't be displayed when Prone).
User Inteface: The game will now only offer to activate the Barbarian's 'Spirit Animal Scorpion' if your character can take a full-round action, or a standard action with the feat Wade In, or if your character is conducting a full attack.
User Interface: In the tooltip information of the Combat-Actions menu, the game was incorrectly displaying 'Standard Action' for the Feint combat manoeuvre when a character doesn't have the feats Improved Feint or Greater Feint. It will now correctly display 'Move Action'.
User Interface: Modified the Character-Creation interface so that the new Centaur sprites are selected automatically when you select Centaur as the race of a new character.
User Interface: When pushing Control + Left Arrow in a text box, the cursor will now move to the previous word. Pushing Control + Right Arrow will skip to the next word.
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug in the AI leading the enemy to use the spell 'Gust of Wind' against a Solid Fog or Acid Fog. Only 'Greater Gust of Wind' works against these effects.
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug when a creature was Pinned then Swallowed Whole. This would result in the game freezing.
Bug Fix: Fixed a display bug with the colour of a movement arrow not being correctly updated from blue to green in some cases.
Bug Fix: Fixed a display bug when failing a concentration check for a spell or power. For some spells, the game would keep displaying the expected amount of the effect.
Bug Fix: Fixed a source of crashes and other errors when playing with certain pre-generated characters, or any character that has an incorrect line in its intelligence settings (e.g. 'Use Blinding Strike' when the character doesn't have that ability. For some reason, the pre-generated character 'Conan' had that line in the character's intelligence settings, which was resulting in a possible crash when the character was Dominated).
Bug Fix: In the Module Editor, fixed the non-combat setting 'Prone' for characters using modular sprites.
Bug Fix: Fixed a display bug in the Script Editor when searching for variables. The list of results wasn't updated correctly.
Soundtracks: Edited the music track 'Angevin' to reduce the volume and improve quality.
Engine/Editor: Added support for Polygonal Activable Zones. Please see this Kickstarter update for details: https://www.kickstarter.com/project...-revolutionise-old-school-crpgs/posts/4015685.
Help Files: Added some links to the feat 'Melee Touch Magic' and the help for 'Caster Levels' in the help files of certain Cleric Domains. Improved formatting in some pages.
Please don't hesitate to email me at enquiries@heroicfantasygames.com if you find any bugs and annoyances, so that I can fix the game quickly. A saved game may be very helpful, too.

Thank You So Much For Your Support, Valiant Heroes!! Enjoy

 

[luj1]

@Dorateen I started playing Hurkaworld the other day, and I wanted to say I like it quite a bit.

This module is better than entire games

 

[Gandalf]

Hey guys, I've made a 3 hours short (if you're a strong hardcore player) mostly combat-style module for KotC2 called Gandalf's Encounters. I'm sharing the info in case you've missed the playtest in the official thread.

 

[Infinitron]

Hey guys, I've made a 3 hours short (if you're a strong hardcore player) mostly combat-style module for KotC2 called Gandalf's Encounters. I'm sharing the info in case you've missed the playtest in the official thread.

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...-revolutionise-old-school-crpgs/posts/4054208

Update #81: KotC 2 1.68 Adds Sprites & Fixes Bugs, Update on AI Voice, Link to Gandalf's Module!​

Hello everyone! In the past month, the main event was the release of KotC 2 version 1.68, which added to the game new sprites for the Hydra, male Centaur and female Centaur. Please see below for the list of changes in version 1.68.

In the last few days, I found some more bugs in the game and I fixed them (including one that can make enemy sprites disappear intermittently, my apologies for that), so a new version should be released pretty soon.

Voice generation with Tortoise text-to-speech AI​

After releasing version 1.68, I spent some time testing and training a bunch of AI voices using the Tortoise/RVC text-to-speech AI presented in the Jarods Journey youtube channel.

Voice files can be large in the WAV format, so I've just added some code in the game to allow playing them using the OGG format.

Here are some of the voice files I've produced: Narrator 1, Narrator 2, Dwarf 1, Dwarf 2, Elf 1, Elf 2, Greeting. Please feel free to comment if you love them or hate them. ^_^

Anyway, the idea is to have voiceovers for some of the dialogue of certain characters, and for the narrator.

