Recommend a User Made Campaign for Solasta Beginner

[Wolfsun]

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[LJ-the-brave]

Go to workshop discussion. Find a post from Clownfish. The thread is personal effort from Clownfish in categorizing the campaigns available in Steam workshop by level. You could go with one shots or go full with 1-12 level campaigns. Or you could try the popular titles in the workshop. Just know that there are transitions regarding original upload time. First version of Dungeon Maker gave ability to edit locations only (separate tab in Dungeon Maker menu). Second version provided the campaigns which provides the ability of using in Multiplayer. Latest adds waypoints for quick travel etc. Read the description of each campaign carefully to understand expectations.

[Dallas S]

Ruins of ithilsmar, forsaken isle, temple of evil, shadows over brightreach and morrowsdeep are regarded as the best so far.

My island of domination is quite big in scope and if you have the unfinished business mod goes to level 20, but maybe not recommended for a beginner if you go mod less because the final quests are quite tough for level 12s.
I'd probably try the others I mention first.

[Wolfsun]

Good advice guys - THANKS!

[SageHashirama]

ultimate dungeon very straight forward combat campaign to test ur build and skills

[Wolfsun]

I subscribed to various 1st level adventures and campaigns (including the ones noted in y'alls posts).

Can't seem to bring them up when trying to start a new game. I can select a custom character but don't seem to be able to bring up a custom location or a campaign. Can't find any manual either (if there is one - where is it?)

I don't have any Solasta DLC either.

I'd really like to get into this - looking forward to using the editor and learning the game's ruleset (last time I played D&D was 2nd Edition.) I always DM'd and would like to learn this game well enough to create my own campaigns.

[Dallas S]

Hmm I believe that all the campaigns I mentioned require at least lost Valley DLC and some may require more. The lost Valley DLC brings new environments and a bunch of new monsters so most of the robust campaigns which function as full games, like the ones I mentioned, use that dlc.

And it wasn't until the lost Valley DLC that they included dialog tree system and quest systems. So many of the good campaigns simply use it because it was available at the time, though it doesn't mean all non dlc campaigns don't have dialog and quest systems (just the ones made before the dlc released do, the dialog and quest systems are free for anyone without needing dlc, they just didn't become available until the release of lost Valley).

So you likely can't play them without the lost Valley DLC. You can usually check on the side bar in the workshop will tell you what dlc is required.

[Dallas S]

I just did a quick look and yes the ones I mentioned require lost Valley.

But I went to most subscribed campaigns, and interdimensional escalations does not require DLC.

I haven't played it and can't vouch for it, but the ratings and reviews claim it is good.

Try that one and see if it works for you.

It also seems like the vel campaigns don't require DLC. Vel campaigns are notoriously difficult though so maybe not best for new players.

[Wolfsun]

Thanks Dallas. I think I'll just get the Lost Valley DLC.

EDITED TO ADD: Adding the DLC did the trick, Dallas. Probably gonna just go ahead and grab inner strength and Primal to complete the collection.

Any mods you'd recommend? I imagine some of them will be required too.

[cgplayer]

I've played though both CoTM and Lost Valley campaigns a couple of times with no mods and they are fun. The mod 'Unfinished Business' adds a lot of options to the game, but it isn't really necessary to enjoy it. If you're just getting started, you might consider playing it through unmodded, and then you can look at UB and see what you want to add to your game.
BTW, I've played all of @Dallas' suggested user campaigns. They've picked good ones, probably the best of the ones that are in the Workshop at the moment.

[Wolfsun]

I'm a bit confused.

I'm starting to think that Solasta doesn't really have conventional mods and uses campaigns and single dungeon adventures that add new features are the mods?

[Dallas S]

Originally posted by Wolfsun:

I'm a bit confused.

I'm starting to think that Solasta doesn't really have conventional mods and uses campaigns and single dungeon adventures that add new features are the mods?

Only the unfinished business mod is the actual mod for the game. It's a huge mod though that adds races, classes, multi classing, increases level cap etc

[cgplayer]

Originally posted by Wolfsun:

I'm a bit confused.

I'm starting to think that Solasta doesn't really have conventional mods and uses campaigns and single dungeon adventures that add new features are the mods?

The Steam Workshop doesn't have the Unfinished Business mod. AFAIK, the Workshop is a convenient place to find and download user campaigns. If you want Unfinished Business, you'd need to check https://www.nexusmods.com/. Here's the mod's Github site, as well: https://github.com/SolastaMods/SolastaUnfinishedBusiness/wiki. I use the Unity Mod Manager to install and manage Unfinished Business mod. You can get that from Nexus Mods as well. But, as I said, modding Solasta isn't really necessary to play and enjoy the game.

Having said that, there are a ton of additional capabilities if you add the mod, like more races, feats, classes, subclasses, items, crafting recipes and spells. You can add multi-classing and increase the level cap to 20 (though not many existing campaigns really benefit from that.) You can also add 2 additional PCs to your party, up to 6, though I don't know what that does to the encounters where the game has added an NPC/follower to your party already. Finally, according the the mod's documentation/wiki, it also patches some bugs. If you play the game multiplayer, you'll need to pay close attention to the Multiplayer section of the wiki (as listed above). Adding the mod can make multiplayer sessions really unstable, if one doesn't follow the instructions carefully.

[Wolfsun]

Good to know, guys. Thanks.

Also good to know Solasta is registered on Nexusmods (probably my most visited website).