Solasta - Beyond Wizard's Tower

Henriquejr spotted dev update #27 for Solasta: Crown of the Magister:

Dev Update #27 - What's cooking beyond Wizard's Tower?

Hey there folks!

With all the recent patch notes and other articles about community feedback and bug fixing, we haven't been showing you a lot of new stuff lately. This is something we intend to fix… today, now, this very round! In fact, stop whatever you're doing and roll initiative, we're getting right down to business!


… But first, here's our weekly cat allowance.

Fire in the Hole!
You know it, we know it, the adventure does not end at the Wizard's Tower. Your party will be going ever deeper into the Badlands, entering orc territory next. Now, there are tons of things we'd love to share with you - but we also do not wish to spoil everything, which is why you'll have to make do with a few pictures for now!

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More information.

One of the biggest reasons I support and purchase games with potential in EA is in the hope that they will continue to add content, looks like Solasta will not disappoint.

Well when a game has minimal content on it's EA release the sky is the limit.

Basically it has to add more content.

For the quantity: the Early Access has act I and scraps of act II, and it's capped at level 6, they estimated it at 14 hours of gameplay. The full release has Act I, II and III, and is estimated 40-hour long.

Regarding quality, they are doing a great job juggling with all the limitations of a small studio and the desire to put so many things. There is a good balance in all the features, but I must admit that the storytelling could be a bit deeper, and the quests a bit more varied to have a really perfect balance.

From the last content they added, it looks like they're going in that direction, fingers (and toes) crossed

Yeah, the EA has been pretty solid from the start. Not a huge amount of content length-wise, but quality. I've played some that had far less.

I like what I see with the difficulty levels!



Don't miss that "force dialog roll success" or "no food required"

Originally Posted by Redglyph
I like what I see with the difficulty levels!

Spoiler

Difficulty level: story, explorer, authentic, scavenger and cataclysm modes, or custom
In custom mode:
Battle

• damage taken
• disable enemy critical hits (on, off)
• enemy health multiplier
• dice adjustment:
  • ally saving throw
    
  • enemy saving throw
    
  • ally attack roll
    
  • enemy attack roll
    
  • ally ability check
    
  • enemy ability check
• deadlier AI (on, off)
• merciless AI (on, off)

Health and rest

• companions rest (on, off)
• no food required (on, off)
• max health on hit dice (on, off)
• max health on level up (on, off)

Inventory

• encumbrance rule (Solasta variant, tabletop, simplified)

Spellcasting

• never lose concentration (on, off)
• universal scrolls (on, off)

Spell components
(disabled=that component isn't required,
basic=spells with that component require spell focus or component pouch)

• verbal components (disabled, full)
• somatic components (disabled, basic, full)
• material components (disabled, basic, full)

Dice rolls

• random mode (true random, karmic dice)
• guaranteed critical (on, off)

Story

• force dialog roll success (on, off)
• always display dialog chances (on, off)
• unlock all bestiary (on, off)
• disable random encounters (on, off)

Exploration

• reroll exploration checks (on, off)
• autodetect traps (on, off)
• no tool required (on, off)
• force crafting roll success (on, off)

Don't miss that "force dialog roll success" or "no food required"

That's too much imo, although I guess there's no harm in it since they can easily be ignored. Some of those are like built-in cheat codes.

Nice!

I wonder what "universal scrolls" means?

Originally Posted by vanedor
Nice!

I wonder what "universal scrolls" means?

I'm guessing that allows any class to use magic scrolls.

Originally Posted by JDR13
That's too much imo, although I guess there's no harm in it since they can easily be ignored. Some of those are like built-in cheat codes.

Probably a bit over the top, yes. That should help with the testing of the game, however!
And who knows, that may still change.

Originally Posted by Redglyph
Probably a bit over the top, yes. That should help with the testing of the game, however!
And who knows, that may still change.

*shrug* I don't see anything wrong with having so many options. Those that want them can turn them on and those that don't, keep them off.

Unlike BG3, they have serious DnD fans in mind. This way, they can still keep everyone happy.

Originally Posted by JDR13
That's too much imo, although I guess there's no harm in it since they can easily be ignored. Some of those are like built-in cheat codes.

You say that like it's a bad thing