scroggage
Level 5
2 years ago
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Hey there folks!
Are you ready for more Solasta? That’s right, today we’re revealing part of our upcoming DLC – say hello to the Barbarian and the Druid. But wait, that’s not all! As most of you know, ever since our Kickstarter we’ve been working hand in hand with our players – you – to make Solasta a better game, and that’s why today starts the Wishing Well Event!
What is the Wishing Well?
The Wishing Well is an event where everyone gets to submit design ideas for the two Community Subclasses that we’ll implement in-game for our first upcoming DLC – one for the Barbarian, and one for the Druid. We (Tactical Adventures) will be going through the submissions to select ideas that we find really cool, and either implement them as such, or tweak them to fit the game (for instance if the feature sounds really great but is too complex to implement, we’ll adapt or simplify it). Of course, the name (or nickname) of those we’ll use ideas from will be added in the game’s credits as Community Designers.
When is the Wishing Well taking place?
The Wishing Well starts now and ends on Sunday September 5th at 11:59 pm PDT.
What are the rules of the Wishing Well?
- Please only participate once per person, i.e. 1 submission maximum per class
- Please do not submit existing designs taken either from official sourcebooks or existing homebrew (unless it’s your own homebrew and you’re willing to share of course)
- You do not need to submit a complete design – for instance, if you have cool ideas for a level 3 and level 6 barbarian features, but nothing for level 10 and 14, you can still submit something!
- Please note that by participating, you agree to Tactical Adventures using the content you submitted. The legal guidelines can be found here (Barbarian Contest) and here (Druid Contest), if you’re proficient in legalese and want to dig into the documents.
- Please note that we may adapt and modify the design you submitted
- Please note that we may select features from different submissions to create both community subclasses (as in, picking a level 3 feature from one submission, and a level 6 feature from another one…)
How do I participate to the Wishing Well?
Simply submit your ideas in this Google Form!
- Barbarian: https://forms.gle/GSWboFb3yDHDSHi27
- Druid: https://forms.gle/wD6sc2TwtgBDWTpE6
How will I know if my submission is selected?
Before releasing the DLC (date not yet revealed), we will announce which ideas we selected (and some personal favorites as well) in a news post just like this one – and the name or nickname you put in the Google Form will also be added to the in-game credits as Community Designer.
Alright folks, this is the end for today! As always thank you for reading, we can’t wait to see what crazy ideas you have in mind! Also, check out our Forums and our Discord Server to chat with other players!
Article by Tactical Myzzrym
12 Comments
ExplosiveDruid
Level 4
2 years ago
YES! Love this idea :D No idea what homebrew exists out there, but I'm well versed in 5e's options and ruleset. Definitely will submit something for the Druid, possibly for the Barbarian. And no, it won't be the Circle of Explosions LOL. That's just a gentle nod to some Sage Advice I found funny.
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frostyfardragon
Level 9
2 years ago
YES! Love this idea :D No idea what homebrew exists out there, but I'm well versed in 5e's options and ruleset. Definitely will submit something for the Druid, possibly for the Barbarian. And no, it won't be the Circle of Explosions LOL. That's just a gentle nod to some Sage Advice I found funny.
Druid who specialises in putting on metal armour in the middle of a battle?
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ExplosiveDruid
Level 4
2 years ago
YES! Love this idea :D No idea what homebrew exists out there, but I'm well versed in 5e's options and ruleset. Definitely will submit something for the Druid, possibly for the Barbarian. And no, it won't be the Circle of Explosions LOL. That's just a gentle nod to some Sage Advice I found funny.
Druid who specialises in putting on metal armour in the middle of a battle?
This guy/gal gets it ;)
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frostyfardragon
Level 9
2 years ago
I have noticed Solasta already flags "metal armour" so that is one "guideline" that is quite easy to make a hard rule.
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ExplosiveDruid
Level 4
2 years ago
I have noticed Solasta already flags "metal armour" so that is one "guideline" that is quite easy to make a hard rule.
I do hope some wooden shields are available (especially magic ones) post-update if this is enforced, per the SRD on equipment:
Shields: A shield is made from wood or metal and is carried in one hand. Wielding a shield increases your Armor Class by 2. You can benefit from only one shield at a time.
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BernieTime
Visitor
2 years ago
The one thing I would like to see is more of a throwback to early editions of D&D that doesn't include Wild Shape/Shapechanging. Always felt like a bone thrown to kids that wanted to play werewolves without worrying about Lycanthropy.
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frostyfardragon
Level 9
2 years ago
The one thing I would like to see is more of a throwback to early editions of D&D that doesn't include Wild Shape/Shapechanging. Always felt like a bone thrown to kids that wanted to play werewolves without worrying about Lycanthropy.
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Druids have had wildshape since 2nd edition - that's over 30 years!
And Original D&D had no druid class.
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BernieTime
Visitor
2 years ago
True, but Wildshape was something that you could opt into much, much later in the class. Today's Druid feels like it was lifted out of an Arcade game. Which I realize is a funny thing to say when talking about creating a Druid class for a PC game.
Now that you've worked really hard about being "right on the internet", do you actually have a hot take or opinion of your own?
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BernieTime
Visitor
2 years ago
I forgot to point out that Druid was a sub-class of Cleric in the 1st Edition of D&D and also in the Eldritch Wizardry book supplementing the original D&D trilogy, so work harder at being "right on the Internet".
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frostyfardragon
Level 9
2 years ago
I don't need to be "right on the internet" because I'm right by being there. I've been playing D&D since 1981. 1st edition AD&D was the only edition in which druids did not have wildshape.
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7BitBrian
Level 1
2 years ago
This is a really awesome idea and I entered an idea for a Druid Subclass already. If I finish it in time I will enter one for he Barbarian as well.
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This is a great idea - thanks! Time to go and think hard about subclass features...