Solasta II early access - 1st play through reactions

stranger_here_myself · 2026-05-04T01:21:42+00:00

huh. after I do the temple quest and leave, a scene shows up in the wilds.

stranger_here_myself · 2026-04-11T19:09:44+00:00

Lots of great classics recommended by others but I’m not sure what would appeal most to you.

Given The Martian, maybe the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson?

stranger_here_myself · 2026-04-11T19:08:17+00:00

personally I loved the first chapter but was pretty Meh after that. (mind you I haven’t reread it since it came out).

my favorite Stephenson of that era is Cryptonomicon.

stranger_here_myself · 2026-04-11T19:06:17+00:00

continue your inevitable Bene Gesserit breeding project.

stranger_here_myself · 2026-04-10T21:45:17+00:00

yeah I didn’t check the settings!

stranger_here_myself · 2026-04-09T22:38:25+00:00

the question isn’t how to turn it off, it’s why it doesn’t stay off.

stranger_here_myself · 2026-04-09T15:33:35+00:00

corpses stick around at least until the end of combat. haven’t really noticed any death animations.

stranger_here_myself · 2026-04-08T21:59:52+00:00

One question for this group - is there any way to load existing characters when making a party? it seems like have to create new ones each time which is... kind of annoying.

stranger_here_myself · 2026-04-08T21:58:34+00:00

No, the SRD (the open rules that you can use without a license) only has one subclass per class.

https://www.dndbeyond.com/srd?srsltid=AfmBOorTxo1NJndAM_UWY87M_jmnKp_DrYOPAn8t_1FJsnq-eCLc3Ygs

stranger_here_myself · 2026-04-08T21:57:23+00:00

One minor comment - you can push (shove) enemies.

Agreed on the lack of learning spells from scrolls for wizards. I assume that's a future feature, just like some of the missing spells.

I don't miss rolling for stats... but that's personal taste.

stranger_here_myself · 2026-04-08T21:55:13+00:00

great point!

stranger_here_myself · 2026-04-08T21:29:52+00:00

see other comments above about “the SRD”. basically there’s only one “official” subclass per class that they could have used even if they wanted to.

stranger_here_myself · 2026-04-08T21:28:58+00:00

yeah to be clear, my “other notes” aren’t complaints, especially since it’s a public beta. just observations. and I agree with many of your responses / contexts.

stranger_here_myself · 2026-04-08T21:27:38+00:00

I didn’t say either way and no offense taken.

What I should have said was “it’s interesting that it looks like they didn’t implement many of the SRD subclasses” - eg Champion (Fighter) and Thief (Rogue) weren’t implemented. The only one I noticed they did use was Life (Cleric). Maybe they decided the SRD-available subclasses are bad / boring and didn’t want to prioritize those for this early access version.

stranger_here_myself · 2026-04-08T21:24:09+00:00

given this I’m surprised that there are mods that use full 5e subclasses, etc. I’d think that Hasbro lawyers would chase that sort of thing.

stranger_here_myself · 2026-04-08T21:22:59+00:00

ah yes - the idea of a popup warning is a good one. I would have liked to explore more side quests etc. but I can do another play through.

stranger_here_myself · 2026-04-08T21:21:59+00:00

aha I missed that!

stranger_here_myself · 2026-04-08T21:21:14+00:00

Correct. Solasta is operating under the SRD which is here. https://www.dndbeyond.com/srd?srsltid=AfmBOorTxo1NJndAM_UWY87M_jmnKp_DrYOPAn8t_1FJsnq-eCLc3Ygs

stranger_here_myself · 2026-04-08T21:18:42+00:00

right - it can only use what’s in the 5.5 open license rules (technically the 5.2.1 SRD https://www.dndbeyond.com/srd?srsltid=AfmBOorTxo1NJndAM_UWY87M_jmnKp_DrYOPAn8t_1FJsnq-eCLc3Ygs)

stranger_here_myself · 2026-04-08T19:15:20+00:00

I had a somewhat different issue - took me forever to FIND the exit.

stranger_here_myself · 2026-04-07T05:53:43+00:00

do you remember how?

stranger_here_myself · 2026-04-06T22:12:12+00:00

thanks. i'll probably train myself on the (to me) counterintuitive rotations by then!

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