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

[Volourn]

:Decent but not amazing. A +3 glamoured mithril breastplate, a +3 keen rapier, a +4 cloak of resistance, a mask of the mesmerist, a +4 dex belt and a +4 charisma headband."

'Decent'

FUKK OFF.

 

[Darkwind]

Alright anyone got mods to recommend?

There aren't even many mods out right now but the one I consider 'must have' is the Alternate Human mod which allows the best racial feature of picking a human which is the additional feat at character generation. Other than that nothing is critical.

 

[lukaszek]

is timar pally dmg bonus that amazing to look past motherland ac bonus and blind?

 

[Lacrymas]

is timar pally dmg bonus that amazing to look past motherland ac bonus and blind?

Hot take: Paladins don't need the extra damage from Oath of Tirmar. I think you are giving up too many good things to go Tirmar anyway.

 

[Acrux]

Alright anyone got mods to recommend?

Must have
Always on Expanded Tooltips. https://www.nexusmods.com/solastacrownofthemagister/mods/85

Highly recommend
Alternate Human https://www.nexusmods.com/solastacrownofthemagister/mods/4
Level 1 Feat . Gives every race 1 extra feat at creation (so humans have 2 if combined with Alternate Human). this really helps improve build variety https://www.nexusmods.com/solastacrownofthemagister/mods/16/
Skip Tutorials, if you plan to play through more than once https://www.nexusmods.com/solastacrownofthemagister/mods/40

There's a few different subclasses that look good, too, but I haven't actually tried. Look for mods by "ChrisJohnDigital". It looks like he keeps them up to date.

 

[Strange Fellow]

Always on Expanded Tooltips. https://www.nexusmods.com/solastacrownofthemagister/mods/85

Dude. Yes!

 

[Cryomancer]

Advantage/Disadvantage helps speed up the game. I played 4e before and even a simple combat encounter can last for an hour. 5e is not as fast as B/X or AD&D(haven't played enough 3e/PF games irl to make a judgement on speed) but it's still a lot faster then 4e.

Well, be faster than 4E, a edition where a mere orc can survive being hit by disintegrate dozens of times is not a merit. Is the bare minimum. On kingmaker, I killed a pack of wild hunt with a single wail of the banshee...

Maximum: 24+20+9+36+80=169
Average: 13+11+9+21+45=99

Amazing. IMO Paladins should be the best "anti undead" class in any game. Their damage seems pretty good for mid levels.

 

[Lacrymas]

Paladins' damage is always good, one of the best actually. Maybe only a Rogue which gets Sneak Attacks every round and outlasts a Paladin's spell slots can outdmg a Paladin.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

Party is ready. Those faces could be loved only by their mothers.

I already have one big complain. I hate that you need to keep pressing alt key to see full description of spells. There is no option in settings to have longer descriptions be on by default. Why make comparing spells be tiring?
I also found some descriptions during char creation confusing. Does strength provide bonus to damage? Does dexterity increase AC? Does intelligence grants extra spell slots? Knowing previous editions I would think so, but the lack of information about it makes me confused. I know I could just google it, but I believe that tooltip should contain all important information.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

And this happens when I try to launch game :

This screen stays and nothing happens. Any suggestions?

Edit: Found solution.

 

[Jrpgfan]

And this happens when I try to launch game :

This screen stays and nothing happens. Any suggestions?

Clear skies my friend.

 

[Strange Fellow]

I already have one big complain. I hate that you need to keep pressing alt key to see full description of spells. There is no option in settings to have longer descriptions be on by default. Why make comparing spells be tiring?

In lieu of the devs coming to their senses, get this:

Always on Expanded Tooltips. https://www.nexusmods.com/solastacrownofthemagister/mods/85

 

[CodexTotalWar]

is timar pally dmg bonus that amazing to look past motherland ac bonus and blind?

I'd say only for certain builds and playstyles.

With the recent nerf, it's a strong buff if you meta-game a bit and pre-cast it before fights as often as possible (since technically there are zero penalties to short resting), but often it's not worth it to spend the full action to activate in combat. The damage buff scales with # of attacks, so it's best used on 2-handers with Follow-up Strike or a dual wielder - the bonus action gets a decent buff from it. It's also a great buff for Paladin bow users*.

Oath of Motherland is a more well-rounded Oath IMO. Not having the Shield spell like the other 2 Oaths hurts Motherland a bit for me though (although if it did have it, it'll just be way too good).


* It's definitely cheesy, but starting your Paladins as a DEX Paladins in this game is actually very viable, because of how easy it is to access STR items later on. Chainmail loses out to medium armor + DEX initially, and having some ranged capabilities is always good. Once you have STR items you can convert to plate like a regular STR Paladin, and still get the benefits of better saves, initiative, and skills.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

And this happens when I try to launch game :

This screen stays and nothing happens. Any suggestions?

Clear skies my friend.

This bug is doubly funny if you know that those clouds are what you see by default if you open an empty Unity project

 

[razvedchiki]

go to nvidia panel and change vsync to be used by application Jedi Master Radek

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

go to nvidia panel and change vsync to be used by application Jedi Master Radek

Removing intro movie helped. It's called CotmIntroduction if someone have the same problem. I also installed the mod Strange Fellow recommended and it works splendidly

 

[Strange Fellow]

Yeah, there's definitely something strange about sneak attacks. Or something I'm not understanding, at least.

My rogue attacks the highlighted dude, who's already standing next to two of my other characters. The main attack misses and the bonus attack hits, but no sneak attack. What am I missing here?

This was a cool fight, by the way. Turns out light manipulation is actually fun when you're not dealing with surprise buttrape cloud of darkness every single turn.

 

[Jrpgfan]

Guys, I've cleared the mage tower and there was a chest at the library I couldn't reach. It's on the other side of a really big cliff.

Do I need a super strong guy with jump buff to reach it? Is there any other way to do it? I've already tried misty step and giving jump buff + str potion to my strongest guy but neither worked.

 

[The_Mask]

What am I missing here?

Is the 2nd weapon having the "light" tag?

 

[The_Mask]

there was a chest at the library I couldn't reach

Spider-walk + misty step.

 

[Strange Fellow]

What am I missing here?

Is the 2nd weapon having the "light" tag?

No, but neither does a crossbow and I can sneak attack with that just fine.

 

[Jrpgfan]

there was a chest at the library I couldn't reach

Spider-walk + misty step.

Fuck. I didn't pick spiderwalk on my level up. Thought it wouldn't work there.

Is the content in that chest worth coming back for it atleast?

 

[Darkwind]

there was a chest at the library I couldn't reach

Spider-walk + misty step.

Fuck. I didn't pick spiderwalk on my level up. Thought it wouldn't work there.

Is the content in that chest worth coming back for it atleast?

No, not that I remember. And if you do the side quests you will come back there fairly soon anyways. You should have misty step, spiderclimb, and fly as sort of a matter of course in this game they are needed -constantly- if you are a completionist that wants every little chest / secret.

 

[Bara]

Party is ready. Those faces could be loved only by their mothers.

Why Dwarf Girl for a name instead of Paladin Girl?

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

Party is ready. Those faces could be loved only by their mothers.

Why Dwarf Girl for a name instead of Paladin Girl?

Because after making the first one I forgot what convention I was using and I choose poorly