The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker

The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker is a medieval fantasy singleplayer adventure inspired by oldschool games like RuneScape and Ultima Online! Journey through a sprawling open world full of NPCs with dialogue, level skills, fight varied monsters and uncover the story of Rothar Aercrest – the cursed lord to the remote woodlands of Imberthale.

• Explore a vast open world full of NPCs and dialogue
• Level up your skills and engage in combat with various monsters
• Uncover the story of Rothar Aercrest, the cursed lord of Imberthale

Increase your power by advancing 4 combat and 8 crafting/harvesting skills. Craft, loot, or be rewarded powerful items. Unlock special attacks and spells to aid you in defeating the worst monsters that lurk in the remote corners of the world.

• Advance 4 combat and 8 crafting/harvesting skills
• Craft, loot, or be rewarded powerful items
• Unlock special attacks and spells

Experience a variety of quests with deep writing and numerous weapons and spells to employ in strategic combat. The large open world rewards exploration and offers 12 various skills to level. Customize your player house to rest your weary bones and engage in social multiplayer by meeting other players in towns and taverns.

• Engage in strategic combat with numerous weapons and spells
• Explore a large open world and uncover hidden secrets
• Customize your player house for a personalized experience
• Meet other players in social multiplayer

Tired of ‘epic tales’ of ‘world ending proportions’? Cursebreaker offers stories of human pettiness, revenge, and greed - all the good stuff. In this game, you're not just another 'chosen one' destined to save all life from impending doom and gloom. Instead, you're Lord Rothar Aercrest - the feudal ruler of the remote woodlands of Imberthale. Or at least you used to be...

One fateful day, your path crosses that of a dark wizard, Gabrius, who appears to be both tremendously powerful and frightfully malicious. Consequently, you soon find yourself caught within a mortal feud between two powerful wielders of magic, all the while bound by a curse you desperately need to break free from. If Lord Rothar is to know peace again, Gabrius must surely die. But that might not prove to be such a simple task. After all, what is death besides a mere nuisance to the master of the Black Grimoire?

Character Progression

In Cursebreaker, character progression is tied to the various skills you can advance. All in-game interactions will give experience in your various skills, and gaining higher skill levels will unlock appropriate interactions, abilities, and crafting options.

• Gain experience in various skills through in-game interactions
• Unlock new abilities and crafting options as you level up

Fighting enemies in close quarters, for example, will increase your Attack and Defence skills. As you gain levels, you unlock new passive and activated abilities, can wield more sophisticated weapons and armor, and gain access to new traits from the appropriate trainers. The spellbook offers a large variety of both combat and non-combat utility. Finding and learning new spells may prove a challenge in itself, and casting more demanding spells will require preparation, such as gathering specific ingredients. Feel free to create your own playstyle by using any combination of ranged and melee weapons and spells!

Crafting and Harvesting Skills

The crafting and harvesting skills in Cursebreaker provide a variety of bonuses. Gaining experience in woodsmanship through felling trees not only provides you with crafting materials for bows and such, but may also allow you to pass through obstacles in the world and otherwise speed up your exploration. Skill in Alchemy does not only unlock potions, but also bombs and poisons!

• Gain bonuses through crafting and harvesting skills
• Unlock new crafting options and abilities

Available skills in the game include:

• Attack
• Defence
• Archery
• Sorcery
• Smithing
• Crafting
• Tailoring
• Alchemy
• Mining
• Woodsmanship
• Fishing
• Cooking

The game automatically saves your progress. In the event you fall in combat, you will be revived at your nearest graveyard, potentially having lost some of your valuables along the way. But don't worry, these can be recovered either by visiting the place of your death or by paying a scavenger. Remember to carry restorative foods and protective potions to guard against dangerous enemies!

Social Multiplayer

Although Cursebreaker is a singleplayer game, it provides an option for social multiplayer. This means you will be able to see other adventurers online, but the interactions are limited to chatting and inspecting equipment only. It will not be possible to trade with them or otherwise engage in gameplay-related activities with them. You may adjust the online mode to apply to big cities only, to be always on, or to opt out of it entirely and play fully offline in case you don't care for it.

Two authentic players chatting.

• OS *: Windows 7
  
• Processor: 2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor
  
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: GTX 550 Ti or better
  
• Storage: 4 GB available space