tome (2.3.11-ah-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Modified the install paths to deploy to the FHS compliant
    /usr/games/tome and /var/games/tome, as we have always done
  * This is a major change, and includes theming. Some of the options have
    changed. Because of this, the manual page has been removed; there is a
    command line help  option and in game help until the manual page is
    rewritten.

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+~~~~~01|Magic|Thaumaturgy
+~~~~~02|Thaumaturgical Magic
+~~~~~03|Skills|Thaumaturgy - Spell Info
+#####R === ToME Magic - Thaumaturgy ===
+
+Thaumaturgy is a different type of magic where the spells learnt are not 
+restricted to one school, nor are they read out of spellbooks. Each time an
+adventurer increases her thaumaturgy skill, she gains access to a few 
+[[[[[Rrandom] attack spells, each one automatically "learnt" at a specific 
+casting level. Since she doesn't need spellbooks, she does not end up with 
+inventory slots being filled up so quickly by the necessary items for safe
+exploration of the dungeon, and can therefore collect more loot.
+
+The downside of this is that she has no ability to choose what spells she 
+learns, and no ability to improve the power of a learnt spell. So, a bolt 
+spell with damage 1d5 will remain at 1d5 damage for the whole game. And the
+spells learnt are *all* attack spells of some sort (remembering that things 
+like light and stone-to-mud can damage some monsters) - so no teleporting, no
+identify, no healing spells are learnt. At most, some wall creation may be
+employed.
+
+Thaumaturgist use their magic through the 'm' key. They then select a general
+group of spells, followed by a specific spell.
+
+Thaumaturgy spells can take the form of:
+- a bolt, targeted at a single location;
+- a beam, which hits all monsters in a line;
+- a ball (either centred on the caster or targetable);
+- an meteor strike (multiple balls in the vicinity of the caster);
+- a spell that affects all monsters in line of sight.