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Please add l'empereur Napoléon pronouns, I don't feel adequately represented by the current choices.
 

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Spiritual Weapon should allow an attack the turn you summon it, like in the source material.
They already addressed this somewhere. Basically it would require them to add a non-trivial exception to the entire spell system and they feel it's not worth it for a single spell (that is still worth using even after this involuntary nerf, IMHO).
 

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I recommend GoG Wallet Refund so you can support gaming without supporting devs who want to insult you repeatedly.
Or you could just sail the high seas :).

Why would I pirate it?

I don’t play games with loyalty oaths, especially loyalty oaths to evil empires bent on destroying historical cultures and peoples, mutilating children for pride and profit, and defaming anyone who stands in their way with genocidally-loaded language.
 

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Spiritual Weapon should allow an attack the turn you summon it, like in the source material.
They already addressed this somewhere. Basically it would require them to add a non-trivial exception to the entire spell system and they feel it's not worth it for a single spell (that is still worth using even after this involuntary nerf, IMHO).

But Expeditious Retreat has this exception already. You cast it, and you get a special sprint button you can immediatly use in the same turn. Why the hell isn't Spiritual Weapon handled the same way?
 

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But Expeditious Retreat has this exception already. You cast it, and you get a special sprint button you can immediatly use in the same turn. Why the hell isn't Spiritual Weapon handled the same way?
I can only try to guess, but maybe Expeditious Retreat somehow relies on the system already in place to handle the Rogue's Cunning Action. Or maybe they just implemented the Dash action in a more flexible way.

Spiritual Weapon probably relies on the system that handles all the various spells that create a movable object (stuff like Dancing Lights and Flaming Sphere), and maybe they didn't realize soon enough they needed a way to let those objects attack in the round they appear.
 

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Also please take the flat +3 to saving throws off the highest difficulty. I will finish your game in this for the challenge, but that slider is just retarded. As AC is not affected it leads to precisely what Meredoth said: On high difficulties you want your casters to be Scorching Ray bots, since forcing saves is a waste of time with +15% success chance for all enemies. It also makes offensive saving throw cantrips fucking useless.
Just remove it in the options?
 

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Title evokes the setting and ultimate purpose. Myzzrym defense is that the loyalty oath evokes nothing, which is the point.
 

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Such a charming game. Having too much fun watching my little dungeon gang talking and just acting silly. And the combat is just top notch.
 

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Such a charming game. Having too much fun watching my little dungeon gang talking and just acting silly. And the combat is just top notch.
My Lilura won't stop hitting on my Ontopoly every time he succeeds an Athletics check, and then she taunts him every time he goes unconscious. Finally a game that does romances right.
 

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Such a charming game. Having too much fun watching my little dungeon gang talking and just acting silly. And the combat is just top notch.
My Lilura won't stop hitting on my Ontopoly every time he succeeds an Athletics check, and then she taunts him every time he goes unconscious. Finally a game that does romances right.
If anything,the team banter is really good.
 
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So goys do u create party from start? or pick up NPCS?

What is pary size? Can the full party be filled with custom chars. or is it custom chars+recruitable NPCs combination?

If finesse wielding/dodge tank builds imba lulz broken like in Kangmaker? OR is it shield/heavy armor fighter the way to go for tank?

How important are the skills in getting content etc.

Does ranger suck ass? or is the animal companion more powerful than half your party early game?

Is there a casterish nuker with sustainability like warlock/kineticist?
 
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So goys do u create party from start? or pick up NPCS?

What is pary size? Can the full party be filled with custom chars. or is it custom chars+recruitable NPCs combination?

If finesse wielding/dodge tank builds imba lulz broken like in Kangmaker? OR is it shield/heavy armor fighter?

How important are the skills in getting content etc.

Does ranger suck ass? or is the animal companion more powerful than half your party early game?

Is there a casterish nuker with sustainability like warlock/kineticist?
it is full party creation from the start,four people is the max
 

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If finesse wielding/dodge tank builds imba lulz broken like in Kangmaker? OR is it shield/heavy armor fighter the way to go for tank?

Rapier+Shield Finesse fighter is slightly inferior to normal Longsword + Shield fighter, but a viable alternative. You trade usually around 1 AC vs the ability to use Longbows really efficiently and better dex saves. Fighter Archer specced into the longbow is really good.

How important are the skills in getting content etc.

Feels satisfying, I am getting extra loot and slightly better results here and there from rolling. Nothing major, as the most important thing you get from skills (access to all crafting types) can just be enabled in the difficulty selector if you fuck up. Just remember to have thief's tools proficiency on at least 1 hero.

Does ranger suck ass? or is the animal companion more powerful than half your party early game?

Is ok, slightly worse fighter. No companion, if you compare Ranger to Fighter Archer it comes down to minutiae, you trade spellcasting and some fun ranger abilties against the very strong action surge (double turn)

Is there a casterish nuker with sustainability like warlock/kineticist?

Nah, more complex casters are not in yet. Only standard Wizard and Cleric.
 

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Such a charming game. Having too much fun watching my little dungeon gang talking and just acting silly. And the combat is just top notch.
My Lilura won't stop hitting on my Ontopoly every time he succeeds an Athletics check, and then she taunts him every time he goes unconscious. Finally a game that does romances right.

