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+Chronological list of changes made in Theme module.

+

+Detailed list: http://www.zionmainframe.ca/tome/theme/changes.html

+Known bugs: http://www.zionmainframe.ca/tome/theme/bugs.html

+Credits: http://www.zionmainframe.ca/tome/theme/credits.html

+

+Theme 0.0.1 AKA "The Beginning"

+

+	- 20 new terrain features

+	- removed Alchemy [the class, the skill, and the Artifact Creation ability]

+	- removed DeathMolds [replaced with Dragons from Annals of Ea]

+	- Morgoth's corrupted races may no longer play as Lost Souls

+	- changed the intro screen and wording

+	- removed access to the Lost Hobbit quest (NEVER_GENE to both Proudfoots)

+

+Theme 0.0.2 AKA "Object Mayhem"

+

+	- removed all items relating to alchemy and portable hole

+	- changed many descriptions and item names

+	- fountainized more potions

+	- Greater Ration of Health and the Potion of Learning are no longer artifacts, but more rare.

+	- rings and amulets are all indestructible now

+	- amulets of Devotion are blessed

+	- Adamantite rods are now Tilkal rods and more rare

+	- Espadons must be wielded two-handed

+	- the Bardiche replaces the Basillard

+	- Adamantite armour is now Galvorn

+	- Paper Armour makes wearer sensitive to fire; Fur cloaks grant cold resistance.

+	- Rhino Hide Armour became Mumak Hide Armour

+	- Golden Ring Mail replaces Stone and Hide Armour

+	- adjusted leather jacket, renamed to leather jerkin

+

+Theme 0.0.3 AKA "Wordsmith"

+

+	- new rumours

+	- revamped list of silly monster names

+	- junkarts got a total facelift

+	- monster speech made more thematic all across the board

+	- more thematic last words (both monsters and player)

+

+Theme 0.0.4 AKA "Monstervore" 

+(veteran *banders beware: many, many changes to monsters. Read the detailed list, the starting parchment, or take extra time to look around. 'Monstervore' is about right for the version name, in fact.)

+

+	- more neutral monsters all across the board

+	- Zangband and CthAngband monsters are gone, joke monsters greatly revamped.

+	- Angels, icky things, centipedes, and kobolds are gone.

+	- many colour changes to reduce confusion, different monsters should be easier to, uh, differentiate

+	- gnomes, leprechauns, and lizard men are now using the 'l' symbol instead of 'h'

+	- dwarves use the 'k' symbol instead of 'h'

+	- wainriders, black numenoreans, and oathbreakers are in, knights of all kinds are out.

+	- none of the 'cold' variety dragons have flight

+	- mature non-aquatic dragons have been renamed to drakes

+	- great wyrms are now great worms

+	- baby dragons are hatchling dragons

+	- Smaug no longer erroneously described as an 'uruloki' - uruloki can't fly.

+	- Nazgul are all represented by the letter N now (too many dark gray Ws as it is)

+	- renamed some uniques to be more in-theme

+	- Huan and Shadowfax are now neutral

+	- brought back aquatic elven warriors (friend), aquatic elven mages (friend), Headless, and mermaids from Z.

+	- completely new set of demons (major and minor) all in-theme, replacing the old D&D demons.

+	- the White Balrog renamed and re-described to avoid confusion due to the above.

+	- minotaurs, maulotaurs, and hippocampi are gone. The unique Maze guardian stays.

+

+Theme 0.0.5 AKA "Artifactual"

+

+	- removed joke artifacts, many ammo artifacts, the phial of undeath, and toris mejistos

+	- changed many artifact names

+	- broadened some descriptions

+	- Gurthang renamed to Angalachel (detailed explanation in changelog.txt)

+	- The sword formerly known as Vorpal Blade is sentient

+	- Sting is a short sword, not small sword

+	- Anduril now resists being shattered by Morgul beings.

+	- Angrist is a broken dagger and gives a luck bonus.

+	- Theoden King had a sword, not an axe. That axe is now of Dain Ironfoot.

+

+Theme 0.0.6 AKA "Brave New World"

+

+	- wilderness map corrected a lot to fit the Middle-Earth map, dungeon locations have changed considerably.

+	- some places on the map have names now, so you can wander through Rivendell, the Brown Lands, Udun, etc.

+	- three words: the Dead Marshes. Avoid 'em.

+	- some dungeons renamed; many new terrain features.

+	- in general, the wilderness is a lot more dangerous to travel (thanks to BlackSmurf for the inspiration).

+	- Angband levels 101-127 separated out into Utumno.

+	- 7 new dungeons, all with a final guardian and guaranteed artifact or randart.

+	- random towns in Cirith Ungol, Blue Mountains, Dol Amroth, Near Harad.

+	- Gondolin map tweaked a bit to suit new location.

+	- Lothlorien has been renamed to Caras Galadhon.

