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The Settlement

A short trip into Bernie's World. A hiring agent in the capitol city of Holloway alerted you to a notice of work in the far north. Unsure what to expect, but with few other prospects, you make the journey north eager to start a new chapter of your life.

THIS IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS. Two of four planned chapters should be fairly bug free. Chapter 3 may end abruptly.

Synopsis: As an untested company of adventurers, you respond to a notice for hearty pioneers to help tame the wilderness in a remote settlement. Eager to prove yourselves, you head north into the unknown.

Details: This is a short campaign, my first attempt, based on the world and some of the characters of a novel I have been writing on and off for the last decade. Its origins were for a pen and paper D&D campaign that never came to fruition. Solasta was a good place to finally do something with it.

Scope: Starting at level 1, there should be enough content to advance to at least level 6 with ten or more hours of game play. Being my first campaign and learning how to use the DM along the way, the plot is fairly linear. I hope to expand and continue the campaign in the future.

Difficulty: The encounters are designed to be challenging for a well-balanced party (tank, area of effect/controller, healer, ranger/rogue). There are a few skill challenges requiring perception, history, and intimidation/persuasion. Followers are available at certain points (and recommended).

Recommendations: A few dialogs and a future plot use non-Common languages. Having a character that speaks other languages would be useful. Having a ranger/rogue that can deal with traps, locked doors/chests, and follow tracks would be useful.

DLC/Mods: Requires all DLC. No Mods were used.

Content Warning: In addition to the violence associated with a harsh fantasy world there is adult language and themes of a sexual nature and possible scenes of implied sexual violence.

Miscellaneous:
• A wand of identify is available to purchase early on.
• Crafting of consumables (potions, arrows/bolts) is available. Harvestable components are plentiful. Recipes and components for armor and weapons are NOT implemented at this time.
• Custom weapons (purchased or via quests) and improved armor (as found loot) become available as you advance.
• Conversations have consequences. Ending dialogs on a negative outcome could jeopardize further progress or effectively end the campaign.
• Some NPC dialog has hints: (+) positive outcome (?) lore (-) negative outcome.
• Text of banter NPCs with more than one line of speech end with “…”
• World map is implemented and enabled after approximately level four, but there is no content and few locations at this time.

There is a debug dialog and chest of loot for testing purposes on one map and some buttons on various buildings in others. These are not intended to be used during a regular play-through and they will be removed. Pushing the buttons could affect your progress.

Acknowledgements: Inspired by the campaigns of Artyoan Thanks to Rivfader for SCHelper which I used to construct some merchant inventories and clean up loose ends. Thanks to Knuckledragger, Defilade, and Gunfighter11 for testing and encouragement.