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

[Grampy_Bone]

Is the whole game just a linear series of fights with no deviation or exploration?

 

[V_K]

Is the whole game just a linear series of fights with no deviation or exploration?

It's fair to say that exploration and non-linearity weren't terribly high on the developers' priority list, yes. However there are side quests (sometimes with their own maps), optional rooms and alternative paths in dungeons, and hidden loot. There are also two dungeons that can be done in any order, although difficulty-wise it's pretty clear which one was supposed to be done first. The game opens up a bit as you progress in the main quest - though not terribly much.

 

[Mortmal]

I took a ranger but just left the favored enemy and terrain to the default settings because 1) the default options were not the top alphabetical choices which makes me think the Dev set it there for a reason and 2) how am I supposed to know if I'm going to be dealing with more undead than aberrations or w.e

I can help you with that, first choice should be undead as favored enemy, second elemental or monstrosity. Most of the choices you can pick are not even in the game , should have been edited and labelled as recommnended but no ,pronouns were so much more important....

 

[Brickfrog]

"verticality" sounded like a gimmick when I first heard it but actually seeing wall climbing spiders and flying spellcasters really gives this game a nice d&d "feel" to me.

I took a ranger but just left the favored enemy and terrain to the default settings because 1) the default options were not the top alphabetical choices which makes me think the Dev set it there for a reason and 2) how am I supposed to know if I'm going to be dealing with more undead than aberrations or w.e

I can help you with that, first choice should be undead as favored enemy, second elemental or monstrosity. Most of the choices you can pick are not even in the game , should have been edited and labelled as recommnended but no ,pronouns were so much more important....

Thank you!

 

[Larianshill]

Lack of a magic weapon is painful, and these Arcaneum fucks refuse to sell me a primed greatsword

 

[Grampy_Bone]

"verticality" sounded like a gimmick when I first heard it but actually seeing wall climbing spiders and flying spellcasters really gives this game a nice d&d "feel" to me.

What bugs me about it is it's about verticality except when it isn't.

Giving goblins a high perch to rain arrows down on you? Great.

Letting you climb up the cliff face to avoid the ambush? Lol nope, no verticality for you.

 

[V_K]

Letting you climb up the cliff face to avoid the ambush? Lol nope, no verticality for you.

There are absolutely fights in the game where you can sneak into a high position to ambush enemies from above.

 

[Tacgnol]

So ugly faces, snowflake pronouns and clipping dwarven beards that teleport around the face besides, the combat and encounters seem pretty good so far.

I'm not usually a fan of 5e rules, but they've done a decent job.

 

[Alienman]

The overwatch system in the game, can't remember what it's called in game now, is that exclusive to 5 edition rules or are that in 3rd as well? I really like it, setting up ambushes with bowmen.

 

[Acrux]

Readied actions are in 3.5, but in most situations they aren't as useful as acting on your turn.

 

[fantadomat]

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."

Similar here,but reversed. Our sorcerer hits only 20s on running away dices,while never managing to hist anything with magic. Tho in his defence he rolled a the worst dies i have seen on stat rolls lol. His highest stat is like 11 . While me rogue is just critting a dragons to death.

 

[fantadomat]

Orc chieftain is unlit

HE'S RIGHT NEXT TO A FUCKING CAMPFIRE

Lol you made a nigger character.

And he made him bad,lol he have like 30 hp and is fighting fucking orcs lol.

 

[fantadomat]

I managed to grab a group photo of the Solasta haters.
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You grabbed a photo in the mirror mate.Clearly solasta fanboys are not that smart.

 

[Cryomancer]

Reached a "volcano" and managed to persuade orcs using the orcish language. Pure incline. Is very rare to see a game using languages. Also, reached lv 9. The tier 5 spells in the game bellow. I criticized nerfs that 5E did with some spells but honestly, loved the risk of losing control over your own elementals. Sadly, you have the option to conjure fire, earth and air elementals but not water elementals... Air elementals have fly and can be quite useful vs enemies with high ground.

 

[Commissar Draco]

I managed to grab a group photo of the Solsta haters.
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Looks more like Solasta 4p party+1 npc.

Liberast showing their superior empathy and class by mocking the disabled kids.

 

[The Avatar]

It's interesting that they have included language rules. Last game I remember language having any effect was Daggerfall.

 

[JarlFrank]

I can't get over how ugly the interface is. Looks like Windows 10, not fantasy.

 

[Tyranicon]

Can bards fuck dragons?

 

[Mortmal]

Reached a "volcano" and managed to persuade orcs using the orcish language. Pure incline. Is very rare to see a game using languages. Also, reached lv 9. The tier 5 spells in the game bellow. I criticized nerfs that 5E did with some spells but honestly, loved the risk of losing control over your own elementals. Sadly, you have the option to conjure fire, earth and air elementals but not water elementals... Air elementals have fly and can be quite useful vs enemies with high ground.

Ah no, this is not from 5e, its solasta homebrew , the elemental is not supposed to turn hostile after losing concentration, its a big nerf to summon spells, however elementals might be stronger in this game.

