Serpent in the Staglands - Beta 2.3 Available

Whalenought Studios next forum update has news that Beta patch 2.3 is available.

Beta 2.3 is available in the links from before, along with the same password.

This beta will need to reset your saves. After generating a Necholai and any avatars, you can talk to someone in the courtyard on the way to Lumen Targ that can teleport you to the Bridge and get your party up to level 5 with a bunch of emeralds. This is to get you up to speed for testing Emerald Metalis.

One of the more devious puzzles of the game is located here, along with the consil and some other regions to sink your teeth into. While we haven’t done the final rounds of item-placement and dialogue placement in these areas (we still need to go through Orfs Bridge, as well), we’re hoping to get your feedback on the general flow of the region and of the Hallowed Doors puzzle proper.

The Linguistics aptitude will help, and there is an NPC in the Consil there that you could employ which has it, or put points in it yourself. The puzzles are certainly doable without it, just be sure to write things down. It’s supposed to be a level 4 – 6 area. **Harvesters need to be knocked down to be damaged at these levels, their AC and SR is immensely high otherwise. There are numerous ways to do that!**

There are a lot of other small tweaks unlisted dealing with AI, balancing with difficulty and EXP reward and combat, but some bigger ones are available in the beta patch log here.