KickStarter Solasta: Crown of the Magister Thread - now with Palace of Ice sequel DLC

[Grampy_Bone]

somebody forgot to tell that to Baldur's Gate, one of the best D&D campaigns in a videogame I can think of.

The level cap was a major flaw. You hit the XP cap long before the endgame. No PnP player would stand for that. Some of the earliest mods removed the cap.

Level caps in general are super gay and major decline.

Most 5E pre-written campaigns end at around lvl 10 too.

All the more reason why 5E sucks.

 

[NJClaw]

Somebody forgot to tell that to Baldur's Gate, one of the best D&D campaigns in a videogame I can think of.

Most 5E pre-written campaigns end at around lvl 10 too.

I wouldn't say "most" of them.

You have Curse of Strahd which ends at level 10, Storm King's Thunder and Tomb of Annihilation which end at level 11, and Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden and Ghosts of Saltmarsh which end at level 12. That's 4 adventures.

On the other hand, you have Tyranny of Dragons, Princes of the Apocalypse, and Out of the Abyss all ending at level 15. Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus ends at level 13, Dungeon of the Mad Mage at level 20. Candlekeep Mysteries has adventures up to level 16.

 

[whocares]

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

 

[whydoibother]

Like, motherfucker, the only reason to put that shit in is to appease the journo neonheads. They already got buttblasted by the reviewtards. Why add this degeneracy now?

(just to be clear, this thing wasn't in the backer build)

Imagine getting triggered by pronouns like you are some kind of snowflake tranny LMAO

 

[Strange Fellow]

To the two posters above: read your username back to yourself.

 

[whocares]

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

 

[Lacrymas]

I wouldn't say "most" of them.

You have Curse of Strahd which ends at level 10, Storm King's Thunder and Tomb of Annihilation which end at level 11, and Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden and Ghosts of Saltmarsh which end at level 12. That's 4 adventures.

On the other hand, you have Tyranny of Dragons, Princes of the Apocalypse, and Out of the Abyss all ending at level 15. Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus ends at level 13, Dungeon of the Mad Mage at level 20. Candlekeep Mysteries has adventures up to level 16.

There's also Dragon of Icespire Peak, Dragon Heist, and Lost Mine of Phendelver.

 

[Cryomancer]

The level cap was a major flaw. You hit the XP cap long before the endgame. No PnP player would stand for that. Some of the earliest mods removed the cap.(...)
All the more reason why 5E sucks.

They said that the lv cap is due resources limitations. But I agree with you. I would prefer if Solasta was more akin to KoTC2 IE - 3.5E OGL and higher level content, but is just my preference. I an glad that we have a game for "dungeon & kobolds 5E fans".

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Started the game and this game is fascist!!! I can chose only she, he and they as pronoun. Why not milorde???

 

[Ontopoly]

Like, motherfucker, the only reason to put that shit in is to appease the journo neonheads. They already got buttblasted by the reviewtards. Why add this degeneracy now?

(just to be clear, this thing wasn't in the backer build)

Because adding it takes little effort and will probably get them a couple extra customers who this appeals to. Or maybe they just believe in the cause. It's always possible.

 

[NJClaw]

I wouldn't say "most" of them.

You have Curse of Strahd which ends at level 10, Storm King's Thunder and Tomb of Annihilation which end at level 11, and Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden and Ghosts of Saltmarsh which end at level 12. That's 4 adventures.

On the other hand, you have Tyranny of Dragons, Princes of the Apocalypse, and Out of the Abyss all ending at level 15. Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus ends at level 13, Dungeon of the Mad Mage at level 20. Candlekeep Mysteries has adventures up to level 16.

There's also Dragon of Icespire Peak, Dragon Heist, and Lost Mine of Phendelver.

None of which ends around level 10.

 

[Bara]

(just to be clear, this thing wasn't in the backer build)

If it wasn't in the backerbuild then do they even refer to your characters by gender at any point?