Tasha's cauldron of everything added many summon types, none of them turn hostile when losing concentration:
"You call forth an elemental spirit. It manifests in anunoccupied space that you can see within range.This corporeal form uses the Elemental Spirit statblock. When you cast the spell, choose an element:Air, Earth, Fire, or Water. The creature resembles
a bipedal form wreathed in the chosen element,which determines certain traits in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends.The creature is an ally to you and your compan-ions. In combat, the creature shares your initiativecount, but it takes its turn immediately after yours.It obeys your verbal commands (no action required)"

 

[jackofshadows]

The overwatch system in the game, can't remember what it's called in game now, is that exclusive to 5 edition rules or are that in 3rd as well? I really like it, setting up ambushes with bowmen.

I bet you do...

Yeah, it's fun, on par with other reactions, very well implemented.

Unrelated: loled at rune "puzzle": player, behold! It's a rune puzzle! Step on some runes in an arbitrary manner! ... What a great fucking puzzle.

EDIT, another unrelated: wait a second, I cannot U-turn on the global map?! WTF?

 

[Tacgnol]

Readied actions are in 3.5, but in most situations they aren't as useful as acting on your turn.

I find they are rarely worth it in 3.5/PF. That said, if you ready an action against an opponent with super high initiative, you take their initiative so will go first on future turns.

Sometimes that's worth losing a full round if you wish to act before a dangerous opponent on future rounds.

 

[Cryomancer]

It's interesting that they have included language rules. Last game I remember language having any effect was Daggerfall.

For me is Gothic 2 + Returning mod. To read ancient tablets, you need to learn the ancient language. To read some grimoires like the necronomicon, you need to known demoniac language, to do some quests in Orcs city, you need to learn how to speak in Orchish.

But I love how persuading Orcs on ORcish has much higher success rate than in non orchish language...

Can bards fuck dragons?

No coomer class(Bard), nor seduction.

Ah no, this is not from 5e, its solasta homebrew , the elemental is not supposed to turn hostile after losing concentration, its a big nerf to summon spells, however elementals might be stronger in this game.

And they are quite powerful. IMO summoning outsiders should be more dangerous on CRPG's. I have flawless concentration and many people said that feats are worthless on solasta, but flawless concentration is amazing.

 

[Thac0]

I'm not sure what Natural Explorer actually does, if anything. Probably just easier time finding food on the world map.
There are no arctic or coastal areas in the game, and I'm not sure whether Badlands count as desert. Not sure if any parts of the worldmap count as grasslands either.

Exactly, in the end I said "fuck this shit" and went rogue.

I would take Cleric + either pal or fighter. That way you can see pretty much all spells which are in the game currently, as cleric has quite a few cool exclusive spells.
Rogue is better for first run than Ranger imo, since the very high skillchecks make all the noncombat stuff and lockicking a nonissue.

Also damn this game can be addicting, played 11 hours since yesterday.

Thank you for advice, I decided to go fighter+cleric.

Now however, I think about choosing domain for cleric and while life domain is no brainer for healer - sun domain sounds nice too, but I am not sure.

Life is rock solid, not only because of healing but also because they get heavy armor. Take 15+ STR with them so you can wear plate.
But honestly most domains look really good, I don't think there are awfull choices there.

 

[Mortmal]

It's interesting that they have included language rules. Last game I remember language having any effect was Daggerfall.

For me is Gothic 2 + Returning mod. To read ancient tablets, you need to learn the ancient language. To read some grimoires like the necronomicon, you need to known demoniac language, to do some quests in Orcs city, you need to learn how to speak in Orchish.

But I love how persuading Orcs on ORcish has much higher success rate than in non orchish language...

Can bards fuck dragons?

No coomer class(Bard), nor seduction.

Ah no, this is not from 5e, its solasta homebrew , the elemental is not supposed to turn hostile after losing concentration, its a big nerf to summon spells, however elementals might be stronger in this game.

And they are quite powerful. IMO summoning outsiders should be more dangerous on CRPG's. I have flawless concentration and many people said that feats are worthless on solasta, but flawless concentration is amazing.

Actually i am wrong its the 5th level version spell so you do lose control on it when losing concentration.So yes keeping a concentration feat is a good idea there , else it could turn out deadly.

• You call forth an elemental servant. Choose an area of air, earth, fire, or water that fills a 10-foot cube within range. An elemental of challenge rating 5 or lower appropriate to the area you chose appears in an unoccupied space within 10 feet of it. For example, a fire elemental emerges from a bonfire, and an earth elemental rises up from the ground. The elemental disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends. The elemental is friendly to you and your companions for the duration. Roll initiative for the elemental, which has its own turns. It obeys any verbal commands that you issue to it (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any commands to the elemental, it defends itself from hostile creatures but otherwise takes no actions. If your concentration is broken, the elemental doesn’t disappear. Instead, you lose control of the elemental, it becomes hostile toward you and your companions, and it might attack. An uncontrolled elemental can’t be dismissed by you, and it disappears 1 hour after you summoned it. The GM has the elemental’s statistics

 

[The_Mask]

It's interesting that they have included language rules. Last game I remember language having any effect was Daggerfall.

There is piece of text at one point that can only be read if you know a specific language. Nobody in my party understood it, so I had to use the spell Tongues, in order to read it. Not too shabby. Wish more games did this.