New Adventure Module: Gandalf's Encounters​

I'm very glad to let you know about a new module currently being developed by Gandalf!

It's already playable and it may be released on Steam/GOG eventually as part of the 5-5-5 User Module Offer.



I've played through it and enjoyed the custom-made soundtracks and tough combat challenge. So if you're looking for a cool new adventure, please feel free to download it here:

https://gandalfsencounters.itch.io/gandalfsencounters

Gandalf is planning to keep improving the module, so if you have any feedback about it, I'm sure that he will appreciate it. Please email me at enquiries@heroicfantasygames.com and I will forward the message, or you could post in the forum thread about Gandalf's Encounters.

Congratulations and Kudos to Gandalf for creating the module, its soundtracks and graphics!!

List of changes in KotC 2 version 1.68​

• Graphics: Added new sprites for the Hydra, Male Centaur, and Female Centaur. In the module Augury of Chaos, the Hydra will now use the new sprite. The pre-generated character 'Khellendros' will now use the Centaur sprite.
• Graphics: Characters with wings will now have their wings displayed below the character when Prone (previously, the wings wouldn't be displayed when Prone).
• User Interface: The game will now offer to activate the Barbarian's 'Spirit Animal Scorpion' only if your character can take a full-round action, or a standard action with the feat Wade In, or if your character is conducting a full attack.
• User Interface: In the tooltip information of the Combat-Actions menu, the game was incorrectly displaying 'Standard Action' for the Feint combat manoeuvre when a character doesn't have the feats Improved Feint or Greater Feint. It will now correctly display 'Move Action'.
• User Interface: Modified the Character-Creation interface so that the new Centaur sprites are selected automatically when you select Centaur as the race of a new character.

• User Interface: When pushing Control + Left Arrow in a text box, the cursor will now move to the previous word. Pushing Control + Right Arrow will skip to the next word.
• Bug Fix: Fixed a bug in the AI leading the enemy to use the spell 'Gust of Wind' against a Solid Fog or Acid Fog. Only 'Greater Gust of Wind' works against these effects.
• Bug Fix: Fixed a bug when a creature was Pinned then Swallowed Whole. This would result in the game freezing.
• Bug Fix: Fixed a display bug with the colour of a movement arrow not being correctly updated from blue to green in some cases.
• Bug Fix: Fixed a display bug when failing a concentration check for a spell or power. For some spells, the game would keep displaying the expected amount of the effect.
• Bug Fix: Fixed a source of crashes and other errors when playing with certain pre-generated characters, or any character that has an incorrect line in its intelligence settings (e.g. 'Use Blinding Strike' when the character doesn't have that ability. For some reason, the pre-generated character 'Conan' had that line in the character's intelligence settings, which was resulting in a possible crash when the character was Dominated).
• Bug Fix: In the Module Editor, fixed the non-combat setting 'Prone' for characters using modular sprites.
• Bug Fix: Fixed a display bug in the Script Editor when searching for variables. The list of results wasn't updated correctly.
• Soundtracks: Edited the music track 'Angevin' to reduce the volume and improve quality.
• Engine/Editor: Added support for Polygonal Activable Zones. Please see this Kickstarter update for details.
• Help Files: Added some links to the feat 'Melee Touch Magic' and the help for 'Caster Levels' in the help files of certain Cleric Domains. Improved formatting in some pages.

Next Steps for Knights of the Chalice 2​

The next development steps are the following:

• Continue work on the encounters, monsters & scenario of the upcoming KotC 2 module.
• Work on additional sprites based on 3D models, and on modular sprites for Dwarves. Also look into story images and a possible upgrade of spell icons.
• Work on voice effects for Critical Hits & monsters, and on AI voiceovers.
• Implement new features such as new monster abilities, subraces, feats, familiars, items.
• Fix any remaining issues mentioned on Steam, GOG, heroicfantasygames.com, or by email.

If you have any feedback, suggestions or bug reports, please feel free to let me know here, in the Forums, or by email at enquiries@heroicfantasygames.com. I appreciate it!

Thank You So Much For Your Support, Valiant Champions of the Realm!! Rejoice

 

[FA7]

the open-ended design allows the player to come back to an area and try later if an encounter doesn't go that well. I think there are some items that protect against the gaze attack, which helps fighting those monster types.