+

+Theme 0.0.7 AKA "The Forge"

+

+	- 16 new item types, some from T-Plus, some as suggested in the forum, others my own - mostly for 'game 	  	  	  flavour' [no pun intended :-)]

+	- 37 new ego-types, many from T-Plus and Annals of Ea

+	- 35 new artifacts, many from T-Plus, some from Annals of Ea, some implemented based on forum suggestions

+	- 6 new item sets, one of my own, one from T-Plus, others as suggested in the forum

+	- over 200 new monsters:

+		- centipedes replaced by 9 types of cattle and one unique (Boar of Everholt)

+		- icky things replaced by mewlips (undead things of hobbit-lore), 14 types

+		- 59 new uniques (8 are unkillable, wilderness-only Valar, 8 are joke monsters)

+

+Theme 0.0.8 AKA "Gone to Town"

+	

+	- numerous bug fixes, refer to changelog.txt for details

+	- 4 new artifacts, 4 new sets, 3 new ego types, some item and monster tweaks

+	- 14 new terrain features for town use

+	- 12 new towns, of these 7 are not visible on the wilderness map (all have parchments)

+	- Caras Galadhon map redone completely, Gondolin map tweaked to suit new location

+	- 'Rest for the night' option available for free in player home and some thematic locations

+	- 8 new store types

+	- rewritten store owner list

+

+Theme 0.0.9 AKA "Out, Out, Damned Spot!"

+

+	- a bugfix release on the heels of ToME 2.2.7; see changelog.txt for details

+	- Player can now push past neutral monsters, thanks to a lua script written by BauMog

+	- Bjorn (a joke unique based on a DiTLer) replaces Varda

+	- Player can get free dinner at some thematic locations where player race is liked

+	- Increased quality of rods at the magic rod market

+	- The Valar have an equal number of non-spoiler lines now.

+	- Renumbered the planned releases (see below)

+	- From now on bugfix releases will always come separately.

+

+Theme 0.1.0 AKA "A Farewell to Kobolds"

+

+	- several bugfixes, see changelog.txt for details

+	- only in-theme races can now be Lost Souls: Eldar and Maiar. I put half-elves among them too, as there's 	  conflicting information on whether half-elves made it to the Halls of Mandos or not.

+	- thematised Maiar, Ents, Hobbits, Dwarves, and Wood Elves.

+	- 4 new races: Druedain (replace Kobolds), Easterlings, Roeg (minor demons), Eagles (replace Thunderlords)

+	- 6 dragon subraces

+	- 10 demon subraces

+	- Beefed up Rangers and removed ability to worship anyone but Melkor from Demonologists and Necromancers.

+	- 7 new subclasses

+

+Theme 0.1.1 AKA "Sleeping Awake"

+

+	- several bugfixes, see changelog.txt for details

+	- some tweaks to the Clairvoyants, Ascetics, and Mercenaries

+	- a new joke monster, and more monspeak.txt lines

+	- 3 new ego types

+	- some preliminary changes to lua scripts, mostly stuff from the ToME Script library and T-Plus

+

+Theme 0.1.2 AKA "Friends and Neighbours"

+

+	- a player/monster race alignment scheme based on the T-Plus code for Angel alignments

+

+Theme 0.1.3 AKA "Odds and Ends"

+

+	- tweaks to various info files

+	- added 6 Dwarven Rings of Power

+

+Theme 0.1.4 AKA "Milk and Bones"

+

+	- two lua scriptlets for players who like Ammo creation but don't like scumming for junk

+	- two lua scriptlets for some thematic fun

+

+Theme 0.5.0 AKA "Eternity of Stars"

+

+	- removed weapons belonging to the Valar from a_info (changed names)

+	- renamed existing Eternity items

+	- added 8 new Ultimate items for the Void-divers

+

+Theme 1.0.0 AKA "Shiny and New"

+

+	- Four new Valar: Varda, Aule, Ulmo, Mandos. All with their own magic schools, priest classes, and quest temples.

+	- Fully documented all the changes so far for the ingame help.

+	- Some monster and item tweaks.

+	- Numerous tweaks to the new races and classes.

+	- The Pacifists are now a class alongside warriors, mages, and priests - there are two subclasses.

+

+Theme 1.0.1. AKA "Khazad aimenu!"

+

+	- Fixed some God-related issues

+	- Some miscellaneous cosmetic fixes

+	- Updated automatiser file to work regardless of object flavour display

+	- 4 new axe types from T-Plus

+	- New ego magestaff

+

+Theme 1.0.2. AKA "Order of the Swan"

+

+	- Fixed the Elemental Mastery ego-type

+	- God quest fixes

+	- 3 new ego types, 2 new artifacts, and 1 new item set

+	- Fog on the Barrow-Downs is back, toned down.