 

[Elex]

But what are the reasons most campaigns end that early? Is it because it's hard to maintain a group that long? Is it because the game gets more and more complicated at that point and it's harder to manage all your spells/abilities/crunch the numbers? Because a video game would remove both of those problems. It seems that the best place to experience high level dnd campaigns is in a video game. Why would people in tabletop not experiencing that content have any impact on how a video game should be designed? You play it solo so you don't have to maintain a group and scheduling, and the computer keeps track of and calculates all the higher numbers and keeps track of the increased amount of enemies and larger battles. Getting a dnd campaign to high levels is a challenge but video games shouldn't reflect that, they should compensate for that. Let me experience everything I can't experience otherwise. There's all this dnd content I wouldn't be able to experience without the video games

It’s harder DM side: player become capable of solve everything.

 

[Lacrymas]

None of which ends around level 10.

I should've said up to around lvl 10ish. It just goes to show there are full campaigns that end even earlier.

 

[V_K]

Bad: Level design

That's not what I said. I liked level design, I just thought that some (non-combat) aspects of it could be better.

Bad: audio-visual presentation (including UI)

Again, I was not praising the UI for how it looks, but for how it works. I didn't mind how it looks though.

 

[NJClaw]

(just to be clear, this thing wasn't in the backer build)

If it wasn't in the backerbuild then do they even refer to your characters by gender at any point?

I very much hope so... if they don't refer to my favorite character using her favorite pronouns I'm going to be royally pissed:

 

[V_K]

if they don't refer to my favorite character using her favorite pronouns I'm going to be royally pissed

Shouldn't you start with yourself?

 

[NJClaw]

None of which ends around level 10.

I should've said up to around lvl 10ish. It just goes to show there are full campaigns that end even earlier.

While I agree that campaigns that ends even at level 4 are perfectly fine, Lost Mine of Phandelver and Dragon of Icespire Peak don't really count because they're basically introductory adventures. Dragon Heist is perfectly fine on its own, but it's not a "full" campaign since it ends with Dungeon of the Mad Mage.

 

[Cryomancer]

It’s harder DM side: player become capable of solve everything.

Nah, it is a problem on 5E where monsters doesn't have a lot of nasty abilities. KoTC2 allows you to even become a lv 20 lich and the game is pretty dan hard.

Because adding it takes little effort and will probably get them a couple extra customers who this appeals to. Or maybe they just believe in the cause. It's always possible.

I identify myself as a vampire lord and the government needs to give a large castle and hundreds of servants to me. Otherwise the society is vampirelordfobic!!! And my pronoun is Milord.

 

[Ontopoly]

(just to be clear, this thing wasn't in the backer build)

If it wasn't in the backerbuild then do they even refer to your characters by gender at any point?

I very much hope so... if they don't refer to my favorite character using her favorite pronouns I'm going to be royally pissed:

Show us the rest of the squad

 

[Ontopoly]

I identify myself as a vampire lord and the government needs to give a large castle and hundreds of servants to me. Otherwise the society is vampirelordfobic!!! And my pronoun is Milord.

Not as reasonable as adding a "they" and you're only one person so they don't give a fuck.

 

[Removal]

I thought I'd hate the UI, but it works pretty well in terms of keeping shit simple and making sure combat flows quickly
only 4 party members is pretty meh though

 

[Darkwind]

Alright, I have been watching this game with interest since my arrival to this haven of neckbeards, grognards, snowflakes, bigots, etc. What I haven't done is scrolled back through the 100 pages I missed since I stopped following development. So if this was already answered--- apologies, mea culpa.

Approx. how long is this game? Side quests? Main quest? Thanks for any of the above types of people who might answer nothing personal.

 

[Lacrymas]

While I agree that campaigns that ends even at level 4 are perfectly fine, Lost Mine of Phandelver and Dragon of Icespire Peak don't really count because they're basically introductory adventures.

And introductory campaigns are somehow not campaigns? Interdasting.

 

[Grampy_Bone]

I've never understood the "players get too powerful" complaint. Every 3.x campaign I ran (over ten years) went to levels 15+ and I never had a problem challenging the players at any point. My games were well known for being tough but fair with a lot of creative challenges and scenarios.

Too many DMs break down when the PCs get Fly and can't figure out how to design encounters anymore. Players who outsmart your villains should be rewarded, not hit with the ban hammer. Don't blame the game rules for your lack of creativity.

 

[Lacrymas]

It is not necessarily about challenging the players as that is as easy as bloating the stats of monsters, regardless of whether the party have fly or not. You can also give fly to the monsters. It's just that your options to challenge them become fewer and fewer with each level. The gameplay itself gets bloated as well due to having to keep track of so many things.