Solasta: Crown of the Magister

Solasta: Crown of the Magister

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A Business for Monkeys

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***Check out the sequel: A Song for the Crossroads https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3107909550 . It also includes this campaign***



*You are a group or recruits, sent by your boss, The Constable of Greenhaven, to investigate on a shady competition organized by a secretive group: the Jesting Monkeys.

Monsters and foes roaming through the countryside will be the last of your problems as you collect clues and interact with peculiar characters.

Will you be able to shed light on the mystery surrounding the Jesting Monkeys?*



A Business For Monkeys is a complete Campaign Module for character levels 1-10. Features a story-driven overarching campaign, over 100 custom monsters and NPCs, and uncountable dialogue lines

It is designed and tested for 4 PCs, but it should work without issues for larger parties



# KEY HIGHLIGHTS #

- Story and dialogue driven campaign
- Lighthearted and full of puns, until it's not. Then it is again. Then it's not. Yeah, it can be surprisingly dark
- Difficulty is mid-easy. My goal was to make it enjoyable also in Story Mode...
- Skills, alignment and even class matter (but none is required)
- Overarching story, divided into 3 Acts, with open finale
- Impossible to experience 100% of the content in one playthrough: includes alternative dungeons, story-defining choices, even the chance to totally botch a main quest!
- Includes a 100% optional dungeon: it's like a free DLC on top of the free campaign!
- Includes a world map, but no random encounters (all my homies hate random encounters)
- Includes light crafting options, you should be able to craft poisons, potions and scrolls mainly

- Requires assets from The Lost Valley and Palace of Ice DLCs

WARNING: this campaign contains foul language, sexual innuendos, gratuitous violence and depictions of suicide.
It also involves political statements, breaks the 4th wall here and there, and contains an inane amount of quotes from real-life. Players discretion is advised



# aBfM IN NUMBERS #

- 20 to 25 hours of content
- 35 areas, including all the available scenarios
- 40 quests (5 main that define the overarching story)
- Almost 50 custom items - most of which are documents, but also story-related unique equipment
- Over 80 dialogues
- Over 130 between custom NPCs and monsters you'll love to hate - Beware: only because it *looks* like something straight out of the base game, it doesn't mean it will *behave* like that
- Only 3 "filler" encounters, out of over 100, not directly related to a quest
- An insane amount of jokes, some of them may even be good
- An insane amount of typos - English is not my first language, if you find something egregious please let me know



# FINAL WORDS #

I really hope you enjoy your escapades in this campaign.
aBfM is a love project, started from the idea of "digitizing" a PnP module I wrote some years back.

Since it is mostly story-driven, most of the work may remain under the hood (diverging paths and so on...), but I can assure there was *a lot* of work involved.
Also, this campaign is a delicate machine. I *think* I tested most of the corner cases, but IF SOMETHING BREAKS FOR YOU, PLEASE LET ME KNOW
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8 Nov, 2024 @ 9:02am
Stuck on "Courier of Bad News" quest, please help!
doctor_dalek
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Brad 4 hours ago 
Ok, I am glad to see it's possible, and now there's a future plan!
Frattaglia  [author] 16 hours ago 
@Brad it is possible but you need to pass a very difficult check while speaking with "Misaye". The harsh and depressing ending is the default, par for the course in colonho.

Have fun :steamthumbsup:
Brad 21 hours ago 
A friend and I are playing and having great fun, but there is now a large question: can you save the Caretaker in Colonho?
Frattaglia  [author] 25 Sep @ 2:34pm 
@livnlegend1 you probably missed the map in ozmilla's room (noble floor)... I am afraid that wasn't very clear, you need it to move on
livnlegend1 24 Sep @ 6:24pm 
Fun module! So I have played nearly all the way through. I defeated Ozmilla and gang, escaped the fortress through the main doors, and spoke to the Baron who thanked me for the help. Leaving to the world map, I can't find the Portal to the Unknown! I must be missing something? I returned to the Baron and he just says "Thank you!". Do I need to activate the portal?
Frattaglia  [author] 24 Aug @ 12:12am 
@clockworkj427 that puzzle has 2 parts First you have to interact with the organ and play the right notes, the plates open the way to the exit door
clockworkj427 22 Aug @ 7:38pm 
I'm currently stuck at the door puzzle at the Joyless Jest, the one in the cave with the pressure plates. do those actually do anything or am I just wasting my time?
Frattaglia  [author] 15 Mar @ 2:45am 
@Venom_coceT I don't think I'll ever come back to deliver a true 6-men version of these campaigns, I'm currently working on another that is taking the best part of a year.
In any case, everything is playable with 6-men parties.

About difficulty, this campaign is not overly punishing, but it can have spikes here and there. I usually like to play 5-men on scavenger, and I find this campaign just a bit on the easy side, so feel free to ramp up a notch
Venom_coceT 14 Mar @ 12:30pm 
6 man party version when? Or difficulty settings recomendations?
Frattaglia  [author] 13 Mar @ 9:41am 
@DrFate Heya.
The puzzle is in 2 parts:
Minor spoiler: you first have to play the correct triad on the organ and "lock in" the keys - there is an hint in the journal you find in that area, then you have to look for plates on the ground (press alt in case) and keep your pcs on each of them
Major spoiler: The solution is the major triad of B flat (Bb D F)