+	- New monster: Knight of the Swan (white 'p')

+	- Mithril armour adapted from T-Plus

+

+Theme 1.0.3 AKA "Old and New"

+

+	- New special level in Erebor

+	- New amulet ego-type

+	- Axed the Rustproof and of Valour ego-types

+	- Tweaked Ranger class further

+	- (2.3.0 CVS) Axed several out-of-theme artifacts to make room for new ones from ToME3

+	- (2.3.0 CVS) War-mage class (T-Plus) is useless with the new Mage class, removed

+

+Theme 1.0.4 AKA "Jocos Et Dii Amant"

+

+	- Ulmo now dislikes the player using fire magic and Orc players (Thanks to LogrusMage)

+	- Fixed the monster flag problem which caused lua errors in Ulmo's temple dungeon

+	- Commented out Nienna and Orome in r_info

+

+Theme 1.0.5 AKA "As You Like It"

+

+	- New tiles for terrain and objects

+	- Pref file for 16x16 tileset uses ASCII characters for the *missing* monsters

+	- Pref file for 8x8 tileset uses ASCII characters for *all* monsters.

+

+Theme 1.0.6 AKA "Flame of Udun"

+	

+	- Fixed a bug that prevented Ulmo from working properly

+	- Re-added the Maia restrictions for corruptions

+	- Added some new corruptions (from MM's script)

+

+Theme 1.0.7 AKA "All Shall Wait"

+

+	- Monster tiles and pref files done

+	- Renamed *thanc daggers

+	- Renamed Halls of Mandos and lifted the elves-only restrictions.

+	- Thror's map is now actually a map

+	- More corruptions from MM's script

+	- Added NO_TARGET to monsters that start out neutral

+

+Theme 1.0.8 AKA "To The Keep!"

+

+	- Several small bugfixes

+	- Some documentation updates

+	- Fixed Aule's spells to prevent insane pval increases

+	- (2.3.0 CVS) Several documentation tweaks

+	- (2.3.0 CVS) misc.lua was not called from init.lua

+

+Theme 1.0.9 AKA "Through the Darkness"

+

+	- Several small bugfixes

+	- Several documentation and in-game parchment updates

+	- Pippin's dagger (former *thanc) is now part of another set, too

+	- Graphics package updated, plus .gif files as in 2.3.0

+	- (2.3.0 CVS) Removed museums from all towns but three

+

+Theme 1.1.0 AKA "Forever There"

+

+	- Minor piety-gain tweaks to Ulmo and Melkor

+	- Took away 'normal' magic schools from Thaumaturgists

+	- Mages got .400 in Disarming

+	- Trolls got a bonus to hafted-mastery

+

+Theme 1.1.1 AKA "I Amar Prestar Aen"

+	

+	- New special level by Burb Lulls

+	- Some item, monster, artifact, class, and ego tweaks

+	- Fireproofing quest is now for a rune, not potion

+	- Tweaked the Tears of Luthien spell

+

+Theme 1.1.2 AKA "Serpensortia"

+

+	- minor bugfixes/tweaks: items, races, classes

+	- (2.3.0 CVS) fixed the new jewelry crashing bug

+	- (2.3.0 CVS) removed several types of old rings and amulets

+

+Theme 1.1.3 AKA "Phoenix Song"

+

+	- Updated all files from the 2.3.0 (CVS) version to 2.3.1

+	- Removed Peregrin's dagger from the Peregrin's Gear set.

+	- Aule followers should be able to sacrifice self-made items now.

+	- The coordinates for Melkor's god quests have been fixed.

+	- Added more text to the Erebor map and key to make sure player keeps them.

+

+Theme 1.1.4 AKA "Release the River"

+

+	- Updated all files from the 2.3.1 version to 2.3.3

+	- Fixed bugs with maps, sets, jumpgates and quests.

+	- Updated a number of help files on gods and magic.

+	- Retired two ego types and reworked some others.

+	- Retired the Polymorph corruption.

+	- Replaced Carlammas with a new artifact and added a new ring ego type.

+

+Theme 1.1.5 AKA "Angles and Corners"

+

+	- Some feature flag tweaks.

+	- Orc Cave now leads out on the other side of the Misty Mountains.

+	- Two new special levels to accomodate Erebor quest items; new special final level in Isengard.

+	- Eagles' nest in Khazad-dum.

+

+Theme 1.1.6 AKA "Curses to This Mirage"

+

+	- Some monster flag tweaks.

+	- Neutral monsters forced into wilderness.

+	- Fixed player-related bugs with stat gain and starting equipment.

+

+Theme 1.1.7 AKA "Poor Madeleine"

+

+	- Some item tweaks.

+	- Removed several miscellaneous food items.

+	- 5 new item types.

+

+Theme 1.1.8 AKA "Little White Candle"

+

+	- Numerous ego item tweaks.

+	- Renamed several ego types to be more in-theme.

+	- Removed Rings of the Elements to avoid redundancy.

+	- 3 new ego types.

+

+Theme 1.1.9 AKA "Kit Bag Full of Marbles"

+

+	- Several randart tweaks.

+	- FF now offers three additional skills.

+	- Non-elves can no longer be LostSouls.

+	- Flight at birth now means mountain climbing at clvl50

+

+Theme 1.2.0 AKA "Twining Light"

+

+	- Several artifact tweaks.

+	- Removed the dwarven rings of power.

+	- 3 new artifacts.

+	- 1 new item set.
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