D&D: New Expansion For Solasta, Crown Of The Magister Adds Barbarians, Druids, And More
Solasta: Crown of the Magister’s new expansion adds Barbarians, Druids, and a whole lot more to the excellent 5th Edition Dungeon Crawler.
We’ve talked before about how in-depth Solasta: Crown of the Magister goes with its adaptation of 5th Edition D&D. It combines the tight, tactical gameplay of the 5E SRD with the possibilities opened up by having a 3D playing environment. Which means there’s a lot of verticality to the dungeon maps, as well as dynamic lighting and other features that add a little more depth to your encounters.
It’s all the grid-based tactical combat that 5th Edition hides carefully in its core. Because 5th Edition is very streamlined, you don’t always know why you’d want to push something around–and since you’re typically playing one character in a game of D&D, you absolutely want to do something cool on your turn and that tends to be hitting the giant spider with your sword. But controlling a party, it absolutely made more sense for the fighter to push the spider to be in range of the rogue who could devastate it with a sneak attack.
And it’s stuff like that that makes 5E shine. I’ve seen other people describe the game as X-COM mixed with D&D and that’s pretty true. You have to get creative and you have to take unusual risks otherwise you get steamrolled.
Now a new DLC is out, Primal Calling, which brings with it two new classes, Barbarian and Druid along with Half-Orcs, and a new Background, the Wanderer. But in addition to all of this, there’s a new free update that raises the level cap, adds new features to the game (including 6th level spells) alongside some new Dungeon maker tools. Check it out below!
Solasta: Primal Calling – $9.99
Unleash your wild side with the Primal Calling DLC!
Buying this DLC unlocks two new classes (for a total of 6 new subclasses), one new ancestry and one new background.
-
- The Barbarian Class, with its 3 subclasses: Path of the Berserker (SRD), Path of the Magebane (Solasta), Path of Stone (Community)
- The Druid Class, with its 3 subclasses: Circle of the Land (SRD), Circle of Kindred Spirit (Solasta), Circle of Winds (Community)
- The Half-Orc Ancestry
- The Wanderer Background, with its brand new background quest located in Copparan
Solasta’s also getting a large update for free!
Whether you decide to get this DLC or not, the Tactical Adventures crew will be rolling a free update nonetheless!
-
- Level cap increased from level 10 to level 12, unlocking new class features as well as level 6 spells
- Scars and Facial Paints customization options in character creation
- Tired of playing through the tutorial? You can now skip it!
- Rebalanced (harder!) fight at the end of the campaign – prepare for a challenge!
- New Town Exterior & Town Interior Environments for the Dungeon Maker
- New Campaign Creator Feature, allowing custom dungeons to be bundled together into a campaign with custom monsters, custom NPCs & merchants and custom items!
Happy Adventuring!
