Solasta: Crown of the Magister

Solasta: Crown of the Magister

Depths of Darkness: An Eiru Adventure
143 Comments
pbalfe  [author] 1 Apr @ 12:29pm 
Good to hear!
Maleioch 30 Mar @ 5:43pm 
NVM. I figured it out. Doh!
Maleioch 30 Mar @ 5:18pm 
Still have one quest to finish before entering grove. Can't figure out how to heal the elf in the jail. I've searched high and low. No luck
pbalfe  [author] 24 Feb @ 6:13am 
Thank you @tcpinut for the feedback!
tcpipnut 23 Feb @ 5:59pm 
I'm having a great time. Thanks for the wonderful module.
Samuel 29 Jan @ 11:05pm 
You have got to be kidding with those "twig blights". Counterspells, hold spells, at FIRST LEVEL?
pbalfe  [author] 7 Aug, 2024 @ 11:31am 
@Andrewoid: Thanks very much for that very generous feedback. Very much appreciated!
Andrewoid 4 Aug, 2024 @ 12:40pm 
This is hands down one of the best modules I have played in Solasta to date. 5 starts without a doubt. I love the depth of worldbuilding and quality of life mechanics.

I can't wait to play the Against the Cult installments.

Thank you for a great adventure, pbalfe!
pbalfe  [author] 8 Jul, 2024 @ 2:35am 
Damn - I'll need to check that out again. Cheers
eod_dad 24 Jun, 2024 @ 6:41pm 
Also, I had the holy amulet and staff equipped./
eod_dad 24 Jun, 2024 @ 2:55pm 
Didn't have a cleric or paladin for the throne room so I changed the game settings to universal scrolls and used two bless scrolls I had looted to cast bless on all 4 party members and..... nothing. Reloaded, cast bless before attempting the religion check on the statue, passed check again.... still nothing. Even tried 4 potions of heroism (which gives the blessed condition), nothing again.

Out of ideas. Suggestions?
Barden 23 May, 2024 @ 5:03pm 
Really good module! Very balanced fights and the plot made sense.
pbalfe  [author] 11 Mar, 2024 @ 2:18am 
Ah yes - an optional side quest. If you give the bard in town 3 gold he will give you a key for this
shalinoth 5 Mar, 2024 @ 11:18am 
(Locked door North of the Leath Daoine area, to be more specific)
shalinoth 5 Mar, 2024 @ 11:16am 
Thanks for this adventure, so much fun. A friend and I found the War one too difficult (at the huge Orc village fights, especially) but this one I really enjoyed doing alone. I've finished all quests, just about to go into the Grove ending, but there's a locked door South of the Warg Pits which will not open. Is it optional? We killed all the fake Halflings.
pbalfe  [author] 18 Nov, 2023 @ 2:57am 
Took a break to play BG3 - but back to the design of the new one. As usual I've bitten off more than I can chew - so another couple of months I would say with design, dialog and testing
Mickeman666 20 Oct, 2023 @ 3:30am 
Any idea when your next adventure will be published?
mickmckee77 23 Sep, 2023 @ 8:30am 
Just finished playing this adventure, I love your world! Can't wait to play your level 1-16 campaign! Sláinte!
pbalfe  [author] 30 May, 2023 @ 10:24am 
Great - I am craven99#3108
ResumeMan 29 May, 2023 @ 11:16am 
I do have a Discord account, but never used it much. are you referring to the Solasta one or something specific to the dungeon(s)? In any case I just sent you a friend invite so we don't need to clutter the discussion w/minutia
Ama 29 May, 2023 @ 4:27am 
Twig blights with counterspell, seriously?
pbalfe  [author] 28 May, 2023 @ 12:29pm 
Are you on discord by any chance? I could review your save file and find out what is going on
ResumeMan 25 May, 2023 @ 7:31pm 
OK I now have all the DLC installed except the brand new one. I tried turning off UB.

When I go to the crypt, all that happens is the screen goes a little dark and the journal says "conversation recorded: Sepulchre." ("You hear an unearthly scream...). Nothing else happens.

