New Real Time With Pause Dungeons & Dragons RPG - SWORD COAST LEGENDS

[Zoraptor]

Cold, dense and lifeless might work better. My inner pedant wants people to know that gold is actually rather soft for a metal, especially pure gold.

 

And yes, that line does rather look like a straight line for a Discworld Observation along the lines of "Ankh Morpork; one man, one vote! Yes, the one man certainly does have the vote". Then again, this is a mainstream (well, ish) game using the most mainstream of D&D settings and mainstream mechanics, expecting the associated prose to be the height of originality and excellence is a bit unrealistic.

[Eisenheinrich]

Can't say I'm to excited for this after watching the stuff they showed on the E3. I hoped SCL to be some sort of spiritual succesor to the NWN-Saga, instead it looks more and more like a MOBA with D&D-References. Randomized Dungeons in the "toolset", a gaming system that contradicts proper Dungeonmastering (it's player vs. DM) and a Solo-Campain nobody knows s*** about. Rules will be based on 5e, but only the absolute core-rules. No multiclassing, only 4 classes and 5 races, no subraces and so on ...

Meh ... what a missed chance.  

Edited July 15, 2015 by Eisenheinrich

[Chilloutman]

Can't say I'm to excited for this after watching the stuff they showed on the E3. I hoped SCL to be some sort of spiritual succesor to the NWN-Saga, instead it looks more and more like a MOBA with D&D-References. Randomized Dungeos in the "toolset", a gaming system that contradicts proper Dungeonmastering (it's player vs. DM) and a Solo-Campain nobody knows s*** about. Rules will be based on 5e, but only the absolute core-rules. No multiclassing, only 4 classes and 5 races, no subraces and so on ...

 

Meh ... what a missed chance.  

 

sounds extremly Scheißerei

[Eisenheinrich]

 

I guess it all depends on how much control the DM has over the adventures.  If it's just here's a random dungeon, you can move the monster spawn points around and tweak a few stats and that's it, then I don't see a point in it.  Hopefully it will be a much more robust system.

 

Heres an article and ~9 minute video on the DM mode. My understanding is that the DM can construct the entire dungeon from scratch. The Deluxe version of the game includes an additional tile set and Beholder (?) monsters.

 

 

Unfortunatly not. The already stated in the SCL-Community that you can't build a dungeon tile by tile. They're pregenerated and randomized. Only things customable are size and some interior stuff like chests, traps and props. Not near the Aurora toolset.

Edited July 15, 2015 by Eisenheinrich

[Mamoulian War]

 

 

I guess it all depends on how much control the DM has over the adventures.  If it's just here's a random dungeon, you can move the monster spawn points around and tweak a few stats and that's it, then I don't see a point in it.  Hopefully it will be a much more robust system.

 

Heres an article and ~9 minute video on the DM mode. My understanding is that the DM can construct the entire dungeon from scratch. The Deluxe version of the game includes an additional tile set and Beholder (?) monsters.

 

 

Unfortunatly not. The already stated in the SCL-Community that you can't build a dungeon tile by tile. They're pregenerated and randomized. Only things customable are size and some interior stuff like chests, traps and props. Not near the Aurora toolset.

 

 

LOL

[Eisenheinrich]

 

 

 

I guess it all depends on how much control the DM has over the adventures.  If it's just here's a random dungeon, you can move the monster spawn points around and tweak a few stats and that's it, then I don't see a point in it.  Hopefully it will be a much more robust system.

 

Heres an article and ~9 minute video on the DM mode. My understanding is that the DM can construct the entire dungeon from scratch. The Deluxe version of the game includes an additional tile set and Beholder (?) monsters.

 

 

Unfortunatly not. The already stated in the SCL-Community that you can't build a dungeon tile by tile. They're pregenerated and randomized. Only things customable are size and some interior stuff like chests, traps and props. Not near the Aurora toolset.

 

 

LOL

 

 

You don't believe? Look it up ... it's not made for world-building a la NWN but for quick sessions player vs. DM. It really is more of a MOBA.

Edited July 15, 2015 by Eisenheinrich

[Mamoulian War]

 

 

 

 

I guess it all depends on how much control the DM has over the adventures.  If it's just here's a random dungeon, you can move the monster spawn points around and tweak a few stats and that's it, then I don't see a point in it.  Hopefully it will be a much more robust system.

 

Heres an article and ~9 minute video on the DM mode. My understanding is that the DM can construct the entire dungeon from scratch. The Deluxe version of the game includes an additional tile set and Beholder (?) monsters.

 

 

Unfortunatly not. The already stated in the SCL-Community that you can't build a dungeon tile by tile. They're pregenerated and randomized. Only things customable are size and some interior stuff like chests, traps and props. Not near the Aurora toolset.

 

 

LOL

 

 

You don't believe? Look it up ... it's not made for world-building a la NWN but for quick sessions player vs. DM. It really is more of a MOBA.

 

 

Well, I am not laughing at you.

 

I am laughing at their, how to put it mildly, not so bright decision about the core of the multiplayer aspect of the game...

[Darkpriest]

 

 

 

 

I guess it all depends on how much control the DM has over the adventures. If it's just here's a random dungeon, you can move the monster spawn points around and tweak a few stats and that's it, then I don't see a point in it. Hopefully it will be a much more robust system.

