HexenRPG is a generic party-based dungeon crawler system with random encounters and turn-based combat. It is inspired by Wizardry, The Bard's Tale, and Wasteland.

Design Guidelines

It follows a few design guidelines that differentiate it from other classic dungeon crawlers:

• No classes. Characters can learn any skill as long as they meet the requirements and have enough currency to pay for it.
• No experience points. As long as you have currency, you can upgrade and modify your characters.
• No levels. There are no set levels at which characters progress. It is up to you to decide which characters should progress when.
• No base attributes. Everything you do in the game world revolves around your skills. Modifications to your character apply directly to skills, and parameters that are used in combat.
• No inventory. Of course there is an inventory but the system is deliberately designed to reduce inventory management. For instance, you don't carry any weapons or ammo. Instead, you have combat actions and action points.

Systems

This is a list of currently implemented systems:

• Ask - keyword based dialog system
• Bank - deposit or withdraw currency
• Bestiary - report monsters and collect rewards
• Camp - rest, craft (requires recipe), and identify items
• Chest - open, lockpick, disarm trap, use key, use password
• Combat - turn-based combat inspired by Wizardry
• Deadpool - abandon and rescue parties
• Door - open, lockpick, use key, use password
• Encounter - random encounters (events, combat)
• Event - encounters and dialogs
• Guild - join/leave guild, hire, retire, and train recruits
• Inn - rest
• Inventory - inventory management
• Map - representation of buildings, cities, and lands
• Modder - modify character properties
• Party - party management
• Quest - simple quest system
• Shop - buy, sell, trade, identify items
• Temple - heal, revive, pray, donate
• Travel - fast travel (may trigger encounter)
• Workbench - assemble, disassemble, and craft items

Content

Scenarios are provided in the form of content PAKs. A content PAK consist of XML files and assets that define the scenario. The download comes with a sandbox content PAK that I use for testing.

The archive comes bundled with a Java 21 Runtime Environment.