Getting your ass kicked? Maybe come back later when you are perhaps a bit better prepared....

This or if you know what you're doing, go prepared, claim juicy xps and breeze through whatever you're planning next. Open design is best for both, newbs and veteran players.

 

[Dickie]

Is Pierre planning to implement Steam Workshop support?

 

[rojay]

Thank You So Much For Your Support, Valiant Champions of the Realm!! Rejoice

Those AI voices were worse than what he had before, and that is saying something.

 

[Jermu]

narrator's voice

"the spirits of the dead are now avenged" is all the voice acting I need

 

[Desiderius]

Question for the Mod creator

Welp, my lvl 2 party got ganked by the lvl7 Hellhounds on the way back from fighting the instrument thieves.

Dorateen, is this intended as a simple reload and come back or am I missing something?

 

[luj1]

Pathfinder fangirl already getting rekt lmao

 

[Desiderius]

Nah, I'm just getting too old for this shit.

 

[luj1]

Use your skills attained from playing the Pathfinder games

 

[Desiderius]

Already forgot them!

 

[luj1]

Do you have a Gladiator in your party? Who are your frontliners? Do you use Grease? With some positioning you can beat enemies who are 5 levels higher than you

 

[calgary.alberta]

Straight up I'm losing my shit. What character should I use in that list?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Straight up I'm losing my shit. What character should I use in that list?

Barbarian

 

[Desiderius]

Do you have a Gladiator in your party? Who are your frontliners? Do you use Grease? With some positioning you can beat enemies who are 5 levels higher than you

They caught me with my spells down from getting the instruments back.

Bard, Pal, and Mysticism Bishop can buff everybody up and White Wizard casts high DC Grease. HG Ranger and Elf Swashbuckler Feint Rogue can probably handle them with help from Augmented Elementals if I reload and save spells, but will save for lvl3 instead. Lvl2 vs lvl7 group is meh.

 

[Dorateen]

Question for the Mod creator

Welp, my lvl 2 party got ganked by the lvl7 Hellhounds on the way back from fighting the instrument thieves.

Dorateen, is this intended as a simple reload and come back or am I missing something?

Level two seems low to be in that area, but of course there is nothing stopping such characters from going there early. I would say at third level or higher the hell hounds would be a good challenge. So best to come back a little stronger.

 

[Darth Roxor]

You can return from the instrument thief area without triggering the hellhounds if you stick tightly to the left border of the map iirc. I know it's possible because the same thing happened to me.

 

[Desiderius]

Question for the Mod creator

Welp, my lvl 2 party got ganked by the lvl7 Hellhounds on the way back from fighting the instrument thieves.

Dorateen, is this intended as a simple reload and come back or am I missing something?

Level two seems low to be in that area, but of course there is nothing stopping such characters from going there early. I would say at third level or higher the hell hounds would be a good challenge. So best to come back a little stronger.

I got vectored there so feels like a gotcha, which is fine just making sure I hadn’t missed something. Wanted to find instrument somewhere to turn on Story Teller for Bard (and obv bonuses).

 

[Serus]

Dorateen can you remake your campaign in Skyrim engine, please?

Seriously though, I hoped that Gandalf will make the first fully made in KotC2 engine, campaign module*. It won't happen, which is a shame. I don't have anything against the author, doing something as large as a KOTC2 full module requires a lot of time. Also being crazy. However I still hope for some crazy people with too much time. Anyone? When I think of some shitty games with shitty engines that get hundreds of mods, full conversions or new campaigns I get angry and sad. I could muster the time but I'm only slightly crazy not batshit insane, too lazy and I only like to play in D&D-like games - I don't want to make anything D&D-like.

*No disrespect Dorateen, you are the the man but your module is, how to say it, multiplatform.

 

[luj1]

Two gladiators with Greater Trip and reach weapons. You will be in disbelief once you try this.

 

[Desiderius]

That's fine. Too narrow for my tastes.

 

[Gandalf]

It won't happen, which is a shame.

Hmmm, oh yes, it is some kind of possibility, but the other possibility is that the new content will show up before the end of 2024!