Heres an article and ~9 minute video on the DM mode. My understanding is that the DM can construct the entire dungeon from scratch. The Deluxe version of the game includes an additional tile set and Beholder (?) monsters.

Unfortunatly not. The already stated in the SCL-Community that you can't build a dungeon tile by tile. They're pregenerated and randomized. Only things customable are size and some interior stuff like chests, traps and props. Not near the Aurora toolset.

That means it is a no-go category. Would be a waste of money. Better to use that 50$ as a toilet paper...

[Mamoulian War]

So much wasted opportunities

[Eisenheinrich]

 

 

 

 

 

I guess it all depends on how much control the DM has over the adventures.  If it's just here's a random dungeon, you can move the monster spawn points around and tweak a few stats and that's it, then I don't see a point in it.  Hopefully it will be a much more robust system.

 

Heres an article and ~9 minute video on the DM mode. My understanding is that the DM can construct the entire dungeon from scratch. The Deluxe version of the game includes an additional tile set and Beholder (?) monsters.

 

 

Unfortunatly not. The already stated in the SCL-Community that you can't build a dungeon tile by tile. They're pregenerated and randomized. Only things customable are size and some interior stuff like chests, traps and props. Not near the Aurora toolset.

 

 

LOL

 

 

You don't believe? Look it up ... it's not made for world-building a la NWN but for quick sessions player vs. DM. It really is more of a MOBA.

 

 

Well, I am not laughing at you.

 

I am laughing at their, how to put it mildly, not so bright decision about the core of the multiplayer aspect of the game...

 

 

Well, since MOBAs are pretty popular, I think the game will do fairly well. It's just not aimed at the D&D-NWN-Core Audience the early marketing was aimed for. It's a sham package. They said early on one can create his/Her favourite D&D-Module and play it with friends. No we know this was nothing than a marketing-fraud aming at the NWN-Crowd. I hate gaming industy. 

 

Kept my hopes for the singleplayer campaign, but since it's only two months till release and we know nothing about story (It's set on the Sword Coast and you're hunted by assassins) I quenched my hopes for an epic tale in the vein of BG and NWN. Clearly, SP was NOT their main concern while developing this game.  

Edited July 15, 2015 by Eisenheinrich

[Gfted1]

That's too bad. I wasn't going to build anything myself but I was kinda interested in what you guys may have come up with. If my shameful amount of hours invested in D3 are any indication, I'm cool with random dungeons.

[Eisenheinrich]

At 3 pm est there will be a twitch stream adressing "Dungeon Building 101".

[Eisenheinrich]

Dungeon Building 101 with Ash Sevilla and Tim Schwalk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfJjKsYvQZA

 

"We're listening to your guys"
 

So, there's a chance we get a tile by tile editor later on? That's what they're saying? But, I have to admit, this looks interesting enough. What are your thoughts? MOBA or fully fleshed out dungeon-complex?

Edited July 18, 2015 by Eisenheinrich

[Gfted1]

Besides individual tile placement (Soon™), it seems incredibly customizable. I was surprised with all the options.

[mkreku]

It still looks good to me. I'll give it a try. Long time since I played a D&D game I actually liked (Icewind Dale).

[archangel979]

I would rather give my gold to BGSoD.

[Luridis]

This looks pretty good, but I have one minor complaint: The UI looks more like it was designed for a cyberpunk RPG than for high-fantasy. Still, it's something I could easily live with if the content is good.

[mkreku]

Apparently it's been delayed a bit:

 

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/08/08/sword-coast-legends-delayed/

 

Only for a few weeks though. No biggie.

[archangel979]

Their campaign editor does not support conversation trees LOL. They said the singleplayer campaign will have it due to them doing it manually but the campaign tools do not support it.

Basically when you meet an NPC he can say something upon inspection and then when you talk to him/her/it, it is just going to be a linear conversation with no options or branching, true FPS game style.

 

That plus dungeon design being a random generator should tell you all about this game. And base game comes with 6 classes and 5 races and they will charge you for each extra one in DLCs and charge you to get new dungeon sets and furniture LOL. And people that will be making custom campaigns FOR FREE for their game to actually last longer on the market will need to buy all that crap as well as everyone wanting to use it. It is already bad enough that you need to buy a Deluxe version now to get access to more stuff to create FOR FREE campaigns that others will be using and buying their game! This is Skyrim paid mods crap all again except 100% of profits go to the devs!

 

Money grabbing fakes is all they are.

Edited August 10, 2015 by archangel979

[Gfted1]

 

 

All pre-orders will receive Rage of Demons DLC Module free, as a thank you to our committed adventurer's and DMs

 

That reminds me, I need to get my preorder in.

[HoonDing]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ae9q8dwFNE

[Keyrock]

New trailer:

[mkreku]

40 minutes of gameplay:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdbhp2vzpIE

 

I actually watched it for 20-30 minutes. It looks pretty good to me.

[Gfted1]

 

Holy Avenger!

 

[Guard Dog]

I got really frustrated with the direction this was going and stopped following it. I had already plunked down my 50 bucks so WTH. While I'm not encouraged by what I've seen and what we bought was definitely NOT what they said they were selling at the beginning of this project I'll swallow my disappointment and keep an open mind.