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Download wildermyth campaigns for free2/13/2024 I quite liked Ecthis as a villain, but she retreads very similar ground to Ulstryx (remaking the world), the Deepist royals (turning humans to her cause) and the dragon (a justified superiority complex). The moment to moment writing is really great, but overall the campaign drags, never quite feeling like it justifies five chapters instead of three. Some strange choices like losing a main character for a chapter and constantly hinting at the mothman's misdeeds yet expecting him to be a hero anyway never clicked with me. Eluna and the Moth: heard really great things about it, but didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would.For such a short campaign it still feels epic. The themes of fighting back against an unstoppable corruptive force and the introduction of straight up Lovecraftian horror towards the end were really well done. Age of Ulstryx: According to achievement data, only barely more than a third of players make it through the introductory campaign. For a game that involves frequent body modifications, magical prosthetics, and reincarnation, it would be very weird if the game blindly condemned a character for choosing the Path of Steampunk just because the automatons look ugly. I particularly liked how the morthagi weren't depicted as evil, just axiomatic, and the choice to become a morthagi as a legitimate one rather than inherently bad just because they aren't human. The Enduring War: I love a good existential horror theme.In the final battle, the father did what his ancestors never could by dealing the last 10 damage through his death, leaving his daughter to carry on his legacy. The rivalry between the two starting warriors, the regret of the parental figure, and the horrible realisation of the generational lie were all really effective. I liked the drauven characters more than my heroes, and even then, the hero stories were done so well. Making decisions for the drauven that affected what I had to deal with on the overworld and also influenced the relationships between the key players in the drauven army filled me with delight.
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