Thank you john520 for the message. Very much appreciated. This is a relatively short adventure. The Gaping Maw is the priritual successor to this and massive. Set in the same world

Just started this campaign and loving it- really appreciate the effort put into the lore. At level 3 right now and battles are challenging but enjoyable, and I am glad to see the crafting options so far. Thanks for sharing this world with us !

Thanks very much for the kind words. Very rewarding. This was by far my shortest campaign and I was trying some new stuff. A bit rough around the edges but not too bad. My Gaping Maw (my last campaign) built upon what I learned and is probably 80 hours or so of adventure. And goes from level 1-16. Its a bit different as it is milestone XP levelling but has some good feedback if you are interested. In the same world as Depths of Darkness

Finished the module at level 6. I would rate it quite high. It's very lore-rich, there are some satisfying side quests, the settings and arenas are nicely varied, and the fights feel balanced, varied, and satisfying. I played on scavenger, and I only loaded from a save once, when what felt like three sets of enemies intended for multiple fights engaged at once. I did not manage to get into the room requiring you to cast bless: I multiclassed as a cleric to cast it, but nothing seemed to happen. I also did not manage to find a key to enter the room opposite the summoning room waypoint. Otherwise I believe I did everything I could. I had a minor complaint (see previous comments) about primed weapons but they didn't end up being needed.

Thanks for that - I'll make sure to add some more obvious ones in the next update

interesting. I have not skipped any fights thus far, just got to level 2 and the sewers in the citadel. Only found the primed shortsword and primed wand. No armor. Thanks anyway - maybe I'm not intended to get them until later, and I'm not dying, it would just be nice to buy recipes and craft them when I have enough gold.

There should be every primed weapon as a drop or loot of merchants. If not - I can certainly add them for sure

me again. still loving this: just hit level 5, going deeper into the citadel. I'm a bit confused about the crafting. There's a lot of recipes available at the merchants, but I've yet to find primed armor or weapons, except for one shortsword as a drop from an enemy. am I missing a merchant? I did look at the merchant in the citadel who you eventually fight. .

@pbalfe thanks, I might skip it then, though I am a completionist by nature. I appreciate the depth of lore you have created here. I was a little more worried about missing a nice piece of loot, which seems intentionally sparse thus far.

@Cervell - it is optional, so if you have someone who can cast it - great. But if not, you do not miss too much other than some lore and information

Loving this so far, I'm level 3 and heading into the citadel. A little stuck in the room that requires you to have bless : am I going to have to respec into a cleric or Paladin for one level? Or is there another solution?

Good to hear!

NVM. I figured it out. Doh!

Still have one quest to finish before entering grove. Can't figure out how to heal the elf in the jail. I've searched high and low. No luck

Thank you @tcpinut for the feedback!

I'm having a great time. Thanks for the wonderful module.

You have got to be kidding with those "twig blights". Counterspells, hold spells, at FIRST LEVEL?

@Andrewoid: Thanks very much for that very generous feedback. Very much appreciated!

This is hands down one of the best modules I have played in Solasta to date. 5 starts without a doubt. I love the depth of worldbuilding and quality of life mechanics.

I can't wait to play the Against the Cult installments.

Thank you for a great adventure, pbalfe!

Damn - I'll need to check that out again. Cheers

Also, I had the holy amulet and staff equipped./

Didn't have a cleric or paladin for the throne room so I changed the game settings to universal scrolls and used two bless scrolls I had looted to cast bless on all 4 party members and..... nothing. Reloaded, cast bless before attempting the religion check on the statue, passed check again.... still nothing. Even tried 4 potions of heroism (which gives the blessed condition), nothing again.

Out of ideas. Suggestions?

Really good module! Very balanced fights and the plot made sense.

Ah yes - an optional side quest. If you give the bard in town 3 gold he will give you a key for this

(Locked door North of the Leath Daoine area, to be more specific)

Thanks for this adventure, so much fun. A friend and I found the War one too difficult (at the huge Orc village fights, especially) but this one I really enjoyed doing alone. I've finished all quests, just about to go into the Grove ending, but there's a locked door South of the Warg Pits which will not open. Is it optional? We killed all the fake Halflings.

Took a break to play BG3 - but back to the design of the new one. As usual I've bitten off more than I can chew - so another couple of months I would say with design, dialog and testing

Any idea when your next adventure will be published?

Just finished playing this adventure, I love your world! Can't wait to play your level 1-16 campaign! Sláinte!

Great - I am craven99#3108

I do have a Discord account, but never used it much. are you referring to the Solasta one or something specific to the dungeon(s)? In any case I just sent you a friend invite so we don't need to clutter the discussion w/minutia

Twig blights with counterspell, seriously?

Are you on discord by any chance? I could review your save file and find out what is going on

OK I now have all the DLC installed except the brand new one. I tried turning off UB.

When I go to the crypt, all that happens is the screen goes a little dark and the journal says "conversation recorded: Sepulchre." ("You hear an unearthly scream...). Nothing else happens.

Casting Bless on my party in the throne room doesn't do anything...

what am I missing?

Thanks very much for the feedback dudefurnowski. I am going to go back to my old campaigns and update them after the new DLC is released and will update this. My mistake to have a quest that cannot be done unless you have a specific class.

Finished the mod, wonderful combat balance and attention to detail in dungeon making, can't wait to see what you'll do with the next DLC :)

I don't think character who cannot innately cast a spell can you use a scroll of that spell... I'll try to see if with unfinished business I can change something and put the bless spell on my druid or sorcerer list.
May I suggest to write in the description that having a paladin or a cleric in the party is demanded to finish one of the quests?

@dudefurnowski: Unless you have someone who can cast it innate or from a scroll I do not believe the way forward will open

Hello, I got the holy amulet of Daghda, but I don't have a Cleric, so I cannot cast bless in the throne room. Is there an item that can cast bless around to be found? Bless is a common spell, but if you don't have a paladin or a cleric you don't get blessed - unless maybe with a lore bard. I got a druid, a ranger, a sorcerer and a barbarian. Am I screwed in the throne room?

Thanks very much @whatiflobstersruled - I used that as an inspiration but made a number of changes to fit with my setting and the restrictions of the DM. Appreciate the feedback!

Fun take on The Sunless Citadel, which I played on a tabletop -- thanks!

I can see why you use that username. It is right there in the description: "It is intended for 1st-level characters. You'll reach level 5 or more by the end."

what levels is it for? why do people never put levels in descriiption

No bother at all. Hopefully in May when they release the new DLC the others will go on sale and you will get a good deal. Many thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated

Ah, I don't know if there was an issue with my resolution on the Workshop screen; I had only seen LV as being required DLC, one of the reasons I grabbed this one. I suppose the references I saw in the comments about the Druid are related to why Primal Calling is also needed.

I did actually get to the crypt after the throne room. And it did spawn a fight, but I may need to loot that sarcophagus, which I couldn't do. That's probably what requires IS.

Well, I was probably going to grab at least one of those DLCs next time on sale (which I presume will coincide with the new DLC). So I'll wrap this guy up once I do. Thanks for the direction. I did in fact quite enjoy the dungeon till I ran out of DLCs!

@ResumeMan: Thanks for the query and playing. Sorry for the delay in replying!


1) Locked door: If you spoke to the bard in the tavern and gave him gold (3 in total I think) you will get a key for this door. Side area only

2) It looks as though you did get to the area after the throne room. In the crypts off there it should spawn a fight. You should need the inner strength DLC as well. I thought I had that selected as a DLC required

3) The way onward from this level of the dungeon is past the goblin area in the north of the level.

Oh, to add: The only active quests I currently have are the main Sunless Citadel quest "We should explore this level carefully" and the Lost Adventurers "Locate Fiona"

OK I'm pretty much stumped. There are two things I can't advance:

1. There is one locked door left that I can't open. It's kind of near the "Leath Daoine Leader" area, across from the room with the pentagram on the floor.

2. Nope, can't figure out how to get thru the throne room. I'm in the room, my cleric's got the Amulet of Daghda and the Staff of healing equipped and attuned as per the post by Jack n'a on 4/19. Same cleric casts Bless on all four party members and...nothing happens. I'm obviously missing something obvious.

Hope this is still being read. I'm enjoying this (my first community dungeon), though I seem to be stalled. But aside from that I wanted to point out a couple of glitches.

1. I can enter the crypts through both entrances, and everything proceeds normally. And if I want to save the game when in the crypts, I can. But if I try to load a game that was saved in the crypts, it won't let me and says ("missing DLC Inner Strength"). (No, the only DLC I have is Lost Valley). Loads/saves everywhere else work fine.

2. I've gone back to the crypt off the Ancient Throne Room. There's a sarcophagus in the middle. I *think* I looted it and everything was fine when I played it but I can't remember. When I click it now, the game sort of ... hesitates, and nothing pops up, no inventory or message or anything. Like I said it may be totally fine but I wanted to mention it since the above crypt weirdness.

yea noticed that. thats the least. imo the power gap is high at the beggining. when i met the big twig blight (dont remember the name) at lvl 1 it was a tough. :D
im now in the citadel and every 2 fights i have long rest. i dont mind that its hard, i prefer it that way. but at lvl 1 i felt it overwhelming :D