Casting Bless on my party in the throne room doesn't do anything...

what am I missing?
pbalfe  [author] 16 May, 2023 @ 7:52am 
Thanks very much for the feedback dudefurnowski. I am going to go back to my old campaigns and update them after the new DLC is released and will update this. My mistake to have a quest that cannot be done unless you have a specific class.
dudefurnowski 15 May, 2023 @ 3:16pm 
Finished the mod, wonderful combat balance and attention to detail in dungeon making, can't wait to see what you'll do with the next DLC :)
dudefurnowski 15 May, 2023 @ 9:19am 
I don't think character who cannot innately cast a spell can you use a scroll of that spell... I'll try to see if with unfinished business I can change something and put the bless spell on my druid or sorcerer list.
May I suggest to write in the description that having a paladin or a cleric in the party is demanded to finish one of the quests?
pbalfe  [author] 15 May, 2023 @ 1:00am 
@dudefurnowski: Unless you have someone who can cast it innate or from a scroll I do not believe the way forward will open
dudefurnowski 14 May, 2023 @ 1:09pm 
Hello, I got the holy amulet of Daghda, but I don't have a Cleric, so I cannot cast bless in the throne room. Is there an item that can cast bless around to be found? Bless is a common spell, but if you don't have a paladin or a cleric you don't get blessed - unless maybe with a lore bard. I got a druid, a ranger, a sorcerer and a barbarian. Am I screwed in the throne room?
pbalfe  [author] 11 May, 2023 @ 9:45am 
Thanks very much @whatiflobstersruled - I used that as an inspiration but made a number of changes to fit with my setting and the restrictions of the DM. Appreciate the feedback!
whatiflobstersruled 10 May, 2023 @ 3:32pm 
Fun take on The Sunless Citadel, which I played on a tabletop -- thanks!
pbalfe  [author] 8 May, 2023 @ 5:47am 
I can see why you use that username. It is right there in the description: "It is intended for 1st-level characters. You'll reach level 5 or more by the end."
AngryGamerzz 7 May, 2023 @ 5:59pm 
what levels is it for? why do people never put levels in descriiption
pbalfe  [author] 30 Apr, 2023 @ 4:15am 
No bother at all. Hopefully in May when they release the new DLC the others will go on sale and you will get a good deal. Many thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated
ResumeMan 29 Apr, 2023 @ 11:41am 
Ah, I don't know if there was an issue with my resolution on the Workshop screen; I had only seen LV as being required DLC, one of the reasons I grabbed this one. I suppose the references I saw in the comments about the Druid are related to why Primal Calling is also needed.

I did actually get to the crypt after the throne room. And it did spawn a fight, but I may need to loot that sarcophagus, which I couldn't do. That's probably what requires IS.

Well, I was probably going to grab at least one of those DLCs next time on sale (which I presume will coincide with the new DLC). So I'll wrap this guy up once I do. Thanks for the direction. I did in fact quite enjoy the dungeon till I ran out of DLCs!
pbalfe  [author] 29 Apr, 2023 @ 2:36am 
@ResumeMan: Thanks for the query and playing. Sorry for the delay in replying!


1) Locked door: If you spoke to the bard in the tavern and gave him gold (3 in total I think) you will get a key for this door. Side area only

2) It looks as though you did get to the area after the throne room. In the crypts off there it should spawn a fight. You should need the inner strength DLC as well. I thought I had that selected as a DLC required

3) The way onward from this level of the dungeon is past the goblin area in the north of the level.
ResumeMan 27 Apr, 2023 @ 10:46pm 
Oh, to add: The only active quests I currently have are the main Sunless Citadel quest "We should explore this level carefully" and the Lost Adventurers "Locate Fiona"
ResumeMan 27 Apr, 2023 @ 10:44pm 
OK I'm pretty much stumped. There are two things I can't advance:

1. There is one locked door left that I can't open. It's kind of near the "Leath Daoine Leader" area, across from the room with the pentagram on the floor.

