The Veins of the Earth

The Veins of the Earth
Beta Project
Developer	Zireael, Sebsebeleb
Theme	Fantasy
Influences	Incursion, D20
Released	2013 Jul 15 (v.0.0.5, beta 1)
Updated	2013 Aug 17 (v.0.0.8a standalone)
Licensing	Open source, Freeware
P. Language	Lua
Platforms	Windows, Linux, Mac
Interface	ASCII, keyboard
Game Length
Official site of The Veins of the Earth

The Veins of the Earth is a module for T-Engine 4.0.1.

The standalone version (T-Engine + module) can be downloaded from https://github.com/Zireael07/The-Veins-of-the-Earth/releases/download/v.0.0.8a-standalone/standalone.Veins.0.0.8a.zip. The ModDB site downloads come later due to their authorization process.

The game is a playable beta.

Contributors WANTED!

Just fork the repo, make your changes and then make a pull request back. There's a list of issues (bugs and ideas) available on git, too.

Remember, do NOT include anything that's not OGL (i.e. no kuo-toa or illithids).

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Features currently implemented include:

• 8 classes: fighter, rogue, mage, ranger, cleric, barbarian, druid, warlock
• 2 prestige classes: shadowdancer, assasin
• 10 races: human, half-elf, elf, dwarf, half-orc; drow, duergar, deep gnomes
• multiclassing & prestige classes
• colored character sheet
• randomized unarmed and weapon damage; archery and weapon finesse
• attack roll & AC & critical hits
• saving throws [Seb]; now take the best of two stats (Dex-Int; Con-Str; Wis-Cha)
• hp, exp, dungeon level on-screen display
• inventory & encumbrance
• spellbook, an iconed hotbar for spells, some 0 and 1st level spells [Seb]
• armor spell failure chance; key stat must be 9 to cast spells
• attributes roller before character creation; now guarantees higher stats
• some monsters up to CR 1; CR displayed in tooltips; monsters drop equipment and corpses
• feat and skill select [Seb]
• skill checks and opposed checks, including armor check penalty and racial bonuses; more skill points at first character level
• skill tests printed to log; max skill ranks implemented
• most weapons from SRD; magic armors and shields; light sources; amulet of natural armor; cure x wounds potions [Seb]
• ranged weapons as starting equipment; deep-dwelling races no longer get a torch
• most melee & skill enhancing feats from SRD
• working Intuition skill and item identification
• colored in-game help screen; colored tooltips; colored log messages
• stairs have a chance of not changing the dungeon level [Seb]
• calendar
• item tooltips
• terrain effects
• speed bonuses