Status Report

I don't think a full party will go much past lvl 6 - certainly some testing we did last year suggested that.

As to how much complete? Well, 90+%: all the encounters, maps etc are done (including the Orc Caves not included in v1.0), I am just working on the alignment endings. Different plotlines / endings for alignments is a lot of fiddly work.

EDIT: Which psionic monsters? All of them, of course. Except Illithids - no, no, no. Way too overpowered.

 

No new models, no, but some new outfits to make some of them look like their pics in the SRD / MM.

There are two encounters with psionics, and the context for them is as follows

- one big psionic encounter that will just make sense. Trust me. There'll be some foreshadowing and it'll come near the end.

- a smaller presence in an existing encounter. Basically, as part of updating the monsters from Basic to 3.5, I considered what the MM said about monsters in groups. So, for instance, the MM says that Gnolls, in a big enough group, will have some hyenas with them, and a troll - so I added these to the Gnoll Cave in the Caves of Chaos (for anyone who wondered what the troll was doing in there - yes, he should be there under 3.5 rules even if not in the original module). The addition of psionic monsters was like that - one group of critters could reasonably be assumed to have a psion with them. So now they will.

 

Well the next version is still a couple of months away (due to IWD priorities and also some RL stuff for me like a new job) so certainly download and play now if so inclined. The current version (1.0.1) is playable from beginning to end and fun too The next release will add some of the alignment plots (as well as bug fixes etc) but the current version is certainly playable.

 

Ted hasn't been around in a while again so you should assume the project is inactive until and unless you hear differently here.

 

Ok, I've got time for a quick update.

The last few months, unsurprisingly, not much has happened. (Due to work commitments, not the new baby, which doesn't actually make you busy til it sticks its face out. I'll tell you the full work story if anyone cares, but suffice it to say, I've finished what made me busy, but it made me busy). And in the next few, not much will happen either til the new baby gets settled into a routine and I get my evenings back. If I do have time to mod, I will do the IWD stuff first, because I would rather provide stuff for Allyx to build on than just pick away at things of my own - that makes more sense to me.

So - inactive, but temporarily so. On the up side I have been writing a memoir that has forced me to reevaluate a lot of the (bad) choices I have made along the way that have held this up, and has inspired me to finish some stuff.

Hey, staying the course all that time and still whining is help enough Glad to know people still care.

But please don't blame the other Co8 modders, they finished their responsibilities for the next KotB update ages ago. (At least a year). This is on me.

But as far as a 'FINISHED KotB!!!' - we DID release a full version, you know? I hope you have played 1.0 and are not 'waiting'. I noticed that when I did the demos, which were meant to be complete releases of small sections of the game - some people said, "I'll wait for the final thing". Well, the 'final' thing was 1.0. I'm working on a major update - a 2.0 - but you should certainly play what is there.

 

I will certainly give it a go (finally), I just got a sick note from the quack due to an infected cyst on my waistband, a signed week off work while it heals, and some quality gaming to help me feel better... it's like Christmas 7 months early!