2. Nope, can't figure out how to get thru the throne room. I'm in the room, my cleric's got the Amulet of Daghda and the Staff of healing equipped and attuned as per the post by Jack n'a on 4/19. Same cleric casts Bless on all four party members and...nothing happens. I'm obviously missing something obvious.
ResumeMan 27 Apr, 2023 @ 9:29pm 
Hope this is still being read. I'm enjoying this (my first community dungeon), though I seem to be stalled. But aside from that I wanted to point out a couple of glitches.

1. I can enter the crypts through both entrances, and everything proceeds normally. And if I want to save the game when in the crypts, I can. But if I try to load a game that was saved in the crypts, it won't let me and says ("missing DLC Inner Strength"). (No, the only DLC I have is Lost Valley). Loads/saves everywhere else work fine.

2. I've gone back to the crypt off the Ancient Throne Room. There's a sarcophagus in the middle. I *think* I looted it and everything was fine when I played it but I can't remember. When I click it now, the game sort of ... hesitates, and nothing pops up, no inventory or message or anything. Like I said it may be totally fine but I wanted to mention it since the above crypt weirdness.
^9H^2a^9voc 23 Apr, 2023 @ 4:19pm 
yea noticed that. thats the least. imo the power gap is high at the beggining. when i met the big twig blight (dont remember the name) at lvl 1 it was a tough. :D
im now in the citadel and every 2 fights i have long rest. i dont mind that its hard, i prefer it that way. but at lvl 1 i felt it overwhelming :D
pbalfe  [author] 23 Apr, 2023 @ 11:32am 
@^9H^2a^9voc: The twig blights do cast barkskin on themselves as an action which brings up their AC. They do keep spawning if you go back and forth to the village a number of times. Sneaking and getting a surprise round will help if you move cautiously.
^9H^2a^9voc 22 Apr, 2023 @ 6:56am 
i started it today. i consider myself power player (lvl 1 19ac on 2 chars for ex.) and so far i have 2 wipes from the twig blights :D
their AC is not 13 as stated but 15. the large twig blight is counterspelling 4 times a fight, and all of them use 3rd lvl spells :D CR1 or 2 combat btw
Am i doing something wrong?
pbalfe  [author] 19 Apr, 2023 @ 11:10am 
Thanks for the feedback Jack n'a qu'un oeil
Wildust 19 Apr, 2023 @ 6:24am 
Actually not a bad adventure. It's a dungeon crawler scenario with a village base.
Mapping is good, so are the quests and balance.

i would suggest to help your players with traveling the areas though. A lot of back and forth, or sometimes 4 loading through maps just to validate a quest or to take a long rest... You should put multiple exit choices like you did from the lvl 2 dungeon. It would definitly smooth the experience.
pbalfe  [author] 17 Apr, 2023 @ 1:55am 
@dudefurnowski: Thanks for the feedback. I have the text in the main quest say to talk to the authorities about the citadel - but I'll update that to say to specifically talk to the mayor!
dudefurnowski 16 Apr, 2023 @ 2:36pm 
Ok, solved it. The only I think I did not ask him about was the location of the sunless citadel, because other people already told me. When I asked him the journal adjourned and the transition appeared. I disagree with this design, but the dialogues have been way more complex than in other modules so I'm still positively impressed :)
dudefurnowski 16 Apr, 2023 @ 2:29pm 
I think I did honestly, but I'll try again
pbalfe  [author] 16 Apr, 2023 @ 12:27pm 
@dudefurnowski? There is if you speak to the mayor - it activates as part of the quest
dudefurnowski 16 Apr, 2023 @ 6:17am 
Ehm, strangely enough there's no transition to torc wood in the first village
pbalfe  [author] 12 Apr, 2023 @ 1:22pm 
Thanks so much for the very kind feedback. Very much appreciated!
Ack 12 Apr, 2023 @ 10:45am 
this was a truly remarkable adventure btw. 7 out of 5! Banana for Scale! :steamthumbsup: