Taromancy

Embark on a journey through the arcane depths of Taromancy, a strategic deck-building roguelike set in the Veiled Dominion, a mystical world where the Major Arcana serve as deities and the art of tarot reading shapes reality itself. Each playthrough, uncover and harness the forces of over 1,000 unique tarot-inspired cards, confront ominous fates, and weave your own destiny amidst a world inspired by pre-Tolkien 18th- and 19th-century fantasy. In Taromancy, the path you tread is never the same twice. Venture through 22 unique realms, each representing a Major Arcana, across an open-world node map. You'll face cryptic encounters, arcane challenges, and mystical boons, each casting an impact on your journey's outcome. Select cards from 22 Major Arcana sets (each with 14 unique cards) and character-specific cards, forging a deck that aligns with your personal strategy—from harnessing the potent energies of The Magician to unleashing the destructive wrath of The Tower. Explore philosophical themes of tradition vs. innovation, the nature of belief, and the power of stories to shape reality. Key Features: - Dynamic Deck-Building with Deep Tarot Integration: Craft your deck from over 1,000 cards, drawing from 22 Major Arcana sets and unique character cards. Combine cards in infinite ways, exploring synergies and powerful combos to adapt to each new threat. - Vast, Ever-Changing World: No two journeys are alike. Explore an open-world node map divided into 22 distinct realms, each with unique events, combat encounters, elite challenges, bosses, and rewards. Your path shifts with each playthrough, providing fresh and unpredictable challenges. - The Fortune System & Unique Artifacts: Instead of traditional artifacts, draw from a tarot deck to receive your fortune. Each of the 78 cards from the standard tarot deck offers unique blessings and challenges, infusing your journey with potent changes and redirecting its course. - Unlock Over 150 Unique Characters: Discover and unlock a diverse cast of over 150 characters, each with unique starting positions, custom decks, special cards, distinct playstyles, and individual quests. Master their individual strengths as you adapt to ever-shifting fates. - Extensive Replayability: With countless card combinations, over 300 enemy minions, 40+ challenging bosses, 300 unique story events, hundreds of status effects, and dozens of modifiers, Taromancy promises a fresh and deep strategic experience every time. How you play, and how you survive, depends on how you interpret the cards. - Rich Narrative Experience: Immerse yourself in a world with deep lore, exploring the struggle to preserve ancient wisdom while embracing change, and the power of stories in shaping reality. Prepare to delve into a mystical world where each choice shapes your destiny. Will you master the Tarot's power and ascend, or will your journey end in the shadows? Taromancy aims to offer: - Over 150 unique playable characters, each with their own distinct playstyle, starting deck, special cards, and individual quests. - Over 1,000 fully implemented cards, divided into 22 Major Arcana sets and character-specific cards. - 78 unique artifacts (via the Fortune System), each tied to a card from the standard tarot deck, offering unique blessings and challenges. - Over 340 unique combat encounters (including 300+ enemy minions and 40+ challenging bosses). - More than 300 unique story events that can help or harm you, shaping your journey through the Veiled Dominion. - 22 unique realms to explore, each with its own visual style, atmosphere, and lore. - - - - People come here with the notion of solving something. They come with questions and they seek answers. But conflict arising from the nature of consciousness is not served by questions and answers. Words are limiting, and when we reduce our inner turmoils into them, we never will end up with inner satisfaction. No, you end up with a placating catch phrase. Too easily to we let poetry make us forget the truth which lacks lyricism. So I've no interest in hearing why you are Even by asking a question, you narrow your search. Even by anticipating an answer, you corrupt your motivations. This is an exploration. You will be challenged, you will be tested by mortal metrics - in strength, in will, in tactics, intuition, morality and its consequences. Continued Success will not yield you tangible rewards, but it WILL offer you the tools to further your exploration, and ultimately, your understanding. Be warned, spending too long in this realm of self-reflection will drive any conscious mind to madness. Do not toil, and seek things along your path that have familiarity - attachment is what keeps an otherwise unbound mind, sane. None who take this journey make it to the end their first time - failure is expected. Do not be discouraged. As you learn and master your tools, and the what to expect, you will find the experience smoother every time. That said, no matter how well you use your tools, you must come out eventually. This needn't be the end to your exploration, however. Truth's totality comes from many perspectives - For this purpose I offer many to choose from - when you are ready.