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Documentation for ToME

General information

• /General information

Extra help for new players

• /Extra help for new players Welcome! Recommended reading.

• /New player guide - This page will contain a tutorial/guide for new players.

• /Having problems with a blank display? Playing on windows and getting a blank screen? This might help.

Creating a character

• /Creating a character

  • /Characteristics Primary and secondary stats, armor class, hitpoints, sanity, possessions, mana, piety and more.

  • /Races

  • /Race modifiers aka Subraces

  • /Classes

  • /Birth abilities

  • /Combinations of race and class

• Stat bonus tables and ability tables: See the in-game help.

Exploring the dungeon

• /Exploring the dungeon This text contains help on:

  • The symbols on your map

  • The town level

  • The wilderness

  • Within the dungeon (light, food, objects, digging/mining, stairs etc., monsters, and pets and companions)

  • The bottom line -Death, dying, winning, and retiring.

Attacking monsters and being attacked

• /Attacking monsters

  • Introduction

  • The player's attacks

  • Armor

  • Resistances and typed attacks

  • Monster memory

Game commands

• /Game commands Original and roguelike keysets, special keys, user preference files, and complete command descriptions.

Game options

• /Game Options

  • Birth / Startup Options

  • In-Game Options

    • Option Set 1: User Interface

    • Option Set 2: Disturbance

    • Option Set 3: Gameplay

    • Option Set 4: Efficiency

    • Option Set 5: ToME Options

    • Stacking Options

    • Base Delay Factor

    • Hitpoint Warning

    • Autosave Options

    • Automatizer

  • Window Flags

  • Cheating Options

  • Dump Options

  • Load Options

Magic: Schools, and Devices

• /Magic- general information on the ToME magic system.

  • Wands, Staves and Rods - on these three types of magical device.

  • Magic Schools- on the Primary and Secondary Schools, namely:

    • Air

    • Alchemy

    • Conveyance

    • Demonology

    • Divination

    • Earth

    • Fire

    • Geomancy

    • Mana

    • Meta

    • Mind

    • Nature

    • Necromancy

    • Runecraft

    • Temporal

    • Thaumaturgy

    • Udun

    • Water

  • Other Powers - about the other powers accessed by the 'm'agic menu.

    • Mimicry

    • Mindcraft

    • Music

    • Possession

    • Summoning

    • Symbiosis

Skills

• /Skills

  • Introduction

  • The Skills Themselves, arranged in groups under:

    • Combat,

    • Sneakiness,

    • Magic,

    • Spirituality and

    • Monster-lore.

Bought abilities

• /Bought abilities

Gods

• /Gods - To learn more about Eru Iluvatar, Manwe Sulimo, Yavanna Kementari, Tulkas, and Melkor Bauglir, read on.

Item inscriptions

• /Item inscriptions Item inscriptions (@, !, and #) can be extremely handy, or just fun.

Note: Floor inscriptions are introduced in the in-game spoilers, below

Automatizer

• /Automatizer help - A full and fairly comprehensive guide, including...

  • a sample file.

Macros

• /Macros A guide to macros, keymaps and item inscriptions. Unfortunately rather out-of-date, but possibly helpful.

In-game spoilers

• /In-game spoilers Some general game hints, hopefully not too spoily

Writing modules

• /Lua help A basic guide to scripting with Lua for module makers.

• Debug commands are listed here. Beware: SPOILERS.

• /Module Maker Handbook A guide to making modules in ToME 3.0 format.

• ToME API contains LUA functions, variables and more, with descriptions as to what each does. You are warned, however, that it is somewhat out-of-date.

Writing In-game Documentation

• /HelpfileFormat

Version & contact information

• /Version information

• /Contact information

Chatter

Change Log

• /ChangeLog Spoilers! (Spoilers are being extracted from Documentation, and thus must be mentioned here.)

Documentation Discussion

Post your topics in thread style here. Move recently commented threads to the top.

• /Discussion/Sections in need of additional information

• /Discussion/newbie guide

• /Discussion/In-game spoiler chatter

• /Discussion/Exp the dungeon chatter

• /Discussion/Bought abilities chatter

• /Discussion/Compiling from source

• /Discussion/2.3 Documentation Question

• /Discussion/Re-working in-game help Proposal for new structure for in game help

• /Discussion/Macro section

• /Discussion/In-game doc vs. wiki doc

• /Discussion/Alphabetical index?

• /Discussion/Macro doc AKA the Macro FAQ, but not really a FAQ

• /Discussion/In-game spoilers Fate of the 2.2.7 In-game spoilers

• /Discussion/Missing powers in the outline