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So if you have a mutation that lets you, say, psionically dominate a spider, you can traipse through the world as a spider, laying webs and eating things.     DYNAMIC FACTION SYSTEM  — Pursue allegiances with over 70 factions: apes, crabs, trees, robots, and highly entropic beings, just to name a few.     RICHLY DETAILED SCIENCE FANTASY SETTING  — Over fifteen years of worldbuilding have led to a rich, weird, labyrinthine, one-of-a-kind storyworld, layered on top of the simulation, all for you to explore. Live and drink, friend.     TACTICAL GAMEPLAY  — Turn-based, sandbox exploration and combat offers as many solutions as you and your mutations, implants, artifacts, and skills are creative enough to invent.     RPG ELEMENTS  — Quests, NPCs, villages, historic sites; some dynamic and some handwritten, interwoven to produce a transportative RPG experience.     ATMOSPHERIC ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK  — Over two hours of otherworldly music to delve to.                 Caves of Qud has one of the most expressive character creators of all time.    Play the role of a mutant indigenous to the salt-spangled dunes and jungles of Qud, or play a true kin descendant from one of the few remaining eco-domes — the toxic arboreta of Ekuemekiyye, the ice-sheathed arcology of Ibul, or the crustal mortars of Yawningmoon.    Build your character out of:      Over 70 mutations — outfit yourself with wings, two heads, four arms, flaming hands, teleportation, the power to clone yourself…    Dozens of cybernetic implants (and more to find as treasure) — night vision, translucent skin, carbide fists, spring-loaded ankle tendons…    24 castes and kits from across the social order of Qud and beyond Moghra’yi, the Great Salt Desert    Too overwhelmed to build a character from scratch? Choose one of 9 preset characters and start your adventure right away. Then return to character creation when you are ready.                   Play one of four modes:     CLASSIC  — Like other traditional roguelikes, this mode has permadeath, meaning you lose your character when you die. Extremely challenging even for experts.     ROLEPLAY  — Play it like an RPG. Save your progress at checkpoints located in settlements.     WANDER  — Focus on exploration. Most creatures will not attack you, you don’t gain experience by killing, but you DO gain experience by discovering new locations and treating with legendary creatures.     DAILY  — One chance with a fixed character and world seed. How long will you survive?         After 9 years of continuous  development and frequent updates, Caves of Qud has finally reached its 1.0 release! 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