That simulates inter-party banter in pen and paper D&D pretty well.

In my IRL group, my fighter is always ridiculed by our elven sorceress who thinks he's an incompetent brute. Meanwhile my fighter thinks she's an arrogant cunt.
As the luck of the dice would have it, whenever she's watching me fight I roll badly and then she scoffs "Of course that idiot failed again."
But whenever she's not looking I get a crit, great cleave, another crit, another cleave, crit again... and save the fucking day. But since she didn't see any of it she's like "Yeah right, he's probably just bragging, don't encourage him."
 

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So goys do u create party from start? or pick up NPCS?

What is pary size? Can the full party be filled with custom chars. or is it custom chars+recruitable NPCs combination?
Party size is 4 and there are no recruitable NPCs, you create your entire party. There are 6 pre-generated characters (one for each class) you can choose at the start, but creating a character is so simple and straightforward that you can ignore them altogether.

If finesse wielding/dodge tank builds imba lulz broken like in Kangmaker? OR is it shield/heavy armor fighter the way to go for tank?
The AC you get from magic heavy armor and shield is hard to reach with a DEX-based character. You can still get a high-survivability DEX character with a Shadowcaster Rogue or an Eldritch Knight Fighter, but you have to rely on spells like Blur and Shield.

Does ranger suck ass? or is the animal companion more powerful than half your party early game?

Is there a casterish nuker with sustainability like warlock/kineticist?
There's no animal companion, and the Ranger is a very good damage dealer. I'm playing with a Paladin (Oath of the Motherland), Wizard (Shock Arcanist), Cleric (Battle Domain), and Ranger (Hunter), and the Ranger probably did more damage than all the other characters combined. But now the Wizard and Cleric got Fireball, so I guess things will change soon.

All casters have high sustainability because you can cast cantrips at will and they do an acceptable job at occupying your turns. The Shock Arcanist is borderline broken, being able to upcast for free your blasts makes no sense.
 

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I went with Oblivion on my Cleric this time, it seems cool. Chill Touch is a better cantrip than Sacred Flame because you can't save against it. Too bad I didn't remember that and got them both.
 

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Enjoy the Revolution! Another revolution around the sun that is. Serpent in the Staglands Dead State Divinity: Original Sin Project: Eternity Torment: Tides of Numenera Wasteland 2 Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 A Beautifully Desolate Campaign Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Pathfinder: Kingmaker Pathfinder: Wrath I'm very into cock and ball torture I helped put crap in Monomyth


https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tacticaladventures/solasta-crown-of-the-magister/posts/3202698

Solasta 1.0 Dev Stream now live + Beta Branch Access!

Hello there folks,

We hope you're enjoying the 1.0 release of Solasta: Crown of the Magister! We're already hard at work on the next hotfix patch, although some issues might take a bit longer than the rest.

Solasta 1.0 Dev Stream starting now!

Come and hang out with us as we discuss the game, the journey up until launch and other nerdy things like game development. 10 am EST / 4 pm CEST, see you there! https://twitch.tv/tacticaladventures

Steam Beta Branch available now
1.0 is no reason to stop working on those bugs and fixes, and so we're releasing a beta branch for those of you who want check up the upcoming update on Steam! Just head to your steam library, right click Solasta, open properties, go to the beta tab and put the password SolastaHotfix

This will give you access to the beta branch asmolupdate which we've been working on for some time since the 1.0 certification process. For those who don't know, we stop working on the 1.0 about a week before the actual release to pass various platform certifications, so in the meantime we've been working on additional stuff.

Known Bugs and Workarounds
With the 1.0 release we've unfortunately run into a few annoying bugs, that we'll be working on to fix as soon as we can:
  • The biggest one is the black screen / clouds / crash when starting the campaign due to a missing video codec. Workaround here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1096530/discussions/1/2998794978528957168/?ctp=2
  • If you had mods installed before, your saves may not work anymore! Remember that using mods may cause issues with the game itself.
  • Some people are also running into Unity crashes (small popup with a "!" on top of a Solasta logo). Unfortunately this is due to the engine and not the game itself, but we'll try to see if we can do something about it! Most of them are due to hardware issues (low specs, overheat, overclocking...) so no promises here.
  • Some people are reporting issues with the Return the Sword to Merton quest. We welcome any save file right before the bug so we can investigate in more details!
  • Some beards and hair are not sticking to the characters face! We know about this and we're working on a fix
GOG & Backer Items
Due to the large amount of work needed to maintain several platforms and the fact that the Kickstarter originally only promised a Steam version, creating, testing and maintaining Kickstarter DLCs on multiple platforms was just not viable. As the GOG Backer Key was an additional reward we gave every backer on top of their Steam Key you won't have access to the Backer Items on GOG, only on Steam
 

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So, I went to create party and can't decide what last two party members shall I take. First two is wizard (plan to go loremaster, yes, shock arcanist and cool and all, but imo loremaster has more fitting flavor) and rogue (or maybe should I take ranger instead,but know jack shit about types of terrain + not sure if knock for wizard would be available earlier), but last two I was thinking about fighter+pal or cleric+pal or fighter+cleric. I also have no idea what domain to pick. Decisions, Decisions...
 

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